Bridgeport, CT – Seven years after Hurricane Irene and the damage inflicted on Bridgeport from Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Ganim  joined local youth from the City Summer Camp to celebrate the reopening of the Al Bennett Fishing Pier at Seaside Park. As part of the celebration, city officials were joined by nine to ten-year-old children from the City Recreation Department's Seaside Park Summer Day Camp for a fishing lesson provided by the Bridgeport Police Department.   The long-awaited construction was made possible by the Parks and Recreation Department seeking and securing federal assistance from the State Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security (DEMHS) through FEMA.   “Reopening the Al Bennett Fishing Pier is a testament to my administration’s commitment to preserving an…

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