ToquiNotes

Posted on November 01, 2025

Editor's Note: This blog ran more than eight years ago. And it drew so many comments on restaurants I missed that a se...

Posted on October 25, 2025

I do not want to pretend that I comprehend what goes into a rate case study done by the Public Service Commission of W...

Posted on October 18, 2025

As I often do in this blog, I like to reminisce about places from the past. Often times, because I really love food, I...

Posted on October 11, 2025

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 on October 04, 2025

Early last month, one friend of mine made a social media post and another contacted me via social media about the passing...

Posted on September 27, 2025

Editor's Note I: This blog ran nearly 10 years ago, on Sept. 19, 2015 on Connect-Bridgeport. It is being reposted in m...

Posted on September 20, 2025

EDITOR'S NOTE I: Well done Bridgeport and all surrounding communities. The remaining tickets mentioned below to assist...

Posted on September 13, 2025

As I often do, particularly for you fans of nostalgia and food, I am focusing this week’s blog on a national restauran...

Posted on September 06, 2025

A few weeks ago, my wife and I joined some friends at Kelley’s 2.0 in downtown Clarksburg when I was tapped on t...

Posted on August 30, 2025

Editor's Note I: This blog ran in August of 2020, prior to the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival. It is running...

Posted on August 23, 2025

Bridgeport has had many employees spend their entire lives serving the community. Not too long ago, Librarian Sharon S...

Posted on August 16, 2025

As I left Boscov's at Meadowbrook Mall earlier this summer, it was close to dinner time. Because of that, yours truly was...

Posted on August 02, 2025

With temperatures recently feeling like they were above 100 degrees, the last thing on many folks’ minds is fall...

Posted on July 26, 2025

This week’s blog will be a little different than most. With this one I’m asking for some North Central West Virginia c...

Posted on July 19, 2025

Last summer, when work began on redesigning the intersection of Worthington Drive and Philadelphia Avenue by Simpson Eleme...

From the Bench: Despite ACL Surgery, Sal...

The date is as clear as the moment it happened and the pain that followed for Bridgeport High School senior Salam Rajj...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Indian Football Seniors fro...

See anyone you know? These are the seniors from the Bridgeport High School 1961 football team. According to Hug...

Posted by Dick Duez
ToquiNotes: The Deceased Restaurant Memo...

Editor's Note: This blog ran more than eight years ago. And it drew so many comments on restaurants I missed that a se...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Sister Trip through Almos...

This past week I found myself on a little trip to have some sister time with my sister Joan. My sister-in-law Trina Pe...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
It's Happening: Bridgeport Elementary St...

Halloween festivities are behind us, and autumn is moving into the rearview mirror. As our focus shifts to the Christm...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Read to Feed

We are challenging the community to read 1 million minutes by the end of 2025. Need more convincing to read and track...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
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's de...

Posted by Jon Griffith