Bridgeport News

The US Census Bureau released its list of the largest cities in the state. While Bridgeport remains the most populated city with New Haven a close 2nd, it's another city that's getting attention.

Timothy Forbes, 31, William Davis, 25, and Jeffrey Houston, 26, all of Allentown, Pa.; Kasam Hennix, 39, of Easton, Pa.; and Christopher Gay, 27, of Bronx, N.Y., were arrested and charged with conspiring to commit kidnapping, violation of the Hobbs Act by moving stolen property across state lines and using a firearm in a crime of violence, the ... (more)

Nancy Newman , of Fairfield, will be honored at a dinner on Wednesday, June 5, for her contributions to early-childhood programs at the Jewish Community Center of Eastern Fairfield County in Bridgeport.

The federal government is looking to reward a nonprofit or company that would advise businesses owned by American Indians, and Bridgeport is one of the locations where the future center could operate.

Westport resident Amy Oestreicher will bring her unusual cabaret show, "Gutless & Grateful," to the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport for shows on Saturday, June 1, and Sunday June 2. In an eclectic set of songs, the 26-year-old Oestreicher recounts her near-death experience as a teenager and tells of her struggles, disappointments, triumphs and the ... (more)

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Five individuals have been charged by federal criminal complaint for their involvement in the kidnapping of four Meriden residents and subsequent robbery of Lenox Jewelers in Fairfield on April 11, 2013.

Nearly 20 employees are taking early retirement packages offered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, eliminating the need for layoffs.

Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a commuter train collision, Friday, May 17, 2013 in Bridgeport, Conn.

Next stop Stamford for commuter Karen Roche of Fairfield, as her Metro-North train pulled out of the Fairfield Center station Wednesday morning.

As hospital officials lobby against a state aid formula they say will force them to make cuts, the state released a report saying 18 high-level hospital employees made more than $1 million a year in salary and fringe benefits in the 2012 fiscal year.

A veteran Bethel intermediate school principal newly hired as the new leader of the traumatized Sandy Hook Elementary School is a "true leader'' able to "make tough situations better,'' educational colleagues said Wednesday.

The city of Bridgeport 's reform-minded superintendent of schools has come under fire from the state's largest teacher union, which filed a complaint Monday that the district is illegally excluding teacher, parents and community leaders from decision-making. Bridgeport's reform-minded schools superintendent has come under fire from the state's ... (more)

Michael Ramos , 32, of Trumbull Avenue, was arrested Monday in connection with an armed robbery at a Payless shoe store at 51 Boston Ave.

Train commuters board a bus for South Norwalk at the Bridgeport train station in Bridgeport, Conn.

Emily Bazelon, author of bullying book Sticks and Stones, shows her television interview with talk show host Stephen Colbert during a talk at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.

The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.

James Repass of Boston, MA, president of National Corridors Initiative, a group dedicated to the modernization of our country's rail service, surveys the site of Friday's derailment and collision in Bridgeport, Conn.

Liz Squillace, of Bridgeport, owner of screenprinter Paradox, Inc. opened her business at the Arcade building in downtown Bridgeport, Conn.