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ToquiNotes: The Short History of What this Blogger is Calling the Greatest Fast Food Hamburger of All Time

Posted on November 23, 2024

What if I told you the greatest fast food hamburger that I’ve ever had was right here in Harrison County? What i...

ToquiNotes: Recalling Fondly a Favorite City Food Pit Stop That's Now Officially Part of Bridgeport's History

Posted on November 16, 2024

Long before there was a proliferation of food choices on the national chain front up and down the Interstate 79 Corrid...

ToquiNotes: After 40 Year-Run in Law Enforcement, Robert Matheny Set to Sign off as Sheriff for Last Time

Posted on November 09, 2024

It was nearly eight years ago, on Dec. 29, 2016, to be exact, that Bridgeport’s Robert Matheny was standing in the cou...

ToquiNotes: Bridgeport Municipal Complex's Dark Side May Not be Known, but No One Trying to Hide It

Posted on November 02, 2024

A lot of people, or actually most people, are not aware of a very dark side to the City of Bridgeport. I have seen it...

ToquiNotes: After 57 Years, Business Owner on Main Street Goes Strongly to Retirement Armed with Faith

Posted on October 26, 2024

Roughly 57 years ago, a young man – at the ripe age of 23 – took over a business on Main Street in Bridgeport and open...

ToquiNotes: My Proof of the Power of Prayer and the Conduit Facilitating it in Bridgeport's Lora Rohrbough

Posted on October 19, 2024

Editor's Note I: This blog ran in early 2019. It is being ran again in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. P...

ToquiNotes: Former Resident Michelle Wojciechowicz Rings Bell to End Major Part of Breast Cancer Battle

Posted on October 12, 2024

It was in July of 2020 when Michelle Wojciechowicz, her husband, and two children left the City of Bridgeport after ca...

ToquiNotes: Recalling a Short-Lived Bridgeport Event and Seeking Information and Photos from the Past

Posted on October 05, 2024

I am not sure when it started. I am not sure when it ended.   But I do know that the old “Penny a Pound” e...

ToquiNotes: Trying to Solve City Restaurant Dilemma from the 1980s that Continues to Stay Up in the Air

Posted on September 28, 2024

Somewhere between the mid-1970s and 1988, a piece of Bridgeport nostalgia disappeared into thin air. Okay, it actually did...

ToquiNotes: Diamond of a City Restaurant No Longer in Business that Paved Way for Many More Today

Posted on September 07, 2024

Today, if you live in Bridgeport or Harrison County, and you’re craving Mexican food you don’t have to go too far. Jus...

ToquiNotes: One of State's Top Educational Positions Quietly and Effectively Held by Rose Audia Rossana

Posted on August 31, 2024

On May 25, 2017, ground was broken on the new Johnson Elementary School that would – a little more than a year later –...

ToquiNotes: Recalling James Matthew “Jim” Ash's Life and His Wonderful Legacy of Decency and Kindness

Posted on August 24, 2024

Bridgeport lost a good person recently. It was on August 12 to be exact when James Matthew “Jim” Ash took his last bre...

ToquiNotes: Jerome Axton Among First in Country Set to have Johns Hopkins University Surgical Procedure

Posted on August 17, 2024

Between 2014 and 2020, Bridgeport’s Jerome Axton was piling up some pretty big numbers. Had it been for something on t...

ToquiNotes: Into History, WWII, and Assisting with Our Veterans? Upcoming Event in City Checks All Boxes

Posted on August 10, 2024

Getting calls from my friends about something they have witnessed that might be newsworthy is not unusual. Getting one...

ToquiNotes: Looking Back to Only Time in 46 Years of Business the Doors to The Canteen were Closed

Posted on August 03, 2024

Editor's Note: This blog ran in September of 2020 and is being reran with the announcement of a new restaurant with the na...
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