It’s Happening

Posted on February 12, 2020

Back in July, I posted on Connect-Bridgeport that a tiny tabby kitten had been found. I didn’t expect anyone to...

Posted on February 03, 2020

Students and graduates of Bridgeport High School are familiar with The Shawnee Powwow. Everything published in the sc...

Posted on January 30, 2020

I recently interviewed one of our city’s young men who is starting a new business based on a lifelong hobby. I could...

Posted on January 20, 2020

From the time my mom, dad, sister and I moved to Bridgeport, I liked it here. It was circa 1967. Lyndon B. Johnson was pre...

Posted on December 31, 2019

You did it. You shopped and you wrapped. You climbed on ladders and strung lights and you wrestled with...

Posted on December 08, 2019

We have a stack of Bridgeport High School yearbooks at home, spanning years from 1976 to 2018. My husband Jeff and I, as w...

Posted on October 27, 2019

The middle school cross country season culminates with the county championship; the highest level of competition for that...

Posted on October 22, 2019

On Oct. 3, The Shoppes of Averil Place, established by Lotus Averil MacDowell, erupted in flames and was declared a total...

Posted on October 13, 2019

For two decades, Karen Smith has been an integral part of Bridgeport High School. The head school custodian has been a...

Posted on October 06, 2019

It’s National Bullying Prevention Month. Nationally and locally, efforts are being made to curtail the behavior...

Posted on October 03, 2019

Simpson Creek Baptist Church is where I was baptized and where my husband and I were married. Occasionally, I get a chance...

Posted on September 15, 2019

In June of 2006, Bridgeport, West Virginia made national news when “the Jesus picture” was stolen from Bridgep...

Posted on September 08, 2019

Editor's Note: This blog first ran Sept. 3, 2017 on Connect-Bridgeport and was a featured story in the 2017 Bridgeport...

Posted on August 11, 2019

From expected tunes like “Whiskey Glasses” and “The Way I Talk” to old-school rock surprise snippe...

Posted on July 28, 2019

The motto in our city of 8,000 is “Opportunity Lives Here.” In late-June/early-July, a group of Bridgepor...

From the Bench: Career of the "Voice of ...

When Travis Jones first began calling Bridgeport High School sporting events, the year was 1993. The Indians were stil...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Another Look at Annual Fire...

The Bridgeport Fireman's Fair is still talked about fondly to this day by those who participated the annual event...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: The Chronicles of Mojo, ...

Back in July, I posted on Connect-Bridgeport that a tiny tabby kitten had been found. I didn’t expect anyone to...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: A City Twitty Valentine's Da...

Feeling a little big tingly with Valentine's Day officially just a day in the rearview mirror? Don't be surpri...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
City Faces in Different Places

Meet this week's City Face, Abby Hartley. How long have you lived in Bridgeport? If not a lifelong resident, tel...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: For Passionate Readers Wa...

For all those passionate readers who can’t wait for the next John Grisham and David Baldacci, here is an advance...

Posted by Sharon Saye
Outside the Tribe: Fedoras, Sass and Whe...

It’s normal for your taste in things to change through the years. Some jokes don’t seem as funn...

Posted by Chris Johnson