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ToquiNotes: Mall's Next Business May be Determined Soon as Official Believes rue21 Space Filled Shortly

Posted on May 18, 2024

When it comes to businesses leaving Meadowbrook Mall since the arrival of Boscov’s, it has been pretty much an empty s...

ToquiNotes: Crime Fighting Tool in West Virginia Only in the City of Bridgeport that Protects Kids and More

Posted on May 11, 2024

The Bridgeport Police Department has a crime fighting tool at its disposal that no other agency in West Virginia has....

ToquiNotes: He's "Just a Mailman," but Kirk Cistaro Changed a Small Corner of the World in Buckhannon

Posted on May 04, 2024

It was the spring of 2014, and it was graduation day at Notre Dame High School. The guest speaker that day was my near...

ToquiNotes: A Late Night Trip Down Memory Lane with an Order for a Giiovanni and More at The Canteen

Posted on April 20, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: Warm weather weekends meant more than swimming for me and entire generations of individuals...

ToquiNotes: Combined, Incredible 100-Year Milestone by Friends, Neighbors Norm Farley and Jim Christie

Posted on April 13, 2024

They have been neighbors for decades. And they have lived in Bridgeport for decades.   Earlier this month,...

ToquiNotes: How a Car Wreck Possibly Saved a BHS Grad's Life and Culminated with $50,000 from Drake

Posted on April 06, 2024

A scenario that started a chain of life-changing events for Bridgeport High School graduate Isabella Petroff taking pl...

ToquiNotes: Pulling up Anchor at WVU to Realize His Dream as Ryan Hall Accepted to U.S. Naval Academy

Posted on March 30, 2024

One of Bridgeport High School’s most prominent alumni on the education front is walking away from his post-secondary e...

ToquiNotes: Katie Ielapi Going Strong as She Hits 90, Still Preparing Food and Love in Unlimited Portions

Posted on March 23, 2024

It is 4 a.m. in Bridgeport. Nearly everything is dark and motionless on this particular morning.   Up to t...

ToquiNotes: A Hot Diggity Dog Blog on Best Hot Dogs Ever in City, Harrison County and Well Beyond

Posted on March 16, 2024

As we often do here in the ToquiNotes blog, we try to balance the serious with the fun. And if it’s fun, then there’s a go...

ToquiNotes: It is Not Up for Debate as Bridgeport High has Undisputed GOAT(s) Inside the School's Walls

Posted on March 13, 2024

Whether it is sports, food, or some other random topic, if you read one of my blogs over the course of the year you kn...

ToquiNotes: Recalling Life of a Bridgeport Native who is Intimately Woven into Fabric of City's Success

Posted on March 09, 2024

If you are above a certain age and you are asked to talk about an iconic business or thing from the past about the Cit...

ToquiNotes: From Twin Oaks and Oliverio's to Smitty's and Vito's, a Tale of the Greatest Slice of Pizza Ever

Posted on March 02, 2024

Until you’ve actually been away, or until you’ve talked to someone that’s been away, you may not appreciate just how good...

ToquiNotes: An Immeasurable Impact, An Inconsolable Loss - Recalling Ryan Lantz and a Legacy of Love

Posted on February 24, 2024

The shadow box on the wall in the hallway of my alma mater leading to the gymnasium at Liberty High School was a simpl...

ToquiNotes: My Kingdom for a Nutter Butter Blizzard

Posted on February 17, 2024

Perhaps since it is the time of year when you can actually have a blizzard that I can’t get my mind off Bli...

ToquiNotes: Long-Time Bridgeport Resident to Debut Food Venture that will Leave You Saying Mamma Mia

Posted on February 10, 2024

As a little girl, Maria Folio Skidmore was frequently by her grandmother Josefa Pena’s side. And that meant Maria would fr...
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