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ToquiNotes

ToquiNotes: Saying Goodbye to a Gift from God in the Form of a Security Blanket Who I Called Mom

Posted on June 22, 2025

In the famous Peanuts comic strip featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, there is a character Linus that most of my generatio...

ToquiNotes: Section of I-79 Between Bridgeport and Clarksburg Needs Attention - Is DOH Help Coming?

Posted on June 14, 2025

The stretch of highway between Route 50’s exit and entrance onto Interstate 79 and the exit and entrance onto th...

ToquiNotes: Recalling "Fast Food with Style" Featuring a Salad Bar and Pudding Edging Closer to Extinction

Posted on June 08, 2025

It has been years, probably decades, since I last dined at the restaurant that is the topic of this week’s blog. And...

ToquiNotes: After Serving Harrison and Surrounding Counties for 47 Years, Doctor's Scrubs Head to Closet

Posted on May 31, 2025

Calling a community home your entire life is generally not a bad thing. Taking care of others in and around that same...

ToquiNotes: Surgeries Pile Up, Cancer Battle Ongoing for RCB Senior Landen Jaggie - and You Can Help

Posted on May 24, 2025

All things being standard, Landen Jaggie would have been walking for graduation with the Robert C. Byrd High School Cl...

ToquiNotes: As You Prepare to Graduate, Take a Picture Perfect Moment to Tell Your Friends Thank You

Posted on May 17, 2025

Editor’s Note: This is a slightly modified version of my blog that has ran every year on graduation weekend. Please SH...

ToquiNotes: A Behind-the-Scenes Life that Resulted in Saving Countless Lives with an Immeasurable Impact

Posted on May 10, 2025

Not everyone that makes a difference in the lives of thousands of people ends up seeing their names regularly in the m...

ToquiNotes: A Beautiful Legacy of Laughter, Love and Smiles that Helped to Define the Life of Tom Fogg

Posted on May 03, 2025

My first meeting with Tom Fogg? My age and, subsequently, my memory do not give me a clear picture.   Here...

ToquiNotes: Dr. Kelly Nelson's $2 Million Dollar Silver Anniversary City Party with Roots from Talk with Wife

Posted on April 26, 2025

It was one of probably thousands of conversations Dr. Kelly Nelson and his wife Debra have had during their many years of...

ToquiNotes: Bridgeport's Jerome Axton Standing Taller than Ever as He Battles to Adjust to Life of Normalcy

Posted on April 19, 2025

For those who believe you can hear a smile, let me tell you about exhibit A. That exhibit would be a phone call I made...

ToquiNotes: Unraveling the Mystery of Long Deceased Restaurant among First Offering Now Common Option

Posted on April 13, 2025

I still remember going there. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. It was located in Clarksburg, in the area where Sheetz is...

ToquiNotes: How One Local Man's 15 Minutes of Fame was Being in Movie "The Silence of the Lambs"

Posted on April 05, 2025

You may know him. And if you’ve been at a sporting event or even a news-related event in Bridgeport, Harrison County a...

ToquiNotes: After 43 Years and 10,000 Surgeries, End is Here for Dr. Doyle Sickles as He Puts Scalpel Down

Posted on March 29, 2025

Those jokes about listening to your in-laws probably are not all grounded in truth. If you know the story of Doyle Sic...

ToquiNotes: Devastating Few Weeks of Loss as Area Sees Several Giants in Prep Sports, Teaching Pass

Posted on March 22, 2025

There is an old wives’ tale that death arrives in related groups of three. In the last couple of weeks, it proved to...

ToquiNotes: Promise of No Arrest in B&E Case from 2013 Proves True, but Identified Suspect Likely Dead

Posted on March 15, 2025

In my years of dealing with Bridgeport Police Chiefs, going back to Jack Clayton and to today with Mark Rogers, I have...
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    From the Bench: BHS's Latest D-I Athlete...

    Any parent who has siblings who are close in age knows what Bridgeport’s Chris and Julie Knight were going throu...

    Posted by Jeff Toquinto

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    Time Travel: Decades Ago with City Pop W...

    Although the exact date of this photo is unknown, it is showing a Bridgeport Pop Warner youth football team from deca...

    Posted by Dick Duez

  • Joseph Earley

    The Cyber Beacon: Friendly Wi-Fi Turning...

    We’ve all done it — loaned a Wi-Fi password to a neighbor or left our network open “just in case.”...

    Posted by Joseph Earley

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    The Grapevine: Celebrating an 86th Birth...

    We are going to play a little guessing game this week in The Grapevine. When you look at the above photo, what do you...

    Posted by Rosalyn Queen

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    ToquiNotes: Landen Jaggie's Battle with ...

    About four and a half months ago, in this very blog, I told you the story of 19-year-old Landen Jaggie. At that time,...

    Posted by Jeff Toquinto

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    Why Bridgeport? How do you Measure a Man...

    Editor's Note: Jon Griffith formerly wrote this blog as a member of Bridgeport City Council. The majority of Griffith&...

    Posted by Jon Griffith

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Tue
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NARFE CHAPTER 1579 Meeting

Tue
14

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Wed
15

AWANA Clubs

 

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