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Seven weeks of fun, seven weeks of travel and seven weeks of getting to know our communities personally, has wrapped up. Melissa wrapped up the 2025 WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour with a few words and of course, a see you again next year!

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It's coming! We welcomed the ring master of the Barnum Festival, Greg, to the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour!

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"Hey! Phil? Phil? Hey! Phil Connor!" No he's not a weather man he keeps reliving Groundhogs Day over and over again, he's the Membership Director at Bridgeport Regional Business Council and he's also, at the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour!

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They're one of the groups that's on the frontlines for scams, they're also on of the sponsors of the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour, John Wilson from AARP - Connecticut joined the tour to talk about what's going on with AARP.

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They keep us safe everyday, they put out the literal fires that happening in the city and they give us important announcements when it pertains to the city of Bridgeport. The Bridgeport Fire Chief and Police chief joined the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour to talk about some safety tips as the summer inches closer.

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Your city, your Mayor...Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim made an apperance at the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner Tour at Frankies Diner to talk about the Park City.

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Despite the circus that is the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour, we needed to have a real ringmaster there, so we welcome the executive director of the Barnum Museum, Kathy Maher, to Frankies Diner!

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Manufacturing is more important than ever now a days, so Melissa welcomed Denise Weaver, the director of the Southwest Connecticut Manufacturing Partnership, to the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa in the Morning Diner tour to talk about all things in the manufacturing field.

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The WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour hosted the University of Bridgeport to talk about what's going on with the purple and white!

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