City Faces

Posted on October 23, 2022

This week’s Bridgeport City Face is Cindy Yeager Garner. Meet her and her family here: Tell u...

Posted on September 11, 2022

This week's City Face is Mary Matheny. Although she lives in Clarksburg, she is seen daiily in Bridgeport at Bridgeport Pu...

Posted on June 19, 2022

This week’s Bridgeport City Face is Tara Linch. Meet her and her family here! Tell me about you and your...

Posted on May 29, 2022

This week's City Face is Jessica Carder. Meet her and her family here! Tell me about you and your famil...

Posted on May 08, 2022

Today's Bridgeport City Face is Shirley Donnellan Oliverio, a familiar one to many. As we are celebrating Mother's...

Posted on May 01, 2022

Today's Bridgeport City Face is Charlotte Higgins, owner of Higgins Sweet Treats. Tell me about you and your fa...

Posted on April 17, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Sarah Godwin. You might find her working at Freedom Kia - or working her farm. Meet he...

Posted on April 10, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Stephanie Scott. Meet her and learn about her, her family and her connection to our ci...

Posted on March 20, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Rochelle Chalmers. Learn about her, her family and her sweet livelihood here:...

Posted on March 06, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Caroline Marion of The Thrasher Group. Meet her and her family and learn why she l...

Posted on February 20, 2022

This week's City Face is Donna Starkey Meet her and her family and learn why she loves Bridgeport, WV here: ...

Posted on February 13, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Lisa Ashcraft. Meet her here! Tell us about you and your family (an...

Posted on February 06, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Sherri Goodwin. Learn about her, her involvement in our city and meet her fami...

Posted on January 30, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Lauren Dieringer Tomes. Meet her and her family here! My name is La...

Posted on January 23, 2022

Today's City Face is Brittany McClung Wilmoth (who became my niece when she married my nephew Mitch!) Meet her and her...

From the Bench: After Nearly 50 Years in...

Back in June of 2018, I wrote about Bridgeport Middle School’s Art Petitto stepping down from the teaching ranks...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: The "Old" Bridgeport Dairy ...

Who remembers when the Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of Main Street? This is before it became the Brid...

Posted by Dick Duez
Off the Shelf: Missing Library during Th...

Although the Bridgeport Public Library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning on Thursday, November 24t...

Posted by Savanna Draper
ToquiNotes: Recalling Life of Bridgeport...

A few times in this very blog, I have talked about individuals who are responsible for the growth and prosperity the C...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Thanksgiving to Give Way ...

When approaching you friends or neighbors home and the smell of raisins, nuts, orange peel, cinnamon and wine surround...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
It's Happening: 18th Annual Light Up Nig...

In 2005, a Bridgeport Christmas tradition was born and met with open arms. Community members met at the Benedum Civic...

Posted by Julie Perine
Why Bridgeport? Introduction to an Occas...

Editor's Note: This is the first of several blog that will show up at random intervals on Connect-Bridgeport that are writ...

Posted by Jon Griffith