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02/23/12 The Raw Bridgeport News Feed

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  • Mass appeal: 'Ashes to go' near Starbucks 2012-02-23, 01:43 am
    ... always gets ashes on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a 40-day period of Lent. But on Wednesday, the 19-year-old Bridgeport resident could not make it to Mass because of her scheduled work hours at Next Dimension Gymnastics in Trumbull. She was ...
  • Hibachi Buffet: Just what the neighbors ordered 2012-02-23, 01:29 am
    Mike Zhu, the owner of Hibachi Buffet, 2536 East Main St., in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 9th, 2012.
  • Fairfield Unemployment Falls to '09 Levels 2012-02-23, 12:49 am
    ... is 8.2 percent when adjusted for seasonal workers. The national rate is 8.5 percent. Fairfield fared better than Bridgeport in unemployment (11.7 percent). But Easton (5.7 percent), Trumbull (6.3 percent) and Westport (5.1 percent) all posted better ...
  • People's set to close branches in Massachusetts 2012-02-23, 12:24 am
    Bridgeport-based People's United Bank and Bank of America Corp. said they plan to close five Massachusetts branches in coming months as part of efforts to streamline their operations.
  • Mom accused of stealing education pleads guilty 2012-02-23, 12:24 am
    ... Crosland, during her appearance in Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. McDowell, the Bridgeport mom arrested in April 2011 and charged with first-degree larceny for sending her then 5-year-old son to a Norwalk elementary ...
  • Police blotter 2012-02-23, 12:23 am
    ... was held on $250,000 bond and, pending release, is set to appear in state Superior Court in Derby on March 1. BRIDGEPORT -- A white unmarked cargo van, with keys to ATMs throughout the city inside, it was stolen from outside the Bridgeport train ...
  • Financing a vision of a revitalized downtown 2012-02-23, 12:10 am
    ... inside the Arcade Mall. Photo by Robert Alvarado Beyond the video featuring business in The Teardrop area of Bridgeport, the Community Capital Fund, a non-profit loan fund, is offering technical and marketing assistance to stimulate economic growth ...
  • The Teardrop: 'Webisode' spotlights downtown businesse 2012-02-23, 12:10 am
    ... a too well-kept secret - but almost imperceptibly, more small businesses are growing up in the downtown Bridgeport area known as The Teardrop. There's a growing buzz about the rebirth of downtown. No one is comparing it to the old days of the early ...
  • License plate data raises questions 2012-02-22, 09:48 pm
    ... results. The notion of police gathering information for crime prevention is one thing. Just last month, Bridgeport police, using a plate scanner, intercepted a stolen car carrying five young men as they attempted to drive into the burial of a ...
  • In Your Corner: Housing program facing cuts 2012-02-22, 09:47 pm
    Cynthia Wallace stands on the porch of the apartment on Brooks Street in Bridgeport, Conn.
  • Election Cash From City Vendors Looks Bad 2012-02-22, 08:09 pm
    During the campaign that led up to last November's municipal elections, dozens of attorneys working for the Bridgeport law firm of Pullman & Comley gave thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates for mayor in Middletown , Milford and New Britain .
  • Marcelina Sanchez 2012-02-22, 08:06 pm
    ... Moreno. She came to the United States in 1953 and resided in Philadelphia, Pa. for a few years before moving to Bridgeport many years ago. Survivors include three sons, Eugene Chest Jr. and his wife, Debra, Reynaldo Sanchez, and Luis Antonio SA ...
  • Tanya McDowell gets 5 years 2012-02-22, 07:53 pm
    ... Crosland, during her appearance in Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. McDowell, the Bridgeport mom arrested in April 2011 and charged with first-degree larceny for sending her then 5-year-old son to a Norwalk elementary ...
  • Mass appeal: 'Ashes to go' near Starbucks 2012-02-22, 07:13 pm
    ... always gets ashes on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a 40-day period of Lent. But on Wednesday, the 19-year-old Bridgeport resident could not make it to Mass because of her scheduled work hours at Next Dimension Gymnastics in Trumbull. She was ...
  • Monroe Woman Wants Bridgeport to Pay For Damaged Uggs Boots 2012-02-22, 06:53 pm
    A Monroe woman is reportedly asking the City of Bridgeport to replace her Uggs boots, claiming they were torn while she was walking through a city-owned parking lot at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard.
  • People's United Bank Closing 15 Branches 2012-02-22, 06:13 pm
    ... reports the Boston Globe . Could this be a sign of things to come for regional banks? People's United Bank of Bridgeport, Conn., says it plans to eliminate 15 of its 372 branches this yeara [t]he bank said the closings are part of the company's ...
  • Malloy Defends His Education Reform Plan 2012-02-22, 05:59 pm
    ... the panel discussion about education funding hosted by the Council of Small Towns, Loftus-Levine pointed out that Bridgeport and Greenwich both operate with unions, tenure and labor protections, but their students have utterly different success ...
  • Health Notes: Stop smoking and other addiction support 2012-02-22, 05:49 pm
    ... mammography screening for women age 35 and older Thursday, Feb. 23, 9-3, Career Resource, 350 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; Tuesday, Feb. 28, 10-2, Lord Chamberlain, 7003 Main St., Stratford; Wednesday, Feb. 29, 10-2, St. Vincent's Urgent Care ...
  • Unmarked ATM keys inside stolen van 2012-02-22, 05:04 pm
    Bridgeport, Conn. - Bridgeport police have issued a warning to other police departments to be on the lookout for a stolen van containing information that could provide access to ATMs.
  • New test scores mostly show improvements for grades three through eight in Norwalk2011-07-15, 03:00 am
    ... Other districts continue to struggle. In Derby, 30 percent of eight-graders met the goal in math, while in Bridgeport, 31 percent did. In fourth-grade math, however, Derby saw a 17-point jump in a year, with 52 percent reaching goal in 2011 compared .

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