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UB Program Trains Teachers For Urban Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
From the University of Bridgeport: The University of Bridgeport has received a $192,347 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a program to recruit and train teachers in high-need urban...
What Will The Judge Do In Ernie Newton Case? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:58 am
From Michael Mayko, CT Post: Sept. 23 could be the day Ernest Newton’s been waiting for. Or it could be one he regrets. That’s the day Superior Court Judge Joan K. Alexander could issue her ruling on ...
Hispanic Voters Power Influence By Numbers, Largest Registered Democratic Bloc 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Hispanics, by sheer numbers registered to vote in Bridgeport, are becoming a growing force in city elections. Both Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, the state’s chief elections offici...
School Board Challenge Slate Issues Endorsements 26 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
The challenge slate for Board of Education has kicked out a lengthy list of endorsements that includes political operatives, education advocates, civil rights leaders and even a few city employees. Th...
Walker’s Budget Talk Stirs Passion 25 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
Bridgeport resident David Walker, former comptroller general of the United States and an organizer of the community action group Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport, certainly has collected his s...
Finch: Travel To Promote City And Build Contacts A Worthy Investment 24 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: A $6,330 travel bill for a mayor’s conference in a $517 million budget may not seem controversial at first glance. But throw in accommodations at the Mandalay Bay Re...
Meet The Mayor Monday Night In The Hollow 24 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
Mayor Bill Finch on Monday will visit with residents of The Hollow neighborhood in his continuing series of Community Cabinet meetings from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the cafeteria at Geraldine Johnson School...
Attention Poll Workers: It’s Class Time 23 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
What goes on inside polling precincts could mean the difference between a good day and a migraine for elections officials. We never have issues election day, do we? Democratic Registrar Sandi Ayala ha...
Absentee Ballots And The Influence Of Independent Expenditures In Board Of Education Primary 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The September 10 Democratic primary for Board of Education is the battle royal of elections because so much is on the line for policy-setting control of the largest chunk of the municipal budget overs...
City Students Attend Military Academy 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Overshadowed by the opening of the $125 million Fairchild Wheeler Complex–three regional magnet high schools in one–the Military Academy is another opportunity crea...
