I Need Reminding, Plus: Tuition For Students
Memo to me: . Thank OIB readers for surpassing 15,000 page views in just two weeks of the new site. . Perform Google search for additional information on the decline of the bat population. Remind the...
View ArticleWatt’s Up At WICC?
A few changes brewing at WICC. Word is Ann McManus, the general manager that took some heat in the wake of morning man John LaBarca’s firing last year, will be departing the station within days to form...
View ArticleWhat, No Fight? Plus: Cops Approve Contract In Tight Vote
What a bunch of party poopers. I’m always disappointed when no brawls break out at the Monday Night Fights, aka City Council meeting. I mean we haven’t had a decent steel cage match since the night Bob...
View ArticleYou Can Always Go Downtown, Plus: Big Mac Blogs From Inauguration And Mayor...
Do you want a job? The Downtown Special Services District is looking for a “managing director.” A number of OIB friends have applied for the position such as William Murphy, a guy who knows how to get...
View ArticleMajor Changes At WICC, Plus: The Assessment
5:15 p.m. UPDATE: Mega changes at radio station WICC. Legendary News Director Tim Quinn, a fixture at the station for more than 30 years, has been let go in dramatic cutbacks that also sees the layoff...
View ArticleWhere Have You Gone Lowell Weicker? Does Chris Dodd Give A Crap About...
Lowell Weicker, now there’s a guy who did something for Bridgeport. Check that, not something but a lot. Check that, not a lot but more than any pol on the planet. Weicker was elected governor in 1990,...
View ArticleA Radio Show For Joe? Plus: Zoo and Fish Tix
A tough few days for the Park City. Today was the day pink slips were poised for a few dozen municipal employees to begin closing an $8 million city budget gap. But in the aftermath of a Fire...
View ArticleFavorite Game In Town, Plus: Happy Bunny Rabbit
Hey all, happy bunny day. I’ll be around this weekend doing what I normally do–cooking! I’ll be checking in from time to time. See you on Monday with a new post. By the way, Anna sent me an email...
View ArticleJoin Us On Jim Buchanan Radio Show, Connecticut Characters
So much to talk about these days. And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight (Thursday) 6:30 to promote my latest book Connecticut Characters: Personalities Spicing Up The Nutmeg State on Jim Buchanan’s...
View Article‘Pal’ Jim Buchanan Leaves Mike With A Mark On Thousands Of Listeners
For thousands of listeners Jim Buchanan was good company, like the uncle you could joust with, make peace and come back another day. Talk radio is a fragile existence in the world of corporate bottom...
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Radio Legend ‘Big Al’ Warren Passes Away–The Songbook Of Memories
He never told you his real name or his age thus was Al Warren’s intensely personal side, but his public side was pleasing as they
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