Paul McCollum, 78, of Sandy Hook died peacefully November 25, following a longtime illness. He was born August 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Connecticut.
He was a devoted fathe...
Edwin John Corfey, Sr, 93, of Southbury died peacefully in his sleep November 13, at River Glen Rehabilitation, Southbury. He was the beloved husband of the late Elsie (Hogan) Corfey. He was born Sept...
Susan Sullivan Hills, 68, of Falmouth, Mass., formerly of Sandy Hook, died November 28.
She was the beloved wife of Clark Hills; the loving mother of Sarah Hills Penna of Mt Pleasant, S.C., Alison Sus...
Frank Allen Peck, 89, formerly of Newtown, died November 26 at Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury. He was born December 13, 1927, in Danbury, son of the late Mary Elizabeth (Gaeb) and Vernon Wi...
Joseph Frederick Whitney, 86, of Southbury, formerly of Bridgewater, died November 27 at The Watermark at East Hill. He was the beloved husband of Sally (Scully) Whitney. He was born March 7, 1931, in...
Donald T. Niedermeier, 88, of Cheshire, formerly of Milford and Fairfield, died November 27, with his family by his side. He was the devoted husband of 61 years to Sandra (Knablin) Niedermeier. He was...
Stanley Joseph Wyslick, 78, of Newtown, died peacefully November 22, at Danbury Hospital. He was born on November 7, 1939, in Norwalk.
His wife of 52 years, Barbara (Reardon) Wyslick of Newtown; his c...
Thomas "Tom" Geanuracos, 68, of New Port Richey, Fla., died November 20. Mr Geanuracos was the husband of Bernice (Dixon) Geanuracos. He was born in Bridgeport, a son of Charles and Gilda (Tucci) Gean...
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.