This week the City Council will be in possession of Mayor Joe Ganim’s budget proposal that will hold the line on taxes in this mayoral
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Sal DePiano, Lawyer, State Senator, Musician, Historic Political Figure, Dies At 96
Sal DePiano was the offspring of the quintessential immigrant experience, his parents arriving here from Italy, settling on Bridgeport’s East Side, Sal with the help
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Will GE Credit Union Electrify An East End Development? Ganim’s Pitch To M&T Draws A Response
Mayors can make things happen. Residents of the East End of Bridgeport whose Black voters overwhelmingly returned Joe Ganim to the mayoralty in 2015 have
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Ganim Pitches M&T Bank’s CEO To Greenlight East End Branch, “Underserved Community”
Talk to residents and stakeholders in comeback-trail East End about neighborhood necessities and the refrain is clear: we need a grocery store, pharmacy, healthcare facility
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Hospital Weighs Purchase Of Former Harding High Property, Officials Seek Housing Component
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The city has placed the former Harding High School property on the market, and several officials said neighbor Bridgeport Hospital
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City Council Approves Funding To Advance Key East End Development
A vital development in the East End that includes a grocery store, healthcare facility, pharmacy and jazz-themed restaurant was approved for a total $1 million
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The Push To Complete Vital East End Development
The City Council Tuesday night is expected to vote on a resolution to help finance completion of a key East End development along Stratford Avenue
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For New Year, Political Power Play Confronts Mayor And City Council
Heading into the 2023 municipal election cycle a fissure between Mayor Joe Ganim and a City Council majority over the timing of charter revision that
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