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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Fred Wilms |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner
NORWALK, Conn. — The City of Norwalk’s Recreation and Parks Department has joined forces with Special Olympics Connecticut to bring the Unified Basketball program to local children aged 8 to 15. This inclusive initiative is designed for athletes with intellectual disabilities to enjoy basketball while fostering teamwork and sportsmanship. The program will occur every Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ben Franklin Gym, with sessions beginning on January 10.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Fred Wilms |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Art Space invites the public to the opening reception of its latest exhibition, MASC: Unmasking Identity, Redefining Masculinity, on Friday, January 17, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will feature live performances by multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyler Goldchain, poet AJoe Saint, and New Haven Poet Laureate Sharmont “Influence” Little.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner |Dawn Calle
NORWALK, Conn. — January is National Radon Action Month, and the Norwalk Health Department is encouraging residents to learn more about radon, a leading cause of lung cancer, and to test their homes for this invisible threat. In partnership with the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH), the Health Department will hold a radon test kit giveaway for Norwalk residents. Free kits will be available on Thursday, Jan. 16, and Thursday, Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Kenneth Werner |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle
NORWALK, Conn. – Diana Paladino Christopher, Norwalk’s newly sworn-in Republican Registrar of Voters, brings fresh energy and a community-focused vision to the office. With her first week complete, she’s eager to tackle the responsibilities of her new role and strengthen voter engagement in the city. “I’m very excited to finally be in this position,” Christopher said.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kenneth Werner |Bryan Meek |Dawn Calle
Well it’s here. Not just in Norwalk; not just in Connecticut. The nationwide education cliff has arrived. How did we get here nationally? Chronically underfunded public education programs were finally able to (temporarily) dig out of untenable financial circumstances due to generational national underfunding with the devastating, disguised “blessing” of COVID-19.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Kenneth Werner |Erik Vitaglione |Sid Welker
“How do you get Norwalkers more access to the water in a more meaningful way? How do we bring in tourism and boaters coming in from the water? How do we identify what the capital need is?” These are some of the questions Jessica Vonashek, Norwalk’s chief of community and economic development, said she hopes a new harbor plan will help answer.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Kenneth Werner |Erik Vitaglione |Sid Welker
You can help support Norwalk High School athletics while honoring legendary NBA superstar Calvin Murphy and his teammates from the 1966 Connecticut State Championship NHS boys basketball team at the upcoming Norwalk High School Celebrity Dinner. It’s planned for 6 p.m. on Saturday May 4 at American Legion Hall, 60 County Street, Norwalk. You’ll be waited on by NHS student athletes.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner |David Muccigrosso
Higher fines and “strengthened” language around blight were the two main updates to the city’s ordinance that the Common Council’s Ordinance Committee advanced on January 16. The Committee voted unanimously to move the blight ordinance to a public hearing for its February meeting. Committee Chair Lisa Shanahan (D-District E) said that the Committee looked to update this ordinance for two main reasons.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner |David Muccigrosso
During the public comment portion of the Common Council Ordinance Committee on January 16, multiple people who were speaking remotely made racist and antisemitic comments. Chair Lisa Shanahan (D-District E) stopped public comment after at least five commenters tried to use their time to make hateful comments against Jewish and minority members of the community. “We find these comments as a group absolutely abhorrent,” Shanahan said.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Nancy Chapman |Bryan Meek |Kenneth Werner |David Muccigrosso
Manresa Island smokestack “strobe lights” were once again disturbing Norwalk residents until property owner Argent Ventures shut them off Monday. Ordinarily, a steady red glow emanates from the smokestack’s lights. But when they fail, an alarm system sets off the white lights, according to Clay McPhail of Argent Ventures. Aviation law requires obstruction lighting on structures such as Manresa’s 300-foot-high smokestack, to allow pilots to avoid hitting the structure.
