Olga Myra Fear, 90, formerly of Newtown, died peacefully on the morning of May 23, in Wallingford. Born in Gorseinon, Wales, on January 22, 1927, she grew up in London as the only child of Florence an...
Richard John Cole, 90, of Newtown died peacefully on June 5. He was born in New York City in 1926.
His wife of 56 years, Birgitta; and his son, Christopher of Maryland, survive him. His son John prede...
Richard Lee Ainsworth, 80, of Sandy Hook died peacefully on June 3, after a long and hard-fought battle with Alzheimer's disease just short of his 81st birthday. He was born June 8, 1936, in Springfie...
Amil W. Muzzio, Sr, 91, formerly of Norwalk, died peacefully in his sleep at his Village of Brookfield residence on May 2. Mr Muzzio was born and raised in Stamford. He graduated from Technical School...
Kirk William "Mike" Weldon, 54, of Seymour, beloved husband of Tina Marie (Andreucci) Weldon, died June 3 at Griffin Hospital, surrounded by his family and friends. Born in Derby on July 7, 1...
Barbara Jean Bridges Mawdsley, 74, of Danbury died May 21, due to complications following a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on November 8, 1942, in Los Angeles to Elsa Rothschild ...
Kenneth N. Rancourt, 90, of Monroe, beloved husband of 68 years to Irene (Macey) Rancourt, died peacefully at his home on May 30, after a brief illness. He was born in Redstone, N.H., on January 18, 1...
Janet Sherman Porteous, 87, of Shelton, beloved wife of the late Trumbull Police Chief Norman W. Porteous, died May 3 at Wesley Heights. Born in Trumbull on August 20, 1929, she was the daughter of th...
Marilyn Louise (Cristini) Perry, 81, of Stratford died peacefully May 26. She was born in Derby on New Year's Day 1936, daughter of the late Mae (Cawthra) and Leslie David Cristini. She was the widow ...
Shirley North Pitcher, 89, previously of Southbury and Sandy Hook, died May 30, surrounded by her family. Born on September 7, 1927, in Torrington, she was the daughter of Madeline and Roy North.
She ...
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.
