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🌱 Patch AM: Multifamily Home For Sale In Bridgeport's Mill Hill Neighborhood

Coming up: Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer on the Bridgeport Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Three-family Mill Hill home offers space, parking and investment potential
  • What this charter ruling means for Bridgeport's ethics overhaul timeline
  • Were you near P.T. Barnum on August 9? Police need you.

Also on today's calendar: Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 65.
  • Saturday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 72 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Multifamily Home For Sale In Bridgeport's Mill Hill Neighborhood (patch.com) — Bridgeport readers eyeing investment or a new place to live may be interested in a well-kept three-family home for sale on Bell Street in the Mill Hill neighborhood. Built in 1920, the 2,669-square-foot property offers six bedrooms, three bathrooms, off-street parking for four cars, and is listed at $569,900 as a flexible option for owners or investors.
   

• Judge rejects Bridgeport councilwoman's bid to overturn voter-approved charter changes (ctpost.com) — A state judge has rejected Bridgeport Councilwoman Maria Pereira's lawsuit seeking to overturn last fall's voter-approved overhaul of the city charter, leaving the new rules in place. While the charter's stronger ethics provisions remain delayed by council inaction on appointments, city officials say the ruling validates the process, and Pereira hints she may sue again if the new language is ever used against her personally.
   

• Bridgeport police seeking help identifying person of interest in homicide (wfsb.com) — Bridgeport police are asking residents for help identifying a man considered a person of interest in the August 9 fatal shooting of 46‑year‑old Johnny Nesmith at the P.T. Barnum housing complex. Investigators want witnesses and anyone with cell phone video to contact the Homicide Unit or email Detective Jeffrey Holtz to help piece together what happened.
   

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  • Sonja Sally Sylvia Hegymegi, 88 of Milford, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2026 —Cody-White Funeral Home Read on Patch
  • E-Bikes Are a Hot Topic — and Safety Concerns Are Heating Up —St. Vincent's Medical Center Read on Patch
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  • Anybody reading a good book lately ?
    I love reading .With me having trouble with spelling becouse of dyslexia all my life it took me a long years to to learn to read I finally got it not… (Nextdoor Fairfield)
  • Hi I live in the east side of Bridgeport theres about 3-4 beautiful calico kitten and black ones the mother is beautiful I wish someone on here could come get them neuter them give them away I feed the mother every day and other strays I'm worried
    these kittens may get hit by a car or taken by the wrong people! (Nextdoor Bridgeport)
  • Central Connecticut Coast YMCA - Valley YMCA posted a job opening for ECE Teacher (ECETCR) - Bridgeport in Bridgeport. Apply here.
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  • Fairfield police investigate church vandalism incidents (ctpost.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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