Rosemary Hudi, 68, a retired bookkeeper and a lifelong Bridgeport resident, said she was "embarrassed" by the beating of Lenard.

As Bridgeport resident of 32 years and a Stratford resident for the last 11, the physical presence of the dorm does not affect my quality of life.

The 24-to-10 vote crushed Bridgeport residents' hopes of seeing their ailing city, one hour from New York, become a gambling mecca.

He is smart, thoughtful, and a fourth-generation Bridgeport resident who is close to the district and passionate about improving his hometown.

Nearly 25 percent of Bridgeport residents live in poverty, however, and it is their neighborhoods where the bulk of slayings occurred, especially in and around public housing, police records show.

So the Bridgeport resident, who was chaperoning his daughter's class trip to the park, escorted a handful of fifth-grade students onto the ride, expecting a few seconds worth of thrills.

And the vast majority of Bridgeport residents are good, decent people, who share the same goals and values of those people who plan to march in their neighborhood.

Nothing ever came of these plans, and it has long been argued by Bridgeport residents that the poor condition of the access bridge has discouraged use of the land.

The 45-year-old Bridgeport resident has been carving sculptures into pencil lead, without the aid of a magnifying glass, for 25 years.

Still, the traffic - dense, thick clots of it - has kept some Bridgeport residents from going out to spend their money.