The Bridgeport News is a weekly newspaper

Newspaper

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 that serves the Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Chicago

Bridgeport, one of 77 community areas of Chicago, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. It is bounded, generally, on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Canal Street, and on the south by Pershing Road.-History:...

 and McKinley Park

McKinley Park, Chicago

McKinley Park, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the city's southwest side.- History :McKinley Park has been a working-class area throughout its long history. This tradition began around 1836 when Irish workers on the Illinois & Michigan Canal took...

 neighborhoods of Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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The newspaper was founded in 1938, and claims on its masthead

Masthead (publishing)

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 to be A Non-Partisan Independent Newspaper Serving Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown, McKinley Park, Brighton Park

Brighton Park, Chicago

Brighton Park is a neighborhood located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. It is number 58 of the 77 community areas of Chicago.Brighton Park is bordered on the north by the former Illinois & Michigan Canal and the current Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, on the east by Western Avenue, on...

& Back of the Yards for Over 60 Years! With a circulation of over 25,000.

External links

• Webpage of the paper

A mouth-piece for the 11th Ward Regular Democratic Office.