08/14/09 The Bridgeport Briefing (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Bridgeport, CT.

• Chapter Eight: The Debt
  posted on August 14, 2009 05:18:38 pm
  James Forman stepped into The Riverside Church in Harlem clutching a cane in one hand and a copy of his "Black Manifesto" in the other.
• To the lighthouse
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:39:05 pm
  ... the Housatonic Railroad bed at Whitney Road in Trumbull, Huntington State Park in Redding, Beardsley Park in Bridgeport, St. Mary's by the Sea (Bridgeport), and Silver Sands State Park in Milford. Mary Ann Atwater, who leads one of the group's three ...
• A Life In Flux In 'Moscow, Belgium'
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Matty is having a rough time of it. Her husband is going through midlife crisis, and her three children are in varying, traumatic stages of puberty.
• Rock on at the Quick Center
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... production produced by Pig Light Show. It's all a benefit performance for listener-supported WPKN Radio/89.5 in Bridgeport. For ticket information, call the Quick Center box office at 203-254-4010 or visit online at quickcenter.com. A This will be ...
• Patriots defeat Bluefish 4-2
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:54:58 pm
  Sean Smith, Matt Hagen and Travis Anderson each hit a solo home run for the Somerset Patriots in their 4-2 victory over the Bridgeport Bluefish Thursday night.
• Bridgeport Mayor Finch takes a walk on the Sound side
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:48:13 pm
  ... walk to hold up a bluefish caught by 22-year-old Carli Tolmie, of Derby, fishing with her father, Carl Tolmie, of Bridgeport. "It's a big surprise to see the mayor here, especially right after catching that fish," Carli Tolmie said. "Posing with the ...
• Abused puppy rescued from city streets
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:40:49 pm
  The second that Frederick Acker saw the sick puppy at the Bridgeport Animal Shelter late last week, he was outraged.
• Best and the rest of the past week
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:39:19 pm
  ... had issues with mice before, rats have only started appearing in large numbers after recent construction at the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Center nearby. Some residents believe the construction disturbed the rats' natural habitat and provoked ...
• Proponents of development speak out
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:39:01 pm
  ... and Development, a new group suddenly weighed in on the proposals with a decidedly different perspective. The Bridgeport Tax Paying Citizen's Group, as it is called, argued the proposed master plan is fine as it stands, and officials should ...
• SUV rollover in Fairfield, driver hospitalized
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:38:04 pm
  ... He also said that he was driving too fast. Breslin was taken by ambulance to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport with neck and back pain, and assorted cuts and bruises. He was treated and released. Police spokesman Sgt. Jim Perez said the ...
• Himes' staff to visit Town Hall
  posted on August 14, 2009 04:08:25 am
  ... Hall, 54 Hill Street Himes, a freshman congressman, represents Connecticuta TMs Fourth District, which includes Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Stamford, Trumbull, ...
• Debicella joins Gregory as Republican candidates trying to unseat Himes
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:25:45 pm
  ... who's going to take a moderate course to actually get something done." Debicella, the son of a former Bridgeport cop and the first in his family to go to college, said that the political atmosphere in Washington is poisoning chances for change. "If ...
• Cops: Ex-roommate stabs Fairfield teen
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:00:57 pm
  ... orchestrated by the victim's former roommate. The 18-year-old victim was in stable condition later in the day at Bridgeport Hospital, where she was treated for stab wounds to the neck, right shoulder and right torso. Madison Bradshaw, 19, of ...
• It's a matter of time
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:00:16 pm
  ... responders acknowledge that cell calls sometimes bounce to other dispatch centers -- State Police at Troop G in Bridgeport instead of New York State Police on Long Island -- when the cloud cover is dense and low, or to Connecticut State Police at ...
• Starwood Capital IPO May Debut This Week
  posted on August 13, 2009 04:46:01 pm
  By Rob Varnon STAFF WRITER -- Connecticut Post Online (Bridgeport, Connecticut) , August 11, 2009 Tuesday With an initial public offering projected to raise $500 million, private equity firm Starwood Capital Group this week is expected to launch a ...
• Farmington: Farmington Youth Wins Statewide Essay Contest
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:49:56 pm
  ... $1,000. Madison Lee of Fairfield won first place in the 6-9 year old age group winning $1,000. Rosa Rodriguez of Bridgeport won second place in our 6-9 year old age group winning $500. After each winner read their essay, Paul Blanco, Managing ...
• Tilitha Cumi At Madison Square Garden
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:31:46 am
  ... I'll see you there!!A with NEW YORK LIBERTY-WE WIN!!! Love, Tilitha Cumi Tilitha Cumi Bio Though born in Bridgeport, Connecticut Evangelist Cumi had a foundationA for what would soon become her essence: entertaining. She completed most of her ...
• Bluefish fall to Patriots 6-5
  posted on August 13, 2009 08:48:41 am
  The Somerset Patriots defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish 6-5 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday afternoon.
• Bridgeport council primaries loom in four districts
  posted on August 13, 2009 08:43:38 am
  Democrats in the city's 135th, 136th, 137th and 138th Districts will go to the polls Sept.
• All residents deserve priority
  posted on August 13, 2009 08:43:13 am
  Does Bridgeport treat some parts of town differently? Do certain neighborhoods get preferential treatment? Probably.