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3 weeks ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill |David Muccigrosso
NORWALK, Conn. — Dr. Damon Lewis, principal of Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy, has been named the 2025 Connecticut Middle School Principal of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS), in recognition of his transformational leadership and commitment to equity, innovation, and student success. Lewis, who refers to his students as scholars, has reshaped Ponus Ridge into what staff and families now call a community, not just a school.
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1 month ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray |Thomas Gabriele |John Levin
NORWALK, Conn. — St. Paul’s on the Green will present a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be conducted by Josh Ehlebracht, the church’s Director of Music, featuring both adult and chorister choirs. The performance will highlight soprano Bel Zufferey and baritone Will Doreza, with organist Isaiah Williams accompanying the choir on St. Paul’s renowned Reuter organ.
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1 month ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray |Thomas Gabriele |John Levin
NORWALK, Conn. — A proposed car club and storage facility could soon provide local automotive enthusiasts with a secure space to store and celebrate their vehicles. Norwalk Center LLC and The Automotive Collective have submitted a special permit application to the city, proposing to establish the club at 10 Norden Place.
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2 months ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray
Plan reforms ‘fiscal guardrails’ and maneuvers around spending capGov. Ned Lamont unveiled a $55.2 billion biennial budget Wednesday that would loosen Connecticut’s “fiscal guardrails,” launch a major early childhood development initiative, provide a $50 income tax cut and restructure hospital taxes to secure more federal aid. The plan also would boost Medicaid rates for caregivers, corporation taxes and transit fares, invest in special education and preserve already-planned increases in town aid.
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2 months ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Garden Club will host a special presentation on the art of Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, from 1 to 2 p.m. at St. Jerome Church, 23 Half Mile Road. Roxane Wasserman, President of Ikebana International, New York Chapter #7, will lead the event. Wasserman holds a teacher’s certificate from the Sogetsu School in Tokyo, where she continues her studies.
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2 months ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Mike Murray
UPDATE: On Feb. 3, 1920 Bar & Bistro announced on Facebook that they would be closing for good. Their post said:“It’s with a really heavy heart that we’ve decided to close down 1920 Bar and Bistro and Hatter Piano Bar. This wasn’t an easy decision, and one that was made after much thought and due to unavoidable personal circumstances. We’ve loved every moment, and the privilege of serving Norwalk—sharing meals, laughs, and creating memories that we’ll never forget.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Harold F. Cobin |Mike Murray |Bryan Meek |Priscilla Feral
School system and City Hall officials praised the dual benefits of the new Tracy Magnet School multi-purpose track Thursday during a ribbon cutting ceremony. “This has had such an amazing impact on our school community,” said Tracy School Principal Lindsay Esposito.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Diana Paladino Christopher |Mike Murray |Bryan Meek |Priscilla Feral
To the Editor,As one of your likely incoming Registrar of Voters in January 2025, I strongly encourage all residents to participate in the upcoming public hearings for the Reapportionment Committee. This committee’s work is crucial for analyzing changes to Norwalk’s voting districts, ensuring fair representation by reflecting the city’s population and demographics.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Tysen Canevari |Thomas Belmont |Mike Murray
The city is exploring ways to address “disturbing” concerns around Norwalk vape and smoke shops that are selling marijuana and other products with high levels of THC illegally. “Since the legalization of adult-use cannabis in 2020, not only the city of Norwalk but the whole state of Connecticut has seen an increased growth of smoke shops and vape shops in their communities and Norwalk is not immune to that,” Chief of Police Jim Walsh told the Ordinance Committee of the Common Council on Tuesday.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Tysen Canevari |Thomas Belmont |Mike Murray
Norwalkers’ ability to know their city has leapt forward with the debut of Norwalk ACTS’ new “Civic Engagement Dashboard”. Just about anything you’d want to learn about the local electorate can be readily accessed there. You’ll find registered voter data, district maps, and a vast trove of demographic details. The easy-to-navigate database joins five similarly incisive Norwalk Data Dashboards already in place at Data – Norwalk ACTS.
