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Message to Residents from the City of Bridgeport

FROM THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT As we welcome spring soon, many residents will be starting landscaping...

By Connect-Bridgeport Staff March 13, 2026 12:45 AM EST in Community

Posted on March 13, 2026

LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Randolph and Barbour counti...

Posted on March 10, 2026

Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Clay, Gilmer, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digit...

Posted on March 06, 2026

United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties has named David B. Alvarez, a respected entrepreneur, business leader, a...

Posted on March 01, 2026

Editor's Note: The following story is from the Ford Racing Web site. It is Harrison County resident Mendi Gardner'...

Posted on February 27, 2026

Challenging. That is one word used to describe the Derek Hotsinpiller Fallen Stars 5K course. Many of the...

Posted on February 24, 2026

LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hampshire, Raleigh, Pocahon...

Posted on February 23, 2026

Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Randolph, Upshur, Preston, and Tucker counties offering three...

Posted on February 19, 2026

It was back in the late 1970s or early 1980s when a young Gerard "Jerry" Veltri received his braces from Dr....

Posted on February 19, 2026

On Wednesday, February 18, GSU President Dr. Mark A. Manchin met with representatives from Gorilla Strenght & Fitness to t...

Posted on February 16, 2026

Bridgeport High School’s After Prom Committee is bringing back a creative and lighthearted fundraiser to support this year...

Posted on February 16, 2026

There is light at the end of a long winter tunnel. The Associated Businesses of Bridgeport has set...

From the Bench: Recalling a BHS Pre-Game...

During some recent rummaging through notes from my writing days from many years ago, I came across some information th...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Two Future All-State Athlet...

Recognize these two youngsters? This photo is from 2007 and is of Jerry West Basketball action at the Bridgepor...

Posted by Dick Duez
Off the Shelf: March Events and Spring B...

March is here, and so is the library’s highly anticipated Spring Event Brochure! Next time you&rs...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
ToquiNotes: An Impact on Those Who Knew ...

Editor's Note: Last month marked the five-year anniversary of the passing of Bridgeport's Lou Aragona, who exerted...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Thoughts on Daylight Savi...

I have put a lot of thought into this week’s column and thought that maybe I should not write it, but it was sti...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen