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1 month ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Roz McCarthy |Bryan Meek |Drew Todd |Thomas Belmont
NORWALK, Conn. — Hundreds of people filled the Brien McMahon High School auditorium on Thursday, March 5, to get first-hand information about the plan to transform Manresa Island from a decaying power plant sitting on polluted ground into a multi-use park and waterfront space open to the public.
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2 months ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Roz McCarthy |Michael McGuire |Skip Hagerty
NORWALK, Conn. — In the Chinese Lunar calendar, based on the 29 or 30 days of the moon’s cycle, each year is represented by one of 12 Zodiac animals. Representing wisdom, introspection, and calmness, the snake is the sixth animal in the 12-year cycle. The two-week Spring Festival starts with the Lunar New Year on January 29. For Chinese and other Asians, the celebrations end with the Lantern Festival, when beautiful and intricate red lanterns made of paper or silk are hung in the streets.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Roz McCarthy |Bryan Meek |Becca Stoll |David Muccigrosso
Nagarote residents in front of a mural in the Community Center honoring Tish Gibbs, a founder and long-time executive director of the Norwalk-Nagarote Sister City Project. On August 19, the Nicaraguan government ordered 1,500 non-government organizations to shut their doors, seizing their assets. On the list was Norwalk’s Sister City Project with the Nicaraguan town of Nagarote.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
thehour.com | Roz McCarthy
NORWALK — Hundreds of cap-and-gown-clad graduates, sitting in rows on the football field, wait for the final words from the principal: “I hereby declare you graduates of the Norwalk Public Schools!” The caps fly in the air, parents snap photos, and everyone is hugging and crying and laughing. That is the image Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella is focused on as the district prepares to open for classes on Monday, Aug. 26. “What do we want our students to be by the time they graduate?
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
blogarama.com | Roz McCarthy
What Happened At The Black Cannabiz Conference & Expo? Day One: Keynotes and Community EngagementThe first day of the conference featured an impressive lineup of keynote speakers, including State Senator Kimberly Lightford, who highlighted the urgent opportunities within the industry and the critical impact of community initiatives like Illinois' R3 Grant. Her powerful message resonated with attendees, emphasizing the importance of the work being done to ensure equitable growth and development.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Roz McCarthy |Bryan Meek |Tysen Canevari |Drew Todd
Playing bocce at Calf Pasture Beach, Alex Marsan lines up her shot while her husband Steve anxiously looks on during a practice game on Monday, July 15. On Wednesday nights, their team, the ENO All-Stars, competes in the 32- team Rebecca DiPanni Memorial Bocce League. “We wanted something to do together, and it’s really fun,” said Alex. The six bocce courts are tucked in between the volleyball courts and the skate park, and on Wednesday nights, things are hopping.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
thehour.com | Roz McCarthy
John Foldeak, K-12 marine science coordinator for Norwalk schools, says his goal “is to expose our kids to as many opportunities as possible.” After all, said Eva Bartush, Marine Science Academy coordinator for Brien McMahon High School, “we live in Norwalk, and many of our kids have never been on a boat or even to the shore.” And so, in the course of this past school year, kids hatched and released hundreds of trout into the Silvermine River, built two boats that are about to be launched in...
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
thehour.com | Roz McCarthy
On a recent Friday, Fox Run Elementary School went on a field trip. Every student participated — all 360 of them — but they never left the building. The school was turned into a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Career Day Fair, where students petted crabs, flew drones, recorded TV shows, made hearts out of clay, built robots and fingerprinted each other.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
thehour.com | Roz McCarthy
On a Saturday in April, Board of Education member Colin Hosten gave 18 Norwalkers, ages 15-72 from diverse backgrounds, a one-hour civics lesson on local government, complete with charts and graphs. When he displayed an organizational chart of city government, the box at the top said The People — all elected officials report to the people. When he showed a chart of the Board of Education, The People was the top box — all elected Board members answer to the people.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
thehour.com | Roz McCarthy
A 15-year old girl checks her phone while she stands on the dark train platform on a cold February morning. The faintest rays of pink sunlight are peeking over the horizon as the 6:34 a.m. train enters the Fairfield Metro station. Men and women in business clothes enter the open doors along with a number of teenagers in sweatpants and slippers, their backpacks slung over their shoulders. For these Center for Global Studies students, the train commute to school has begun.
