Bridgeport council pauses sewer upgrades over fee worries
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Signage marking a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) location along Waterview Ave., adjacent to Yellow Mill Creek, Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 4, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), in Yellow Mill Creek, Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 4, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Shift Supervisor Carlos Paiva takes a regular reading of the sludge levels at the bottom of the final settling tanks at the East Side Wastewater plant on Seaview Avenue in Bridgeport on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Sludge is skimmed from the bottom of the tanks and trucked to an incinerator.Brian A. Pounds / STShow MoreShow Less
Trumbull diversity committee cancels meeting after half of members quit trumbulltimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from trumbulltimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chairman of Trumbull diversity committee will not resign despite calls for her removal
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TRUMBULL The town’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force will continue with Tara Figueroa as its chair, despite an effort to shut the committee down until she resigns or is removed.
“I have not violated any ethical guidelines or codes of conduct,” Figueroa said. “This experience has really amplified to me why there needs to be such a thing as a diversity committee.”
Figueroa has been under fire on social media over comments she made in July calling the Blue Lives Matter flag a symbol of racial bigotry and comparing it to the Confederate flag. The town’s police union, Police Commission Chairman Ray Baldwin and scores of private citizens have called for her removal and social media comments have grown increasingly hostile.
Connecticut Democrats urge U S Congress to pass the COVID-19 relief bill so schools and municipalities can get back on track courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.