Nufer Bolan Bolmer, 88, of Maine, formerly of Newtown, died peacefully April 17 in his home. He was born in Greenwich, the son of Marion (Kaechele) and George R. Bolmer, Sr.
Mr Bolmer grew up in Fairf...
John J. "Sean" Kelly, 69, of Bethel, died April 13, in Danbury. He was born in Tarrytown, N.Y., on January 9, 1949, son of Eileen (Small) and Bernard Kelly.
His wife of 43 years, Essie; daughters, Ker...
Stephen J. Mygodney, 92, of Fairfield, beloved husband of Gertrude Preg Mygodney, died peacefully April 15. Born January 5, 1926, and raised in Westport, he was the son of the late John and Anastasia ...
Kimberly Ann Francesco, 33, of New Haven died April 11. She was raised and educated in Newtown.
Her son, Angelo; parents, Charles Francesco of Newtown and Nancy Francesco-Kelm of Bethel; and sister, S...
George Allen Scott, 78, of Maine died unexpectedly April 12, at his residence. He was born May 25, 1939 in Newtown, a son of Helen (Sedor) and Samuel Scott. He served in the US Army for four years and...
Mary "Bridge" Kearns Petty, 88, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., formerly a longtime resident of Peabody, Mass., wife of the late John Petty, died April 12 at the McGraw Hospice Center in Jacksonville, Fla...
Marilyn A. Adams, 80, of Fairfield, the loving wife of the late Philip C. Adams, Jr, died peacefully April 11, in Milford. Born in Callicoon, N.Y., daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Buddenhagen, sh...
Henry Andrew Breese, 73, of Lockwood Lodge in Sandy Hook died April 8. He was born October 2, 1944, and lived most of his life in New Brunswick, N.J. He was the son of Abraham and Alice Day B...
Margaret (Dzubak) Wichman, 89, of Newtown, wife of the late James Wichman, died peacefully April 6 at her home, just two days shy of her 90th birthday. She was born in Danbury on April 8, 1928, and wa...
Christina (Dvornek) Alvarez, 32, of Sandy Hook, formerly of Danbury, wife of Braulio Javier "Jay" Alvarez, died April 2 at Regional Hospice Center for Comfort Care and Healing in Danbury. She was born...
Holly Kocet is pushing a false narrative. The facts simply don't bear out any negative impact to the traffic on Mt Pleasant Road. Saying it does , does not make it true. The road handles in excess of 40,000 trip a day. a couple hundred form Castle Hill is negatable.
The town historically has strong collaboration with developers, but the primary obstacle arises from community opposition exerting undue influence on the zoning department. This "NIMBY" pressure often leads to project rejections that exceed the department's actual jurisdiction or authority. Consequently, developers face a limited set of options: either engage in expensive legal battles or leverage the Connecticut Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals Procedure (CGS § 8-30g) as a recourse.
You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.
