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"Bridgeport Plans to Reopen Pleasure Beach" - Wall Street Journal
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One of the two water taxis, "Lewis Latimer," which will transport passengers to and from Pleasure Beach.
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| After nearly two decades of being closed, Mayor Bill Finch and the City of Bridgeport is ready to open Pleasure Beach this summer. The largest newspaper in the country, The Wall Street Journal visited the 71 acre peninsula, which has previously served as home to an amusement park, hosted professional baseball teams such as the Chicago Cubs, and was visited by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 when he was governor of New York.
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| Pothole Killer comes to Bridgeport
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| The Pothole Killer filling potholes on Railroad Avenue on Tuesday morning.
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As Bridgeport’s streets continue to recover from a long winter that wreaked havoc on its roads, this week the City introduced the newest addition to its arsenal to combat potholes – the Pothole Killer. It’s part of the City’s continued effort to make roads better, and even safer, for those who live and work in the city.
“Thanks to the hard work of our Public Facilities crews, we have fixed a record number of potholes. But we know that there is more work to be done, said Mayor Bill Finch. “The Pothole Killer allows our crews to work even faster and more efficiently to improve driving conditions in the Park City.”
So far in Fiscal Year 2014, Public Facilities has filled more than 13,000 potholes using 443 tons of hot patch and 192 tons of cold patch. That number is nearly a 7,000 pothole increase from last fiscal year.
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| Mayor Finch: "It’s a great day for thousands of adoptees in Connecticut"
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Mayor Bill Finch applauded Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for signing a long overdue adoption bill into law (H.B. 5144) this week. Mayor Finch is also thanking the General Assembly for their overwhelming support of this legislation, passing it in the Senate by a vote of 31-5 and in the House by a vote of 135-68.
“It’s a great day for thousands of adoptees in Connecticut,” said Mayor Finch. “As an adoptee, I know first-hand what it’s like to lack access to your birth records. And, adoptees in Connecticut have been treated like second class citizens for too long, unable to access our birth records that can help us understand medical issues that we might face and giving us a further understanding of our identities. But thanks to the Connecticut General Assembly and Governor Malloy, 24,000 adoptees in Connecticut will finally have the birth records access that they deserve.”
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| New Farmers Market
Opens in Black Rock
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| On Saturday, Mayor Bill Finch was on hand to celebrate the opening of the Black Rock Farmers Market, Bridgeport's newest farmers market. Founded by two residents of Bridgeport's Black Rock neighborhood,
Michelle Margo and Karyn Leito, the Black Rock Farmers Market offers
vegetables, fruit, eggs, cheese, maple syrup, honey, coffee, tea, baked goods, soaps and more. The market also hosts children’s activities. Black Rock Farmers Market is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October 25. Also:
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| Coming Up
in the
Park City
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Barnum Festival’s Wing Ding Parade for Kids
Saturday, June 14th
Registration @ 9 a.m. | Parade Starts @ 11 a.m.
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
The 2014 Barnum Festival kicks off with the Wing Ding Parade for Kids.
Barnum’s legacy of entertaining children lives on with the Barnum Festival Wing Ding Parade Saturday morning June 14 at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo featuring a costumed kids parade of floats made from strollers, wagons, boxes, and more.
There's no cost to participate and prizes will be awarded in various categories.
In addition to the parade, free face painting, washable tattoos and arts and crafts will be featured, and clowns and magicians will be on hand to entertain.
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo will be open free of charge for all from 9 a.m. to noon.
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| Juneteenth of Fairfield County
African-American Caribbean Parade & Festival
Saturday, June 14
12 noon to 7 p.m.
Downtown Bridgeport
Organizations reflecting African-American & Caribbean cultures will march in the Fairfield County Juneteenth African-American and Caribbean parade being held on Saturday, June 14 in Downtown Bridgeport.
The parade will march from the Ballpark at Harbor Yard to Fairfield Avenue and then back down Main Street to the Webster Arena.
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Pete Rose to Manage Bridgeport Bluefish
Monday, June 16 @ 7:05 p.m.
Ballpark at Harbor Yard
Pete Rose will manage the Bridgeport Bluefish for one game on Monday, June 16 at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard. Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball hits leader, last managed a professional baseball game just under 25 years ago on August 24, 1989 with the Cincinnati Reds.
He will don a professional baseball uniform once again, this time for the Bridgeport Bluefish, as they square off against the Lancaster Barnstormers.
Game time for Monday, June 16 is set for 7:05 p.m., with The Ballpark at Harbor Yard gates opening at 6:05 p.m.
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