City Faces

Posted on March 02, 2025

This week’s Bridgeport City Face is Davette Buckhannon Stout, a lifelong resident of the city. Davette and I graduated BHS...

Posted on February 23, 2025

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Melinda Webster. Learn more about her by reading the interview below. How lo...

Posted on February 16, 2025

Today we feature Jennifer Cole as our Bridgeport City Face. She is a teacher at Bridgeport High School and her family has...

Posted on January 26, 2025

Today’s Bridgeport City Face can be seen capturing moments at various community events. Jonathan Staddon is a ph...

Posted on January 19, 2025

Today’s Bridgeport City Face - the first of 2025 - is Alecia Sirk Ford, the wife of our City Manager, Patrick Fo...

Posted on January 15, 2023

This week’s City Face is Sarah Moore. Learn about her, her family and her attachment to Bridgeport below: ...

Posted on December 04, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Marteney Hanson. Meet her and her family here! Tell me about...

Posted on October 23, 2022

This week’s Bridgeport City Face is Cindy Yeager Garner. Meet her and her family here: Tell u...

Posted on September 11, 2022

This week's City Face is Mary Matheny. Although she lives in Clarksburg, she is seen daiily in Bridgeport at Bridgeport Pu...

Posted on June 19, 2022

This week’s Bridgeport City Face is Tara Linch. Meet her and her family here! Tell me about you and your...

Posted on May 29, 2022

This week's City Face is Jessica Carder. Meet her and her family here! Tell me about you and your famil...

Posted on May 08, 2022

Today's Bridgeport City Face is Shirley Donnellan Oliverio, a familiar one to many. As we are celebrating Mother's...

Posted on May 01, 2022

Today's Bridgeport City Face is Charlotte Higgins, owner of Higgins Sweet Treats. Tell me about you and your fa...

Posted on April 17, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Sarah Godwin. You might find her working at Freedom Kia - or working her farm. Meet he...

Posted on April 10, 2022

This week's Bridgeport City Face is Stephanie Scott. Meet her and learn about her, her family and her connection to our ci...

From the Bench: From Baseball Baptism to...

Bridgeport’s Ben McDougal has had a senior year at West Virginia University that provided memories and highlights that...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Recalling Bridgeport Bank o...

Does anyone remember the Bridgeport Bank? This is believed to be the front of a calendar from the bank showing...

Posted by Dick Duez
The Cyber Beacon: Protecting Public Trus...

After a brief hiatus, it is great to be back writing the Cyber Beacon. Cybersecurity never stands still, and neither shoul...

Posted by Joe Earley
It's Happening: Curtain to Open on The W...

On our way to Lambert’s Winery last Wednesday evening for live music and coal-fired pizza, m...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: A Decade-Plus Run of Former ...

It was back in my thin waist days when I first walked through the door. The date, according to my friend Rebecca Deem...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: Summer 2026 Reading Final...

We are less than two weeks away from the end of summer reading, but we still have lots of stories left to unearth. It...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
Tending Community: The Sustainability Bu...

Hey, Bridgeport! Have you noticed the buzz around sustainable living lately? Not every buzz is worth following, but th...

Posted by Perris Reed