Bridgeport News

Bridgeport men charged after fight involving weapons (The Wenatchee World)
WATERVILLE - Four Bridgeport residents have been charged with burglary and assault in connection with a fight in which a gun was pointed at people and a steak knife and glass bottle were thrown.

For Sound Tiger Morency, it's about belief (Connecticut Post)
For Pascal Morency, it's all about belief.There's belief that he can help the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, to provide them with energy on the wing and some toughness and reliability in the defensive

Derecktor still sailing despite bankruptcy (Connecticut Post)
BRIDGEPORT -- Although its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has grown a little more complicated, Derecktor Shipyards Connecticut has added more than 100 workers since it filed the action more than six

Finch: City is on a fiscal tightrope (Connecticut Post)
HARTFORD-- Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch warned Monday that his city is "ground zero for fiscal teetering" and needs the flexibility to negotiate union contracts and impose new fees to make up for a

Alliance sweeps tourney titles (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Photo by RANDY HENRY /Star-Herald Alliance’s Jessie Mattox (25) pulls down a rebound between Bridgeport’s Renae Jacobson (5) and Marissa Steer (31) during their championship game of the Alliance Holiday Tournament on Tuesday in Alliance. Alliance earned a 33-26 win.

Rats Beat Bridgeport 3-2 In Overtime (WNYT Albany)
Michael Ryan posts Hat Trick for Albany

Top 10 local sports stories (Connecticut Post)
What a year it was. The local sports year 2008 saw boxing make a comeback in Bridgeport as members of the United States Olympic Team fought right in our backyard, and we had three other boxing heroes

Andre Rieu is top 10 Touring act (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
With an incredible number of 714,617 tickets sold and a gross revenue of US$76.9 mln Andre Rieu clinched the 8th position in Pollstar's top 10 of worldwide touring acts. At 59, Rieu is still burning from ambition and his next goal is to definitively conquer the USA.

Lady Dons cruise past Paden City (Weirton Daily Times)
PADEN CITY — Meghan Dulaney scored a team-high 12 points and was helped by 11-point performances by both Jen Nogay and Isabella Anile as the Madonna girls basketball team defeated host Paden City, 59-34, on Saturday.

Immaculate leader to expand school reach and strengths (The News-Times)
DANBURY- Immaculate High School's interim principal, Mary Ann Foncello, will focus on expanding the school's enrollment, building on its academic excellence, and strengthening connections with alumnae and the community in the next six months.She has spent 30 years as an educator, 26 of them at Immaculate, which is her alma mater.