Nadia Falko, 90, of Seymour, widow of Anatol Falko, died January 10. She was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States in 1950.
She retired from the State of Connecticut and had worked as a s...
Concetta Alfano Leonetti, 90, of Trumbull died peacefully January 21 at Maefair Health Care Center, Trumbull. She was the beloved wife of the late Salvatore Leonetti. Born in Bridgeport on January 30,...
Steven L. Jones, 43, of Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Sandy Hook, died January 9. He was born June 14, 1974.
Mr Jones attended the Newtown schools and was a 1993 graduate of Newtown High School.
He wa...
Robert James Mandulak
January 29, 1947 to February 5, 2017
It has been one year since you have been gone.
It was so unexpected. We had so many plans.
I still wait to hear your contagious laugh...
Kathleen Rose Benedetto of Newtown died January 16, in the comfort of her daughter's home surrounded by her loving family.
She was the wife of Thomas Ronald Benedetto; beloved and devoted mother to Ki...
Phyllis (Vecchiarelli) Hackett, 70, of Beacon Falls died January 16 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Michael F. Hackett of 32 years. She was born in Bro...
Mark E. Modzelewski, 67, of Brookfield died unexpectedly January 15, at Danbury Hospital. He was the husband of Karin M. (Fredericks) Modzelewski. He was born in Danbury, son of the late John C. Modze...
Mary Samoskevich Palo, 79, of Bridgeport, beloved wife of the late Andrew Palo, died January 15 in Bridgeport Hospital. She was born in Bridgeport on June 30, 1938, daughter of the late Veronica (Pale...
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.
