Bridgeport school officials are weighing whether to add Eid al-Adha to the district calendar following growing community advocacy and initial discussions by education leaders. The issue was raised during a March 25 meeting of the Board of Education’s Instruction and Support Services Committee, where administrators emphasized that any change would require careful planning and review. […]
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A new approach to reforestation is taking root across Bridgeport using Miyawaki forests, a method designed to create dense, natural woodlands much faster than traditional tree planting. The technique was developed by Akira Miyawaki, a Japanese botanist and plant ecologist who pioneered a method of planting diverse native species densely together to mimic natural forest […]
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If Mark Holden had his way, the Ash observatory dome atop the vacant Bassick High School on Fairfield Avenue would have a new home with his astronomy group. Installed in 2015 to replace the original dome built in 1968 during the Space Race, the dome rotates to allow a telescope to track objects as they move across the sky. Manufactured by […]
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A local cycling group has turned an annual Earth Day tradition into an interactive shoreline cleanup effort. Ten cyclists with Urban Bike Tours of Bridgeport rode nine miles on April 18, removing litter from Fayerweather Island, home to the Black Rock Harbor Light. Urban Bike Tours has been leading free guided rides in Bridgeport for […]
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Black history in Greater Bridgeport is preserved through historic sites, archives and community memory. Little Liberia, one of the region’s earliest free Black communities, and the legacy of Mary and Eliza Freeman remain central. Historians Jamie Pettit of the Bridgeport History Center and Jeffrey Fletcher of the Ruby and Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum […]
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Bridgeport City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez is calling for expanded state funding and stronger protections for people without housing following cold-related deaths in Connecticut this year, including the death of an unhoused man in Bridgeport. Martinez joined housing advocates in urging state officials to extend the governor’s cold weather protocol beyond its original end date. “People […]
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What happens when a landmark means more to residents than officials ever expected? In Bridgeport’s South End, that question looms over a 500-foot red-and-white smokestack long known as the “candy cane.” The towering structure was left standing after the decommissioned Bridgeport Harbor Station was demolished last year to make way for a mixed-use development. The […]
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A Sacred Heart University poll conducted in partnership with GreatBlue Research finds that recent gambling scandals are undermining confidence in professional sports, particularly the NBA. The national survey of 500 active bettors reports that 79 percent say investigations into gambling have affected their trust in NBA games, and many believe concerns extend beyond one league. […]
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Bridgeport officials expect to meet this month with representatives from Scale Microgrids, the New Jersey-based energy company that owns a $100 million clean energy plant in the South End that some have called “a monstrosity,” to discuss how the structure can be made more aesthetically pleasing. Thomas Gaudett, the city’s chief administrative officer, who was […]
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Bridgeport Animal Control Officer Jennifer Merenda said she has seen a rise in animal cruelty cases in her city and is bracing for more. “We’re getting to the point where if we don’t get more people on board and we don’t educate people on proper care and we don’t get vet costs down, it’s just […]
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