Connect-Bridgeport's 2025 Top News Stories: #8
By Jeff Toquinto on December 29, 2025
Editor's Note: A second Main Street fire made the list, but this time the building in question was destroyed. The Leeson's Import Motors storage building just past the Benedum Civic Center heading west on Route 50 was gutted by a fire that closed of Main Street for hours as firefighters from Bridgeport and surrounding areas battled the blaze. Recently contractors began the initial phases of demolishing the building that will begin full throttle in 2026. This story, by Jeff Toquinto, ran on Connect-Bridgeport on March 23.
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