Connecticut Post

The Connecticut Post is a daily newspaper based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It caters to the broader Bridgeport region, Fairfield County, and the Lower Naugatuck Valley. The areas served by the Post include Bridgeport, Ansonia, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Orange, Oxford, Redding, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, and Westport. This newspaper is owned by the Hearst Corporation, a large global media organization with an annual revenue of $4 billion. Additionally, the Connecticut Post generates revenue through classified ads aimed at job seekers, along with various listings for products and services, which have minimal regulations.

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Should Bridgeport fund college scholarships or hold off given the district's $28M fiscal crisis?

2 days ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney |Brian Lockhart

Mayor Joe Ganim speaks with a supporter outside Central High School on the day of the redo primary election for mayor, in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 23, 2024. Ganim is proposing to set aside $250,000 for the Bridgeport Promise scholarship program as part of his yet-to-be-approved budget plan for 2025-26.
Renovation of Bridgeport's historic Klein Auditorium, will cost $200K more than planned

6 days ago | ctpost.com | Brian Lockhart

The Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 14, 2024. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaRenovations are underway at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 14, 2024. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaRenovations are underway at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 14, 2024. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaAn architecture rendering of a renovation project currently underway at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 14, 2024.
Sen. Blumenthal demands answers from Trump administration about CT student visa revocations

6 days ago | ctpost.com | Natasha Sokoloff

Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesU.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers after dozens of Connecticut international students have seen their visas revoked without explanation, according to a new letter to the Trump administration.
Connecticut Arts, Entertainment, Movies, Nightlife & Events

1 week ago | ctpost.com

Find entertainment news and reviews on movies, theater, music, TV and books, plus event listings in Connecticut
Bridgeport cop charged with assault in Stratford resigns from Bridgeport Police Department

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Brian Lockhart

BRIDGEPORT — A local police officer charged in February after assaulting a woman in a domestic violence incident is no longer a member of the force. Bridgeport confirmed Wednesday that Officer Jairo Francisco Bastidas Arellano resigned March 31. He was charged Feb. 17 in neighboring Stratford with disorderly conduct, third-degree assault, third-degree strangulation/suffocation and second-degree unlawful restraint. Article continues below this adStratford Police Capt.
Connecticut plans new way of keeping track of Trump funding cuts

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Alex Putterman

Connecticut has created a new portal through which businesses, non-profits and municipalities can report impacts of federal cuts, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump's administration cancels grants and contracts across the federal government, including many in Connecticut, and implements tariffs that are likely to affect businesses and consumers nationwide.
Connecticut refuses to sign Trump administration's DEI compliance order

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Natasha Sokoloff

Connecticut is rejecting the Trump administration's demand that K-12 schools certify their compliance with the elimination of all "illegal" diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the state education commissioner announced Wednesday.
New Stratford pumphouse designed to alleviate flooding nearly finished, EPA says

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Richard Chumney

STRATFORD — A massive new pump station designed to help mitigate flooding near the banks of the Housatonic River is expected to be completed this summer, ending more than two years of construction. Mike Looney, a project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers, said at a recent community meeting that crews are working on the final phase of the project and that the station should be finished by June or July.
Bridgeport's Paier College loses accreditation, 80-year-old school on verge of closing permanently

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Brian Lockhart

Paier College is its new location on the University of Bridgeport campus, in Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 16, 2021. Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media file photoPaier College sign in Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 16, 2021. Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaBRIDGEPORT — The beleaguered Paier College, shuttered by the state last fall for failing to meet several operating criteria, has lost its accreditation, according to documents received Tuesday by state officials.
Fire erupts at Ansonia home on Hubbell Avenue, officials say

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Peter Yankowski

Firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out at a large home on the corner of Hubbell Avenue and Seventh Street Sunday, April 13, 2025. Courtesy Of Ansonia Fire DepartmentFirefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out at a large home on the corner of Hubbell Avenue and Seventh Street Sunday, April 13, 2025. Courtesy of Ansonia Fire DepartmentFirefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out at a large home on the corner of Hubbell Avenue and Seventh Street Sunday, April 13, 2025.