History Blog

Posted on November 27, 2022

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

Posted on November 20, 2022

Bridgeport has had a long history of successful swimming teams and 2008 was not the exception. The girls earned the s...

Posted on November 13, 2022

The person on the far left many may recognized as West Virginia's own Don Knotts. The Morgantown native was having hi...

Posted on November 06, 2022

Halloween fun in Bridgeport has been going back decades, as is shown in this photo courtesy of Susie Graeber. This ph...

Posted on October 30, 2022

Who remembers Helmick's Market located on Philadelphia Avenue just past the intersection with Johnson Avenue? It was...

Posted on October 23, 2022

This photo from Bill McCartney is believed to be from the late 1950s and it shows something that still takes place to this...

Posted on October 16, 2022

The possiblity of scenes like this will increase in the weeks and months ahead. In this particular photo, city worker...

Posted on October 09, 2022

This photo is believed to be of the Bridgeport High School 2012 swim teams. The boys would finish second that year, w...

Posted on October 02, 2022

Few businesses were as popular as that of the Pure Food Store. This photo is from 1954 and it was during grand openin...

Posted on September 25, 2022

This fire from January of 2005 was on Holt Street. As can be seen from the photo, the house was a total loss. The fir...

Posted on September 18, 2022

Anyone remember The Spa Fitness Center? This photo shows the business situated on Tolley Drive, which is about 100 ya...

Posted on September 11, 2022

This photo is from 1988 and you can see JCPenney, which is still in business, in the middle. Also, to the left is Sea...

Posted on September 04, 2022

The Ellis Drive In was still hopping, along with the Sky Castle, in 1963 as this photo shows. The restaurant was doin...

Posted on August 28, 2022

Look familiar? This is an aerial view of Compton Park, as well as portion of the Bridgeport Presbyterian Church...

Posted on August 21, 2022

Remember these ladies? Although there is only a portion of this article remaining, it is thought to be from 195...

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