Mayor Launches Park City Celebration
UPDATE: From Mayor Finch The sounds of salsa filled the air at Washington Park today as Mayor Bill Finch joined hundreds of East Side residents to kick off a citywide, summer-long celebration of the...
View ArticleWhy Public Works Directors Matter
During Tuesday night’s vent session in City Council Chambers a woman from the North End addressed Mayor Bill Finch and his leadership team in charge of the response to the historic blizzard that...
View ArticleDid You Make The List Of Top 100 City Employee Wage Earners? Cops Tops On...
Hey, there’s more than one reason to make friends with a cop. OIB has received a list of the top city employee wage earners for 2012 and as usual it’s dominated by police officers, particularly the top...
View ArticleCharlie Carroll To Return Full Time To Parks Department, Likely At Start Of...
Charlie Carroll, who has served the dual role of director of Public Facilities as well as director of the Parks Department, will return as the full-time director of parks, according to a statement...
View ArticleFabs: Carroll Scapegoat For City’s Response To Historic Blizzard
Former Mayor John Fabrizi told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart that Charlie Carroll, who served as Fabs’ chief of staff, is the fall guy for the city’s response to the historic February blizzard that...
View ArticleWood Praises Charlie Carroll As One Of City’s Best
Mayor Finch’s Chief of Staff Adam Wood salutes the work of Charlie Carroll who will resume the duties of the full-time director of Parks after performing both roles of parks and Public Facilities chief...
View ArticleWork Continues On New Downtown Senior Center
From Mayor Bill Finch: City senior citizens who utilize the Eisenhower Center will be moving soon to a brand new facility on Golden Hill Street, as part of a unique partnership with city developer Phil...
View ArticleSchool Board Controversy Among Top Stories In March And April 2013
Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas receives three-year contract, retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez tries to block it in court. These were among the top stories from March and April in 2013....
View ArticleFingers Crossed, City Officials Prepare For Pleasure Beach Access
Reopening access to Pleasure Beach, a peninsula in the city’s East End shut off to the public for about 20 years, comes with a long checklist of what ifs, including safety and security. And then...
View ArticlePoise Your Tennis Racquets In The Rock
News release from Mayor Bill Finch: As the summer heat brings more and more people outside to enjoy the outdoors, the City recently began the reconstruction of tennis courts at Ellsworth Park in the...
View ArticleThe Pleasure Is Back At The Beach, Long Lines For Water Taxi But Most Say...
Mayor Bill Finch woke up Saturday morning, hopped a water taxi to Pleasure Beach, walked out to the water and took a dip. So did hundreds of others. Armed with picnic baskets, beach accoutrements and...
View ArticleAttention City Employees, Election For Civil Service Commissioner
Hey, there’s another election going on and the deadline to vote is this Friday. The resignation of Willie McBride as the city employee representative on the Civil Service Commission has triggered a...
View ArticleFabs: Carroll Scapegoat For City’s Response To Historic Blizzard
Former Mayor John Fabrizi told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart that Charlie Carroll, who served as Fabs’ chief of staff, is the fall guy for the city’s response to the historic February blizzard that...
View ArticleFinch: Pleasure Beach To Reopen Memorial Day Weekend
From city Communications Director Brett Broesder: Today, as the state’s largest city celebrates Earth Day, Mayor Finch announced that Pleasure Beach–a 71-acre barrier island that was inaccessible for...
View ArticleGanim Stresses Teamwork In Transition Task Force Announcement
Mayor-elect Joe Ganim on Monday unveiled his 75-member transition team at the Bridgeport Public Library that includes a cross section from government, political, business community and professional...
View ArticleRead It And Roar–The Top 100 Municipal Wage Earners For 2015
Okay, strap in, grab a cup of joe, or if you need it a cocktail, to review the list of top 100 wage earners for 2015 once again dominated by police officers whose pay was padded by overtime, some of...
View ArticleCarrolling A Career Of City Service
Last week Mayor Joe Ganim offered a money-saving early retirement plan to about 100 eligible city employees: $15,000 lump sum and a year’s health benefits paid. Veteran city employee Charlie Carroll...
View ArticleRicci Poises Fire Houses In Snow Removal Plan
Ah, 60 degree weather in mid November and who’s thinking about snow? Public Facilities Director John Ricci. He realizes, with a reminder from his boss Mayor Joe Ganim, you’re really only as good as...
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The Barnum Festival’s 2020 Vision: Ringmaster Frank Gennarini
For more than 20 years as a volunteer he served as great street parade grand marshal, chairman of the car show, organizer of the
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