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1 week ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Thomas Blyth |Tom Farrington |David Muccigrosso
NORWALK, Conn. — Open Doors will host a Housing Success and Juneteenth Celebration on Friday to honor the achievements of residents who have secured permanent housing and to reaffirm the community’s commitment to racial justice and equity. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the Smilow Life Center, 55 Chestnut St. in Norwalk, and will feature food, music, storytelling, and reflections from clients, staff, and community members.
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1 week ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Ashley Smith |Thomas Blyth |Tom Farrington |David Muccigrosso
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Board of Education has finalized a revised FY2025-26 budget plan that restores more than 60 school-based positions, but only after cutting local funding for universal free school meals to meet a $2 million reduction target requested by city and state leaders. The board tabled a final vote Tuesday night after a tense and, at times, disorderly meeting marked by concerns over transparency, union negotiations, and tradeoffs required to close the budget gap.
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2 weeks ago | 
fundspeople.com | Matthew Rees |Tom Farrington
TRIBUNA de Matthew Rees, head of Global Bond Strategies, y Tom Farrington, Fixed Income Investment specialist, L&G. Comentario patrocinado por L&G. Este es un artículo exclusivo para los usuarios registrados de FundsPeople. Si ya estás registrado, accede desde el botón Login. Si aún no tienes cuenta, te invitamos a registrarte y disfrutar de todo el universo que ofrece FundsPeople.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Malik Brizan-Reed |Lynnelle Jones |Tom Farrington |Bryan Meek
Common Council President Darlene Young discusses housing in Norwalk, O&G’s decision to withdraw, and summer youth. Read on. Can you tell me exactly what you do as president of the Common Council? “I think each person makes it on their own. There’s no guide that tells you this or that. I think the leadership position provides more opportunities for more exposure. You’re representing the city, and the position lends itself to being heard more, and that’s what a leader is.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Lynnelle Jones |Tom Farrington |Bryan Meek
The SoNo Collection, one of the largest taxpayers in Norwalk, is appealing its new assessed value after the latest property revaluation from the city. As a part of the 2023 revaluation, the city found the appraised value of the property, located at 100–101 North Water Street, to be $224,956,130 and its assessed value, or 70% of that, to be $157,469,290. The assessed value is what the property owner pays taxes on.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Keith Phaneuf |Lynnelle Jones |Tom Farrington |Bryan Meek
Last budget surplus surged $300 million in final weeks of fiscal yearWhen state legislators increased the amount of taxpayer dollars Connecticut can hold in reserve, they envisioned it would take several years for government to reach that limit. It took 12 months. With Connecticut’s rainy day fund now projected to approach $4.1 billion — seven years after it held about 1/20th of that total — calls to reassess what many call the state’s aggressive savings programs continue to grow. Gov.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Dawn Calle |Bryan Meek |Tom Farrington
The Common Council unanimously approved $798,000 in funding for additional engineering and related design services for the Wall Street Corridor Improvement project at its meeting on Tuesday. The total cost for the overall project is now “north of $27 million,” Assistant Director of Transportation, Mobility, and Parking Garrett Bolella told the Economic and Community Development Committee on June 6.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Andrew Brown |Dawn Calle |Bryan Meek |Tom Farrington
Gov. Ned Lamont signed a multimillion-dollar spending bill into law on Thursday, but he openly reprimanded lawmakers for adding a section to that legislation that allows companies that oversee local school construction sites to also bid on subcontracts for those public works projects.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Paul Lanning |Dawn Calle |Bryan Meek |Tom Farrington
Broadway star vocalist Frank Mastrone’s The Music of My Life will launch Music Theatre of Connecticut’s “Hot Summer Nights” cabaret series on Saturday June 22 at 8 p.m. Accompanied by pianist/musical director Frank Spitznagel, Mastrone will offer signature interpretations of songs “from Pippin to Phantom, the Beatles to Adele, to ’Old Blue Eyes.’” An original Phantom of the Opera Broadway cast member, Mastrone’s other Broadway credits include Cats, Jekyll and Hyde, Big The Musical, Saturday...
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Kelly Prinz |Thomas Belmont |Tom Farrington |Kevin Poruban
Despite having a tentative city budget in place for next year, Common Council members have raised questions, concerns, and frustrations about the journey that led to it, and are looking for ways to change a process some have described as “broken.” “I feel strongly that our financial process is broken,” council member Jenn McMurrer said at the April 9 meeting.
