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Discovery Museum - Free Admission on Wednesdays for Bridgeport Residents Discovery Science Center and Planetarium is pleased to offer Free Admission for all Bridgeport families every Wednesday. (Please bring ID with Bridgeport address) El Centro de ciencia Discovery y Planetario tiene el plaser de ofrecer admision gratis para todas las familias de Bridgeport todos los…

CT esta trabajando para mejorar la accesibilidad de los alimentos Muchos residentes de Connecticut enfrentan problemas de acceso a los alimentos, según el lugar donde vivan y su nivel de ingresos. En particular, algunos residentes viven en lugares inaccesibles a servicios alimentarios y casi 3,800 beneficiarios de cupones de alimentos no viven en una ciudad…

Bridgeport, Stamford Each to Receive $900,000 from State's Social Equity Council United Way of Coastal Fairfield County and United Way of Western Connecticut, under the newly merged entity United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, will distribute $1.8 million in grant funding to support projects in Bridgeport and Stamford that uplift communities and strengthen families…

AARP Seeks 2023 Andrus Award for Community Service Nominees AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2023 Connecticut Andrus Award for Community Service, an annual award honoring a 50+ volunteer in the state who is sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members. The deadline to nominate an outstanding…

GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise - THIS THURSDAY! Have you purchased your tickets to our 19th Annual Sunset Cruise sponsored by our friends at AARP-CT! Join us on Thursday, July 20th and enjoy a summer evening beginning with networking on the dock and appetizers from El Coquito, followed by a beautiful sunset aboard the Bridgeport…

CT Small Business Boost Fund Info The Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund is a new resource that will move your business forward. Supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development, the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund links Connecticut small businesses and nonprofits to the financial support they need to thrive. The Connecticut Small…

AARP Awards Grants to Five Connecticut Organizations AARP Connecticut announced five organizations throughout the state will receive 2023 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.6 million awarded among 310 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation;…

GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise - IN JUST 2 WEEKS! GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise is JUST 2 WEEKS AWAY! Have you purchased your tickets to our 19th Annual Sunset Cruise sponsored by our friends at AARP-CT! Join us on Thursday, July 20th and enjoy a summer evening beginning with networking on the dock and appetizers…

Bridgeport Puerto Rican Oral History Project Amanda Rivera is a third year graduate student in the Department of American Studies at Yale University and third-generation Boricua originally from New Jersey. For her dissertation, she's doing an analysis of Puerto Rican community formation in Bridgeport and New Haven, emphasizing education-related initiatives, from the 1970s through present…