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Oak Hills restaurant open, with same operator
NORWALK, Conn. — The Oak Hills Park restaurant is open for the season, under an altered lease agreement with the Oak Hills Park Authority. Dry Dock Smokin’ Aces (DDSA) started with an idea of being a high-end restaurant when it opened last year, OHPA member Alan Dutton said last week to the Board of Estimate and Taxation. “Well, it really isn’t the high-end restaurant, it’s a restaurant that should be open for the golfers, where we can provide services to them and have it open and have it available to them. And we’re going to be closely monitoring that.”
Norwalk photos: Earth Day on the Green
NORWALK, Conn. — More than 400 people enjoyed the second annual Earth Day event on the town green, organizers say. Event activities are memorialized in their photos. “When you are connected with the earth, in tune with nature, with reality, you can feel true peace. When an individual is peaceful, you can bring peace to the home. When there is peace in the home, there can be peace in the neighborhood, peace in the city, peace in the nation, and peace in the world. Keep it going!”
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Rowayton ‘dumping ground’ up for sale, again
NORWALK, Conn. — Nobody wanted a small piece of Rowayton property when it was offered in the Norwalk Tax Sale, twice, but now its new neighbors would like to take ownership of it. The question is, what’s it worth?. “I was thinking that the City would consider giving...
Norwalk YMCA inching toward demolition
NORWALK, Conn. — The wrecking balls may be coming soon for Norwalk’s old YMCA building on West Avenue, and its owners plan to submit plans for a mixed-use development there. Attorney Liz Suchy, speaking on behalf of The Norwalk Hospital Association, told the Historical Commission on April 26...
Norwalk to sell parking lot for $4.6 million
NORWALK, Conn. — The City is poised to sell a municipal parking lot to a company that plans to build a mixed-use development on the site and provide public parking spaces equal to what the City is giving up. If that sounds familiar to you, officials say fear not...
Memorial Day context: Norwalk’s population growth spurt history
There has been no shortage of conversations had recently about our population growth as well as the number and size of apartment developments (both in favor and against) being built in the City of Norwalk. With Memorial Day approaching, I thought it might be appropriate to provide some observations about...
Norwalk CFO: AAA rating not endangered
NORWALK, Conn. — One of the country’s leading rating agencies has changed its methodology, alleviating Norwalk fears about extensive capital borrowing endangering its Triple A bond rating, according to Norwalk Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz. Dachowitz has repeatedly warned that the City faces a “formidable financial challenge” in...
Norwalk photos: Imax demolition
NORWALK, Conn. — The Connecticut Department of Transportation’s demolition of the Maritime Aquarium’s IMAX Theater is inching along, as shown in these photos taken Tuesday. The teardown began about two months ago. The theater’s removal will provide construction space for ConnDOT’s reconstruction of the 123-year-old railroad bridge...
NRVT event, bank opening, Arts Bash
NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk announcements for you:. Join Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail’s celebration at their new Riverside Trailhead in a short ceremony planned for 10 a.m. this Saturday May 6. The trailhead is located at 34 Riverside Ave., Norwalk, just north of Casatelli Marble and Tile. According to a news release, Mayor Rilling will attend. If you come by car, you can park at the Yankee Doodle Garage on River Street and join a 9:30 procession walking to the trailhead.
Norwalk tax board sets budget, 2% mill rate hike
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s mill rates aren’t escalating as was predicted just over a month ago – the increase is an average 2% instead of the average 3% that was discussed. An additional $3.5 million of revenue was factored in Monday when the Board of Estimate...
Norwalk BoE looks to $4.1 million for FY24 budget
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Board of Education’s budget delta has decreased – about $4.1 million can be directed to the budget, lowering the amount of reductions needed to align with the spending approved by the City, Norwalk Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lunda Asmani explained recently.
Wall Street settlement opens pathway to secure library parking
The recent Wall Street settlement between the City of Norwalk and Milligan Properties removes a nagging complication from moving forward with securing permanent on-site parking for users of the Norwalk Public Library. The settlement clears the deck for a renewed commitment to achieve the vision expressed by Mayor Rilling in...
NPD investigating middle school ‘504’ group, Chief says
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Police have been investigating a “loosely organized group mostly made up of middle school students that identify themselves as ‘504,’” Chief James Walsh said Monday. Incidents of vandalism and “additional events” have occurred in connection to West Rocks Middle School and...
NAACP leader alleges NPS coverup
NORWALK, Conn. — A cryptic Saturday morning social media post from Norwalk Public Schools was derided on Facebook as “how to deny something without saying what that something is.”. The announcement obliquely countered Norwalk Branch NAACP President Brenda Penn-Williams’ assertion that the school district is covering up an...
Inside Oddities: Hunting for UFOs in Connecticut
The following article was originally published on Inside Investigator. Michael Panicello didn’t initially set out to become the State Director of Connecticut’s Mutual UFO Network chapter. When he first joined the organization, abbreviated as “MUFON,” he was looking to satisfy a curiosity stoked by cable documentaries and a desire to dig deeper into the unexplained.
Norwalk political notes: Duff, Wink and Hempstead
NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk political notes for you:. Former Republican Registrar, accused of murder, sells last Norwalk home. A $1.8 million State grant will fund a new 5,000 square foot learning center as part of the new 69-unit Oak Grove affordable housing development next to the recently refurbished Colonial Village apartments, State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25) said.
Stew Leonard’s chain founder dies at 93
NORWALK, Conn. — Stew Leonard Sr. has died at age 93. Leonard is known for success in the founding of his renown food retailing chain, said to be a $600 million business, but also a stint in federal prison due to a tax fraud conviction. Born to a large...
Tracking affordability under 8-30g’s 4 categories is unworkable
The 8-30g statute (Connecticut’s failed Affordable Housing “builders remedy” law) allows a developer to override local zoning of height, density, and setbacks on any property if they provide 30% affordable 40-year deed restricted units. While the goal of the bill is laudable, there are too many shortcomings including the inability of most towns to ever reach the 10% affordability threshold to get relief from 8-30g. This is why only 29 of Connecticut’s 169 towns have relief. Despite numerous bills presented to address the shortcomings of 8-30g this session, the majority have yet again turned a blind eye and ignored opposition testimony provided on all bills to reform 8-30g. Planning & Development and Housing Committees have held their last meetings of this legislative session before moving bills to the floor and they did not vote any of the 8-30g reform bills to the floor.
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