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Richard Chumney

Connecticut

Reporter at The Norwalk Hour

Reporter @connpost and @Hearst Newspapers

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  • 4 days ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

    Fire damage at the former Harding High School building in Bridgeport, Conn., in January 2024. Schools officials propose building a new elementary school at the site for students who now attend Beardsley, Edison and Hall schools. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaBRIDGEPORT — City school system officials are proposing to build two new schools to replace a handful of aging buildings, including a $125 million pre-K-8 school and a $75 million center for special education.

  • 1 week ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

    Stratford Acting Superintendent of Schools Heather Borges answers questions during a Town Council meeting at the Baldwin Center in Stratford on March 19, 2025. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut MediaSTRATFORD — The town school board narrowly voted to approve a three-year contract for acting Superintendent Heather Borges on Monday, setting the administrator’s annual base salary at $245,000.

  • 1 week ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

    A local developer proposes to transform an empty office building at 727 Honeyspot Road in Stratford into a 14-unit apartment building. Courtesy of Google MapsSTRATFORD — A local developer is proposing to transform empty offices off Lordship Avenue into a 14-unit apartment building, the latest proposal to convert unused commercial space into housing.

  • 1 week ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

    Bridgeport interim Superintendent Royce Avery addresses the City Council's budget committee on Thursday, May 2, 2025. Richard Chumney / Hearst Connecticut MediaCity Council Chambers in City Hall in Bridgeport, Conn., in 2022 file photo. Ned Gerard, Staff Photographer / Hearst Connecticut MediaBRIDGEPORT — When Aimee Guerrero moved from the Philippines to the United States with her family as a young child, she relied on her new school’s library to learn to speak English.

  • 1 week ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

    Instructor Angel Diaz, center, blocks punches from Treyvon Pope, 12, during a karate class at Stratford Shotokan Karate in Stratford on April 28, 2025. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut MediaAngel Diaz, right, demonstrates a kick with assistant Ben Zafe during a karate class at Stratford Shotokan Karate in Stratford on April 28, 2025.

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RT @CTnewsguild: We, the journalists of Hearst Connecticut Media, are forming a union. We ask that Hearst voluntarily recognize our unit s…

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RT @jacquelinerabe: Black women are six time more likely to be homicide victims... In Bridgeport, the families of two Black women who died…