http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?section=Community A dynamic source of Bridgeport, West Virginia information - that never stops coming to you. Connect Community. Connect Commerce. Connect Bridgeport. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:14:02 EST en-us Copyright 2013 Connect Bridgeport http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/ http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?section=Community http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/images/connect-bridgeport-logo.png Connect Bridgeport: Community http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Lets-Get-Fresh-I-Cycle-You-Cycle-Lets-All-Recycle-3646 First, I would like to thank everyone for the positive comments on last week’s inaugural blog post. I will try to li... Sun, 19 May 2013 23:06:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Lets-Get-Fresh-I-Cycle-You-Cycle-Lets-All-Recycle-3646 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Video-Candidates-for-City-Council-Speak-Out---Part-II3639 Close to 100 members of the community turned out for Thursday night's “Meet Your Candidates” event spo... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:29:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Video-Candidates-for-City-Council-Speak-Out---Part-II3639 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Video-Candidates-for-City-Council-Speak-Out-Part-I-3638 Close to 100 members of the community turned out for Thursday night's “Meet Your Candidates” event spo... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Video-Candidates-for-City-Council-Speak-Out-Part-I-3638 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-Middle-School-to-Present-Free-Spring-Concert-Monday-Featuring-Choir-Jazz-Band-and-Steel-Drum-Ensemble3632 By Leah Stutler   As another school year is coming to an end, Bridgeport Middle School Band Director Eric Sto... Sat, 18 May 2013 11:59:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-Middle-School-to-Present-Free-Spring-Concert-Monday-Featuring-Choir-Jazz-Band-and-Steel-Drum-Ensemble3632 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Candidate-Forum-a-Success-Informative-to-Residents-3643 Bridgeport City residents vying for positions of mayor and city council in the upcoming June 11 election had a chance... Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Candidate-Forum-a-Success-Informative-to-Residents-3643 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-PDs-Motorcycle-Program-Receives-Initial-Funds-to-Replace-One-of-Its-Fleet3604 Bridgeport’s Police Department has gotten good mileage – and good value – since it instituted its motorc... Sat, 18 May 2013 09:29:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-PDs-Motorcycle-Program-Receives-Initial-Funds-to-Replace-One-of-Its-Fleet3604 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-C-Ball-Team-Meets-The-Bucs-You-Can-Too-3601 The Bridgeport Little League C-ball team sponsored by Toni’s Ice Cream witnessed the May 3 live action at PNC Park a... Sat, 18 May 2013 08:29:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Bridgeport-C-Ball-Team-Meets-The-Bucs-You-Can-Too-3601 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Hundreds-of-Thousands-Planned-for-Annual-Street-Repaving-Repairs-See-if-Your-Street-is-On-List3634 Since Tom Brown has been the Bridgeport City Engineer, and even before that, contactors have annually done paving and... Sat, 18 May 2013 06:59:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Hundreds-of-Thousands-Planned-for-Annual-Street-Repaving-Repairs-See-if-Your-Street-is-On-List3634 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Mother-Goose-and-More-Kids-Programs-a-Hit-at-Bridgeport-Public-Library-3636   Some 40-45 preschoolers start their Friday with a little “Tooty Ta” at the Bridgeport Public L... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Mother-Goose-and-More-Kids-Programs-a-Hit-at-Bridgeport-Public-Library-3636 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Founder-of-Meadowbrook-Mall-Honored-by-National-Publication-as-Commercial-Real-Estate-Icon3641 Every industry has those special individuals who are recognized as iconic leaders.  Real Estate Forum magazine has na... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Founder-of-Meadowbrook-Mall-Honored-by-National-Publication-as-Commercial-Real-Estate-Icon3641 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=June-Features-Several-Chapters-of-Opportunity-at-Bridgeport-Public-Library-3620 For Bridgeport Public Library, June is going to showcase book sales, gardening, historical photography and a collection of... Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=June-Features-Several-Chapters-of-Opportunity-at-Bridgeport-Public-Library-3620 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Turf-Turned-Tribal-Playland-Indian-Fest-a-Success-3625 Members of Bridgeport High School Student Council were doing a reverse rain dance today, hoping the rainclouds would give... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Turf-Turned-Tribal-Playland-Indian-Fest-a-Success-3625 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Traffic-Interruptions-to-Take-Place-on-Virginia-Avenue-Tuesday-While-One-Section-of-Road-Set-for-Closure3626 One of Bridgeport’s busiest roadways will see some traffic interruption this coming week, according to the offic... Fri, 17 May 2013 05:30:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Traffic-Interruptions-to-Take-Place-on-Virginia-Avenue-Tuesday-While-One-Section-of-Road-Set-for-Closure3626 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Gallery-Meet-Your-Candidates-Event-at-Benedum-Civic-Center-3628 Close to 100 members of the community turned out for tonight’s “Meet Your Candidates” event sponsored by... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:04:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Gallery-Meet-Your-Candidates-Event-at-Benedum-Civic-Center-3628 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=SBA-Offering-Free-Webinars-to-Help-Businesses-Navigate-New-National-Health-Care-Legislation3622 Are you looking for information on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Do you have to purchase health care for your employe... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=SBA-Offering-Free-Webinars-to-Help-Businesses-Navigate-New-National-Health-Care-Legislation3622 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Single-Vehicle-Accident-Along-Interstate-79-Results-in-Ambulance-Transport-Minor-Traffic-Woes3621 A single vehicle accident along Interstate 79 early this afternoon may end up appearing to be worse than it actually w... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:32:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Single-Vehicle-Accident-Along-Interstate-79-Results-in-Ambulance-Transport-Minor-Traffic-Woes3621 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Sen-Joe-Manchin-Making-Appearances-this-Weekend-at-Two-Colorful-Mountain-State-Events3614 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) will celebrate the opening of the Sporting Clay and Shooting F... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:24:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Sen-Joe-Manchin-Making-Appearances-this-Weekend-at-Two-Colorful-Mountain-State-Events3614 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Meet-Your-Candidates-Tonight-at-Benedum-Civic-Center-3612 To help equip Bridgeport voters to make their best choices in the upcoming June 11 municipal election, the GFWC Woman&rsqu... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:39:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Meet-Your-Candidates-Tonight-at-Benedum-Civic-Center-3612 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=MVB-Banks-First-Quarter-Earnings-Jump-38-Percent3608 MVB Financial Corp., (OTC Markets Group OTCQB:MVBF), and its subsidiary bank, MVB Bank, Inc., (collectively MVB), toda... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:59:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=MVB-Banks-First-Quarter-Earnings-Jump-38-Percent3608 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Benedum-Airport-Authority-Defining-the-Role-of-NCWV-Airport-3611 A big topic at Wednesday’s Benedum Airport Authority meeting was defining the airport’s current role. &... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:01:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Benedum-Airport-Authority-Defining-the-Role-of-NCWV-Airport-3611 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Robertos-To-Occupy-Airports-Restaurant-Location-3609 Another restaurateur is going to try to make a business fly at North Central West Virginia Regional Airport. At tod... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Robertos-To-Occupy-Airports-Restaurant-Location-3609 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Downtown-Psychology-Practice-Welcomes-New-Licensed-Professional-Counselor-3610 Healing Minds Clinic, PLLC, and Dr. Amy Hebb, Psy.D., are excited to announce that Aaron Medina, a Licensed Profession... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Downtown-Psychology-Practice-Welcomes-New-Licensed-Professional-Counselor-3610 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Gov-Tomblin-Announces-DMV-Offering-150th-Birthday-License-Plate-for-States-Sesquicentennial3605 Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today encouraged West Virginians to show their state pride with a 150th birthday license plate.... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Gov-Tomblin-Announces-DMV-Offering-150th-Birthday-License-Plate-for-States-Sesquicentennial3605 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=American-VALUE-Annual-Dinner-Held-Deceased-Veterans-Honored3600 Shortly after her husband Gordon passed away, Joyce Johnson received a letter in the mail that he was to be honored du... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:09:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=American-VALUE-Annual-Dinner-Held-Deceased-Veterans-Honored3600 http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Clarksburg-Resident-Subject-of-Nationwide-Manhunt-Bridgeport-Police-Assisted-in-April-2012-Bath-Salts-Arrest3598  JOHN  N. SKRUCK,   57, of Clarksburg, has absconded from his court-ordered bond and is now the subjec... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:18:00 EST http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Community&item=Clarksburg-Resident-Subject-of-Nationwide-Manhunt-Bridgeport-Police-Assisted-in-April-2012-Bath-Salts-Arrest3598