Verónica Del Valle

2 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Verónica Del Valle

STAMFORD — Months of loud community pushback led to a developer reconfiguring his vision for a commercial village on the West Side, even though neighbors hesitate to call the reversal a victory against bigger buildings. “We heard from the applicant that they’re working on a revision of plans that would reduce the number of units. I believe they’re contemplating withdrawing the text change application for the arterial street.

2 weeks ago | stamfordadvocate.com | Verónica Del Valle

HDF President and CEO Joan Carty speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of Housing Development Fund's Community Land Trust affordable housing project located at 287 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, Conn. Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The project, expected to be completed by the spring of 2022, will bring 22 units of permanently-affordable homeownership to Stamford’s South End.

3 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Verónica Del Valle |Ken Borsuk |Annelise Hanshaw

Maureen Pollack knows she wouldn’t be alive without access to safe abortions. Before she was born, her mother had an ectopic pregnancy, where the egg becomes fertilized outside the uterus. They can be fatal. And for Pollack’s mother, the circumstances were dire — if she didn’t have an abortion once the condition was diagnosed, “within 15 minutes, she would have died,” Pollack said.

3 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Verónica Del Valle

STAMFORD — Joab Taylor didn’t plan on opening a second location of his Jamaican restaurant, Jerkyz, in Stamford. He certainly didn’t plan to do it in the middle of the pandemic. “I came up there to visit a friend,” said Taylor, who operates the original Jerkyz in Harlem. “And I just fell in love with the area.

3 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Verónica Del Valle

STAMFORD — Following a larger land acquisition this year, the Stamford Land Conservation Trust has added another patch of preservable land to its arsenal of properties throughout the city. This time, the goal of establishing the new preserve is to highlight the value of saving land near waterways, according to the trust.