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Norwalk transitions to new Emergency Communications Radio System
The new Norwalk Emergency Communications Radio System went live Friday, according to a news release. “The new system will ensure that our first responders are able to safely and effectively communicate with Norwalk Combined Dispatch and one another during day-to-day emergencies and natural disasters, said Police Chief James Walsh,” according to the release.
Feliciano at Wall Street Theater
Seats are still available for Jose Feliciano’s Wall Street Theater concert this Sunday Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. Currently on a tour that includes December shows at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium and at Sony Hall in NYC, the iconic nine-time Grammy-winning singer/guitarist best known for his signature recordings Light My Fire and Feliz Navidad has put out 88 albums, written more than 700 songs, and received 45 Gold and Platinum certifications. His Norwalk date is a rare opportunity to see this world-renowned superstar up close and personal right here in town. For those who haven’t yet visited it, the Wall Street Theater is a beautifully redesigned, exceptionally comfortable showplace on the site of Norwalk’s historic Globe Theater at 71 Wall St. Doors will open at 6 on Sunday, giving you time for a drink at the friendly lobby bar.
CT towns, desperate to fill technical jobs, scramble for workers
Vernon’s municipal workforce was raided twice last year. The town lost a building official to Coventry and a planning specialist to Tolland. This caused Vernon to examine and enhance its overall salary and benefit structure, said town administrator Michael Purcaro, which included implementing the increasingly popular four-day work week. The changes enticed both workers to return to Vernon. Coventry then hired an assistant building official from Manchester as its building official, only to lose him to Groton.
NPL volunteers learn MLL strategies at Sacred Heart conference
Norwalk Public Library’s Greater Norwalk Literacy Volunteers (GNLV) Head Coordinator Shelly Yong and three tutors recently attended the 52nd annual Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference at Sacred Heart U. This year’s conference theme was “Naming, Noticing, and Interrupting Systems of Inequity for Multilingual Learners,” Yong said. “The tutors who attended this year are different from the tutors who attended last year. We want to give all tutors a chance to attend.”
Leadership Impact Award winners announced
Norwalk-based diversity, equity and inclusion consultancy Simone Morris Enterprises recently bestowed its Inclusive Leadership Impact Awards upon some local citizens in an event at Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan. Iliana Zúñiga-Miranda received the Community Award for “exemplary work in fostering community inclusion and harmony.”. Candace...
Aquarium showing Polar Express 4D
Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 holiday fantasy The Polar Express gets a 4D treatment inSimEx-Iwerks’ new 13-minute featurette The Polar Express 4D Experience, now showing at the Maritime Aquarium’s 4D theater. Accompanying it is BBC Earth’s OCTOPUS: Blue Planet II 4D Experience. Tickets with or without Aquarium admission cost $7, or $6 for Aquarium members.
Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when you count your blessings
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University. Author of The Human Advantage: How Our Brains Became Remarkable. Here’s something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big brain and your long life. Courtesy of our primate ancestors...
Two sides to the backpack blower ban!
As a local resident for 55 years and owner of a landscape company here in Norwalk for 25 years, I feel compelled to present our side of the story on the leaf blower issue. First, let me say it was only brought to our attention because a customer of mine who works in City Hall saw it on the Council agenda. Never was a notice sent out to our industry or any attempt to contact one of the local landscapers in town.
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Young named Council President; Niedzielski-Eichner is Majority Leader
Key City administrative positions stayed the course, but Common Council leadership changed hands Tuesday as the 2023-25 term began, with six new Council members. Darlene Young (D-District B) was unanimously voted Council President, taking the reins from Greg Burnett (D-At Large). Barbara Smyth (D-At Large) nominated Young for the Presidency, saying that she is “very levelheaded” and “listens to all sides,” with “a great ability to stay calm with a lot of tension around us.” In short, “a great leader.” There were no other nominations.
Rilling, McQuaid, get ‘choked up’ at swearing in ceremony
Mayor Harry Rilling and Town Clerk Rick McQuaid took their oaths of office Tuesday in a City Hall ceremony. “We are grateful that campaigning is over. Primaries have concluded, general election tallies have been counted. And the Honorable Mayor Harry Rilling has again come out triumphant,” the Rev. Tamara Moreland said in her invocation.
Wall Street Place developers hope to begin construction early next year
Nothing’s happening on the corner of Wall Street and Isaacs Street, though the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a new plan for the stalled development derisively referred to as the Tyvek Temple in 2021. Mayor Harry Rilling said last week that despite the inaction, the revised Wall Street Place...
Convicted felon accused of leaving gun at Post Road Diner
A Norwalk man recently left a 9mm Glock handgun loaded with 13 bullets in the Post Road Diner men’s room, Norwalk Police said. Christopher James Miles, 38, of 29 Suncrest Road was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with Criminal possession of a firearm and possession of a large capacity magazine, a news release said. Bond was $500,000 and Miles’ court date is Dec. 5.
A look inside Norwalk’s 2023 property revaluation
How much is your property valued at? That’s the question the 2023 revaluation is looking to answer across Norwalk. Every five years, cities and towns across Connecticut must reassess all residential and commercial properties and provide a new value for the property, according to Gary Fields, a project manager for Vision Government Solutions, which is handling Norwalk’s revaluation.
Norwalk political notes: Livingston to be permanent Chief of Staff
Mayor Harry Rilling and Town Clerk Rick McQuaid will be sworn into their latest terms in a ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Here are some other political items related to the turnover:. Livingston to be Chief of Staff. List of Council accomplishments. Three no shows include would-be Mayor. Chief...
Property tax revaluation is here
In Connecticut, municipalities revalue real estate once every five years for tax purposes. Norwalk (using revaluation company Vision Government Solutions for residential and Safeground Analytics for commercial), Darien (using Tyler Technologies), New Canaan (using Munival) and Weston (using eQuality) just completed their revaluations as of Oct. 1 with the new valuations expected to be shared with property owners over the next 3–5 weeks. Now is the time to begin considering your property’s value to ensure your taxes are correct.
Thoughts about Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has died at age 96. She was married for 77 years to Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who is now 99 years old, the Carter Center said. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything...
Norwalk firefighter recruitment is underway
Norwalk firefighter recruitment will soon be underway. To be considered for entry into the department, you need to register for the exam by Sunday Dec. 31 at www.firefighterapp.com. Then you’ll take the exam on Saturday Jan. 13. The registration fee is $35, and you must be at least 18 years old at the time of the exam. There’s further info at https://norwalkct.gov/1316/Become-a-Firefighter. According to a news release, a virtual town hall exploring the ins and outs of the testing process and what it’s like to be a Norwalk firefighter will be scheduled for mid-December.
Council limits leaf blower usage, plans ban in 2027, pending technology improvements
Just under the wire for the 2021-23 Common Council is an ordinance concerning gas leaf blowers. While small business landscapers attempted to dissuade the Council from banning gas leaf blowers in three to four years, the ordinance only effectively limits the hours they can be used, prohibiting their use on anything but impervious surfaces from June 1 to Oct. 15, with some emergency exceptions.
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Mary Ellen Flaherty-Ludwig and Mary Dowd Garney won a gold medal rowing a double at the Head of the Charles regatta recently in Boston. Flaherty-Ludwig, a Board of Education member, said she’s rowed in the race more than a dozen times, by herself and in boats with up to eight people, and the Oct. 20 medal was her first win. It’s the largest rowing race in the world, she said. The pair won “in our special category in Event 6, Grand Masters Women’s Double 60+.”
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