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Nov 27, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Anthony Pavia |Bryan Meek |Tysen Canevari
NORWALK, Conn. — Airgas, a manufacturer and distributor of packaged gases and welding products, plans to relocate its South Norwalk operations to a larger site on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, previously occupied by Bolt Technology. Attorney Liz Suchy presented the company’s plans to the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, detailing a proposal to build a 5,500-square-foot warehouse on the corner of Duke Place and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill |Mike Mushak
Milligan’s next proposal: Apartments, hotel and retail to the old Riverview Plaza Developer Jason Milligan, the largest property owner in the Wall Street area, is looking to expand his portfolio by adding 96 apartments, 100 hotel rooms, and improved retail space around the office building at 24 Belden Avenue, which includes the old Riverview Plaza.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill |Mike Mushak
In an effort to more effectively support the city’s most vulnerable youth, Norwalk’s Community Services Department is working with the Fairfield County Community Foundation to establish systems to unite the efforts of the agencies and departments that now operate separately. “These young people are struggling in education, they’re often justice involved, social services, mental health services,” said Lamond Daniels, the city’s chief of community services.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Thomas Belmont |Diane Lauricella |Michael McGuire
Expanding the Marine Science Academy from its start at Brien McMahon High School to span all grades K-12 has been a big success, officials told the Board of Education on Tuesday, reporting on the first year of the “unique” program that provides hands-on learning. Brien McMahon launched the Marine Science Academy in 2019, and the school district expanded it last year, thanks to $1.3 million in federal funding.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Thomas Belmont |Diane Lauricella |Michael McGuire
At its annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, the Norwalk Board of Education unanimously voted to keep its current board chair, vice chair, and secretary in place. Diana Carpio, who has been on the board since 2019 and represents District C, was re-elected as chairperson.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Skip Hagerty |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle
All roadway projects in the city will have to follow Complete Streets guidelines, now that the Common Council unanimously adopted a Complete Streets ordinance on Tuesday.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Skip Hagerty |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle
Right now all of Norwalk’s parks are open from “dawn to dusk” which makes it hard for police officers to enforce park closures and restrictions, Director of Recreation and Parks Robert Stowers said on Wednesday. Stowers put forth recommendations to the Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Affairs Committee of the Common Council to establish open and close times at city parks this week.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle |Tysen Canevari
Norwalk lost two “very special people in the city”, Mayor Harry Rilling said on Tuesday, asking those in attendance to pause and remember Lieutenant Thomas Roncinske Jr., and NancyonNorwalk founder Nancy Chapman. “It’s sad when this happens, and it’s fitting that we pay tribute,” Rilling said. Roncinske, Jr. was a member of the Norwalk Police Department for 35 years, before he retired in March 2024. He passed away on Saturday, November 9.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle |Tysen Canevari
For decades, the Norwalk Common Council—and Board of Education—districts have remained the same, not adjusting for population changes over time. That left the districts unbalanced, with some, like District A with more people than the average and others, like District C with fewer people than the average in the city. “It is well overdue. This is probably 40 years overdue for realigning our districts,” council member Lisa Shanahan said.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Mike Mushak |Bryan Meek |Drew Todd
Mary Roman, a former city clerk, legendary senior athlete, and longtime Norwalk resident who was one of the first to pass away from COVID-19 in 2020, could soon have a track named in her honor. Both the Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Affairs and the Land Use and Building Management Committees of the Common Council unanimously supported naming the track at Malmquist Field, across from City Hall.
