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The League of Women Voters of the Bridgeport Area supports the creation of a new regional Water Pollution Control Authority through ratification by both the City of Bridgeport and the Town of Trumbull.

When the Working Families Party began in Connecticut, it was a one-man operation in a windowless, 10-by-10-foot "cell" in Bridgeport , its executive director, Jon Green, recalled.

A Westport man allegedly robbed a Trumbull couple at knifepoint in their driveway early Feb.

The president, Susan Herbst, was there. So was the interim athletic director, Paul Pendergast.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Greenwich, right, who represents the 4th Congressional District, is considered the heavy favorite to gain re-election in November now that GOP redistricting plan advanced by House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, R-Norwalk, has failed.

Cardinal Edward Egan, left, and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, right, enter Harbor Yard Arena during the procession in the 50th anniversary of the Bridgeport Diocese celebration Sunday, Sept.

Bridgeport, Conn. - A Bridgeport man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed during an altercation at a local club.

Days after former New York Cardinal Edward Egan drew harsh criticism over comments he made over his handling of the priest sexual abuse scandal, the former Bridgeport bishop is continuing to defend his actions.

Every person is unique. Thus, it follows that no two people will respond the same exact way to the same illness, the same medication or even the same food.

He's expected to make his AHL debut Saturday night, but when Barry Goers plays for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, his situation won't be unique.

Carmelaime Labbe, 21, of Bridgeport, was arrested Tuesday night on Post Road East on two warrants for failure-to-appear charges.

It does not indicate convictions.] Police said, Latoya Bush, 26, of Bridgeport was arrested for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct Thursday Feb.

A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.Ann Pettway, 51, appeared resigned to a life behind bars as she entered the plea at a federal courthouse in Manhattan.

A city woman remains in critical condition Friday at Bridgeport Hospital, while a firefighter has improved to fair condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Jinger Leigh, seen here hovering above the stage, performs with her husband Mark Kalin as part of the magic team Kalin & Jinger.

Johantz Wilson, aka Las Mouve, recorded the rap song "Kryin Voices"in his home studio on Goodwin Street in Bridgeport.

Milford police say a Bridgeport man led them on a car and foot chase in the early morning hours of Feb.

Under a new proposal put forward by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to reform education , the Stratford School District would receive some $576,597 in additional education funding for fiscal year 2012-13. Under the proposed 2 012-13 Education Cost Sharing funding, Stratford would receive $21,072,199, a 2.81 percent increase from this year's ECS entitlement, ... (more)

Bridgeport Bishop William Lori, right, is one of the most vocal opponents of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision to require religious groups to cover contraception in employee health-care plans.

BRIDGEPORT -- Three handicapped friends and roommates were forced out of their Bridgeport apartment Thursday morning after failing to pay rent, but they say they had nowhere to go for help.