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1 month ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Becca Stoll |Skip Hagerty |Paul Lanning
NORWALK, Conn. — As housing costs continue to rise and available land for development dwindles, Norwalk officials and residents are grappling with how to address the city’s growing affordable housing crisis. A recent Affordable Housing Ad Hoc Committee discussion highlighted key obstacles, including the need for long-term planning, policy changes, and better use of existing resources. During the Feb.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Harold F. Cobin |Paul Lanning |Diane Lauricella |Bryan Meek
Seven months to the day after the Fairfield Avenue bridge sagged and fractured under the intense heat of a gasoline-fueled fire, its replacement opened Monday carrying traffic and pedestrians over Interstate 95. “It was a coordinated sprint to today,” said Garrett Eucalitto, commissioner of the state Dept. of Transportation, describing how the replacement bridge was completed months earlier than scheduled and under its projected cost.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Bryan Meek |Paul Lanning |Ana Tabachneck
Invest in recruiting and retaining teachers. Subsidize student transportation costs. Improve post-graduate opportunities for high school students, particularly those not college-bound. Those were among the spending priorities Norwalk community members proposed at a public “town hall” forum with school district officials. Dozens of parents, community members, teachers, principals, and staff gathered at Nathan Middle School for the encounter last Thursday.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Ana Tabachneck
The Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the city to “purchase, acquire, take and/or eminent domain” an abandoned rail spur near the new South Norwalk School. The property, which abuts 1 Meadow Street Ext. on one side and South Main Street on the other side, has been owned by Ceja Properties, LLC since 2020. According to city officials, the city has been trying to purchase the property for more than a year, but the two sides are far apart on price.
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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.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Bryan Meek |Michael McGuire |Tysen Canevari
Norwalk’s 10th annual Tax Sale is planned for Monday Sep. 9, at 4 p.m. (or whenever bidder registration concludes) in the concert hall at 125 East Avenue, according to the City’s website. Bidder registration will start at 3 p.m. The Tax Collector’s office will close at 2 p.m.Fifty-seven properties with unpaid taxes remain in the sale as of August 6. Properties whose back taxes are subsequently paid prior to the sale date will be taken off the list.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Bryan Meek |Michael McGuire |Tysen Canevari
You’ll find a vast array of antiques, repurposed furniture, upcycled collectibles, jewelry, crafts by local artisans, household items, clothing, toys, farm-to-table foods and more at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum’s 17th Annual Old-fashioned Flea Market. The eagerly-awaited extravaganza is planned for Sunday Sep.15 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Mathews Park, 295 West Avenue, Norwalk. Popular antiques dealer Steve Balser will chair the event. Admission is free.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Bryan Meek |Michael McGuire |Tysen Canevari
The Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame, a group that honors distinguished state residents “who have continued making positive impacts after leaving military service” is soliciting nominations for its Class of 2024. Founded in 2005, the state-administered group has thus far inducted 201 honorees.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Bryan Meek |Drew Todd |John S. O’Neill |John O’neill
The uproarious insult comic Lisa Lampanelli will give script-in-hand performances of her memoire Lisa Lampanelli: Irrelevant! in fundraisers for the Music Theatre of Connecticut on Saturday, Aug. 3 and Friday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. According to a news release, the shows will be followed by an audience talk-back, a Q&A, and an after-show reception. In Irrelevant! Lampanelli recalls the path she’s travelled since her 2018 retirement from stand-up comedy.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Mathew Barlow |UMass Lowell |Jeffrey Basara |Paul Lanning
Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has already experienced an extreme heat wave. Millions of people were under heat warnings across the western U.S. in early July or sweating through humid heat in the East. Death Valley hit a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9 C) on July 7, a day after a motorcyclist died from heat exposure there. Las Vegas broke its all-time heat record at 120 F (48.9 C).
