Edward Fontaine

1 month ago | nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Edward Fontaine |Justin Matley |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill

NORWALK, Conn. — At this year’s Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) operating budget hearings, one phrase repeated like a mantra: “Two and two and a half percent.” That was the mayor’s mandate to every department—no matter the level of need, no matter the scale of service. No department, except for education, could ask for more.

1 month ago | nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Edward Fontaine |Justin Matley |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill

NORWALK, Conn. — Common Council member Darlene Young has officially filed to run for mayor of Norwalk. A longtime public servant, Young has worked in various city roles, including Assistant City Clerk, Youth Services Program Manager, and coordinator of the DOJ’s Weed & Seed Initiative. Young has been an advocate for charter revision, housing equity, and police oversight, previously expressing support for a Civilian Police Review Board and policies to address affordable housing and sustainability.