It’s Happening

Posted on June 09, 2021

This Saturday, hundreds of runners and walkers will turn out for the annual Derek Hotsinpiller Fallen Stars Memorial 5K....

Posted on April 18, 2021

Coach Bob Huggins says if his mother was not the greatest person in the world, she was sure close. “S...

Posted on April 06, 2021

I have great memories of playing on the playground at the old All Saints Catholic School parking lot. I grew up just n...

Posted on April 01, 2021

For the past several years, I’ve been writing about two events. Since the very early years of my and Jef...

Posted on March 22, 2021

The year was circa. 1992 and the lamé sleeves were puffy; almost as puffy as my hair. The occasion was the...

Posted on January 19, 2021

At the recent meeting of Bridgeport Rotary, I shared a synopsis of 2020 here in Bridgeport. I scrolled through stories...

Posted on January 10, 2021

Being hospitalized is difficult enough, let alone in the COVID unit. Since the pandemic has begun, visitation has not been...

Posted on December 14, 2020

Having raised four kids in this house - and having saved a lot of stuff - we have quite an inventory of keepsakes in our b...

Posted on December 05, 2020

Early in the Light Up Night planning, Lisa Lang – member of the Associated Businesses of Bridgeport board and w...

Posted on November 30, 2020

NOTE: Watch tree lighting program on Connect-Bridgeport's Facebook page beginning at 5:40 p.m. The 6 p.m. flipping of...

Posted on October 12, 2020

It’s a twisted year with lots of unexpected – and even spooky - turns, but your favorite Halloween-time attrac...

Posted on September 29, 2020

Ever since – via the small screen - I watched the Housemans celebrate summer’s end at the Catskills R...

Posted on September 17, 2020

Bridgeport is competitive. That’s old news. Bridgeport could win $50,000 in cash, a co...

Posted on August 26, 2020

My family loves the mountains of West Virginia. And, why not? They provide excellent scenery, exci...

Posted on August 17, 2020

In the mid-1970s, I visited the French Creek Game Farm, taking a particular liking to Jack the Bear, born...

From the Bench: For 2003 BHS Alum Christ...

The end is at hand for Christian Marsh. The good news is that he is not on his death bed despite be...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Main Street 1953 City Groce...

Bridgeport has had plenty of grocery stores in the past, but some may not remember there was an A&P right in the...

Posted by Dick Duez
Outside the Tribe: BHS Baseball Team in ...

There is a new business in town. I’m not sure if it is called The Bridgeport Lumber Company or The Br...

Posted by Chris Johnson
Off the Shelf: Book Sale, Summer Reading...

The library’s summer book sale continues through this week. Prices will vary and are posted in the library conferenc...

Posted by Sharon Saye
The Grapevine: The Beauty of Growing Zuc...

The month of June has arrived in all its glory. It is so beautiful to see the trees heavy with the green foliage...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: After 43 Years Teaching, the...

It is very likely that 43 years ago there was no one that predicted Jim Broslawsky would be announcing his retirement...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto