Rose Lawrence, 86, a lifelong resident of Newtown, departed this life on March 12, 2019, at River Glen Healthcare Center. She was the beloved wife of the late Earl Lawrence, Jr. Rose was born in Newto...
James J. O’Connell, Jr, age 56, a lifelong resident of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 13, at Danbury Hospital, with his extended family by his side.
He is preceded in death by his...
Gay Uhde passed away March 11, 2019, a year and four days after her husband, Bill Uhde, passed in March 7, 2018.
Married 56 years and longtime residents of Sandy Hook, they are survived by their child...
John J. Bojnowski, 43, passed away in his home in Albany, N.Y., on February 27, 2019.
Mr Bojnowski was preceded in death by his brother, Chad.
Mr Bojnowski is survived by his 6-year-old son, Caleb, of...
Robin Elizabeth Barrett, of Southbury, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2019. Born in Danbury, on October 30, 1965, she was the daughter of the late Penelope Henckel Barrett and Terry Arthur Barrett...
William John Kovack, husband of Vera “Be” “Bebe,” passed away Sunday evening, March 3, at Danbury Hospital. Bill was born on April 28, 1925, in Gloversville, N.Y., the son of Ethel Shear Kovack and St...
Gloria C. Ryan passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Maplewood at Newtown after a long illness. A lifelong New Englander, she was born in Waterville, Maine, on October 28, 1925, to William Chasse ...
Jeanette Canfield (Lewis) Perry, 90, a resident of Bethel and Englewood, Fla., passed from this life on March 6, 2019, at The Cascades Assisted Living, surrounded by her loving family. Born January 2,...
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.
I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.
We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.”
In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts:
Regional Toolbox
Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.
