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Scenes From Black Rock Day

Always fun to harass politicians, greet OIB readers and enjoy the camaraderie of neighbors on Black Rock Day.

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Kayaks Piling Up On Black Rock Beach, Councilman Torres: Grab Your Kayaks,...

UPDATE from canoe owner: We have Only In Bridgeport moments, but then we have Only In Black Rock moments. Black Rock is a cool waterfront hamlet loaded with walkers, runners, bikers, bathers and...

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Public Hearing Approved For Solar Park Plan On Old Dump

The Connecticut Siting Council on Thursday approved a public hearing for the planned United Illuminating solar park on the city’s closed dump in the West End of Seaside Park. The state agency’s...

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He’s Old! Steve Stafstrom Named To 40 Under 40 Club

You’ve heard of the 40/40 club in baseball … 40 homeruns and 40 stolen bases places you in elite status for power and speed. The business world has something called 40 under 40 and the Fairfield County...

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Cianci Seeks Political Comeback, What About His Pal Joe?

The irrepressible Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, the longest-serving mayor in Providence, Rhode Island history, is once again seeking a political comeback. Evicted from office in 1984 for putting out a lit...

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State Agency Sets Public Hearing For Planned Solar Park On Closed Dump

The Connecticut Siting Council has announced that a public hearing will take place September 11 in the council chambers of City Hall with sessions at 3 and 7  p.m. to review the planned United...

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Did You Participate In Mayoral Poll?

A poll measuring the pulse of city voters on the state of the city, Mayor Bill Finch’s standing with voters and potential mayoral candidates is in the field. Have you received a call? The 2015 mayoral...

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Voter Enrollment Cleaned Up, Dems With 10 To 1 Registration Advantage

Local election officials have cleaned up the city’s voter registration enrollment numbers reducing registered voters to roughly 57,000, down from more than 70,000 that had been maintained from the...

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Enrique Torres Offers Tax Cure

In a commentary first published by the Connecticut Post, two-time mayoral candidate City Councilman Enrique Torres writes, “If we lower taxes, businesses will come. Jobs will come. Crime will come...

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Debicella Emphasizes Taxes And Jobs In Latest Bridgeport Stop

Visiting Hispanic-owned businesses, serving lunch at the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, meeting voters at Harborview Market in Black Rock. No one can accuse Republican congressional candidate Dan...

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Debating Tax Incentives To Encourage Development

Several City Council members such as Trish Swain and Rick Torres, in a story by Brian Lockhart of the CT Post, wonder how much money the city is leaving on the table because of tax breaks. Then again,...

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Siting Council To Conduct Hearings On Solar Plan

From Brett Broesder, city communications director: Today (Thursday), Connecticut’s Siting Council–the state body responsible for overseeing utility projects–will review Bridgeport’s plan for putting...

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How’s Finch Doing A Year From Reelection? Any Challengers?

Mayor Bill Finch was there, so was former Mayor John Fabrizi, as well as Finch’s 2011 Democratic primary opponent Mary-Jane Foster. They showed up Saturday at a campaign headquarters on the West Side...

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Torres Seeks Moratorium On Tax Breaks

City Councilman Rick Torres, who’s considering a third mayoral run, has submitted a resolution to the city’s legislative body that calls for a “Moratorium on Tax Abatements, Expansions and or...

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Challenging The Smokestack, City Council Supports Phase Out Of South End Coal...

Declaring the South End power plant a health hazard, the Bridgeport City Council Monday night passed a non-binding resolution urging PSEG to “phase out the coal-fired electricity generation at the...

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Can ‘The Movement’ Build Momentum?

A group calling itself “The Movement” will conduct a forum featuring potential mayoral candidates on Wednesday 6 p.m. at the Black Rock Library, 2705 Fairfield Avenue. Several possible candidates are...

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City Councilman Enrique Torres’ Black Power Tattoo Binds ‘Myself To The Black...

Two-time mayoral candidate City Councilman Enrique Torres speaks yarns about the “black struggle” but no one really thought he’d needle a tattoo on his arm to drive home the point. He did. Torres,...

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Fabs Says No To Mayoral Run

Uninspiring poll numbers, the dread of raising campaign cash and the reelection of Dan Malloy as governor have all contributed to former Mayor John Fabrizi declining a bid for the job he occupied from...

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Knock, Knock, Budget Committee, Anyone Home?

Citizen fiscal scrutineer John Marshall Lee has arguably attended more City Council budget committee meetings than some of its members. He chronicles the attendance records of budget committee members,...

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Will Ganim Get Back In The Game?

About 10 months from a Democratic primary–if there is a Democratic primary–Mayor Bill Finch has amassed a mighty $300,000 campaign warchest in his quest for a third four-year term next year. Several...

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