The Grapevine

Posted on January 13, 2022

If you are watching national news, you have seen all the emphasis that has been put on the effect that the pandemic is...

Posted on January 06, 2022

Well, it is here folks, I mean 2022. I suppose this is the time when we think back over the last year and list o...

Posted on December 31, 2021

Usually about every fourth column I say goodbye to one month and welcome in another month. This column will provide t...

Posted on December 23, 2021

Members of the community gathered in the festively decorated dining room of the Uptown Event Center to observe the 100...

Posted on December 16, 2021

Hats off to the Clarksburg Visitors’ Bureau on the success of their holiday parade. I participated in it a...

Posted on December 09, 2021

On Sunday, Dec. 12, the Progressive Women's Association will be observing its 100th Anniversary. The event will be he...

Posted on December 02, 2021

With Thanksgiving over, we are moving right along with the Holiday season. If you look at the calendar, I am sur...

Posted on November 25, 2021

The Progressive Women's Association has maintained a Food Pantry as part of their mission. They serve the pe...

Posted on November 18, 2021

I do not know if this is a saying or not, but it seems sufficient to me. “You Cannot Keep an Old Dog Down....

Posted on November 11, 2021

What is the most asked question this time of year? Well, most certainly, what do you want for Christmas? Or it could...

Posted on November 04, 2021

Throughout my entire life and especially as a little girl I heard about the Murder Farm and about Harry Powe...

Posted on October 28, 2021

If you are one of those individuals who is trying to trace their family history, here is a little story about just wha...

Posted on October 21, 2021

October is currently referred to as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Over the last several years I have always ded...

Posted on October 14, 2021

My sister Cathy has been bringing Communion to me on Sunday’s since I have not been attending mass due to the pa...

Posted on October 07, 2021

Looking at the calendar this morning advises me that the month of October is here. I feel like it was only last...

From the Bench: With Hoops Season in Ful...

There’s nothing more exciting on the sports front than a packed house that produces that charged up atmosphere that fo...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Some Mid-1980s Fun with Cit...

See anyone you know? This photo, believed to be from the mid-1980's, shows a group of young city boys and one of...

Posted by Dick Duez
City Faces in Different Places

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Alfred Isch, who has his own version of Santa's workshop in his home - year-ro...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Adult Winter Reading Prog...

Needing a little inspiration to get started on those New Year’s resolutions? The library has...

Posted by Sharon Saye
The Grapevine: Praying for End to the Pa...

If you are watching national news, you have seen all the emphasis that has been put on the effect that the pandemic is...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: After 40-Plus Years of Servi...

The name was right even if the first profession was not for Bridgeport’s Stan Cutright. “I was a welder...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Wellness Watch: COVID Q and A Session wi...

As we spring into 2022, Connect-Bridgeport launches a new blog, concentrating on all things health and wel...

Posted by Julie Perine