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In today's newsletter:

  • New baby spider monkey delights visitors at Beardsley Zoo
  • Bridgeport power mostly back after outages from storm and demolition
  • Bridgeport demolition knocks down power lines, briefly cutting electricity

Also on today's calendar: Early open at 9 am with 20% off two or more pairs of RX glasses at Warby Parker Milford Market Place and 10 more events.

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  • Saturday: Breezy and colder, with a high of 38 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 45, low: 24.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Baby Spider Monkey Born At Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo In Bridgeport (patch.com) — Bridgeport families have a new reason to visit Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, where a black-handed spider monkey was just born this week. Zoo officials say guests may spot the baby clinging to its mother in the habitat and are asking visitors to keep voices low to give the pair a calm, quiet environment during the delicate first weeks.
   

2. Power Largely Restored In Bridgeport: United Illuminating (patch.com) — Bridgeport residents saw power largely restored Friday after more than 2,000 United Illuminating customers, including the University of Bridgeport, lost electricity during a wind and rainstorm. City officials say a separate building demolition near Gregory Street and Myrtle Avenue also downed wires and caused outages, but no injuries were reported and the storm did not cause the structural collapse.
   

3. Building Demolition Takes Down Some Power Lines In Bridgeport: Officials (patch.com) — Bridgeport residents near Gregory Street and Myrtle Avenue briefly lost power after a scheduled building demolition brought down utility lines and a United Illuminating pole late Friday morning. City officials say UI crews moved quickly to restore service, no injuries were reported, and the building’s condition was unrelated to recent storm activity.
   

4. Expert's Corner: Why CT property owners should prepare now for 2026 tax assessment appeals (hartfordbusiness.com subscription) — Bridgeport property owners are being urged to prepare now for possible 2026 tax assessment appeals tied to the Oct. 1, 2025 revaluation, which will shape local tax bills for five years. The piece explains how to review your new assessment, gather evidence, meet with assessors, and file formal appeals by the February 20, 2026 deadline if your Bridgeport property seems overvalued.
   

5. Road-marking company plans $2.3M Bridgeport industrial purchase after Transfer Act sunsets (hartfordbusiness.com) — A Bridgeport-based road-marking company plans to buy a nearly 30,000-square-foot industrial building on Bostwick Avenue for $2.3 million once Connecticut’s Transfer Act expires in March. The deal keeps the current printing business partly on-site through a leaseback, while giving Safety Marking much-needed parking and storage space and signaling new investment in the city’s industrial corridor.
   

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