Henry "Hank" Erickson of Danbury died June 29 at Regional Hospice in Danbury after a short, but courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Monroe on July 16, 1933, and was a former longtime residen...
D. Anna (Germano) Pizzuti Enke, 98, a longtime Danbury resident, died peacefully at Glen Hill Nursing Home on May 28, with her family by her side. She was born on June 8, 1918, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., a ...
Marie L. Guerrera Villano, 95, of Newtown, beloved wife of the late Patsy Villano, died peacefully July 1, surrounded by her loving family at her home. Born in Bridgeport on May 4, 1922, she was a dau...
Charlotte Kalley, 89, a longtime Newtown resident, died peacefully June 30. She was born May 16, 1928, daughter of Elfrieda and Adolph Milen in Far Rockaway, N.Y., where she lived until her marriage o...
Phyllis L. (Gautiero) Babasick, 83, of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Joseph J. Babasick, died June 18 in Bridgeport Hospital. She was born in Bridgeport on December 1, 1933, a daughter of the la...
Kurtis Michael Mayer Liska, 27, of New Fairfield and formerly of Newtown, died of injuries following a highway accident during the early morning hours of June 25. He was born February 18, 1990...
James Patrick Kearns, Jr, 87, of Newtown died June 21, in Danbury Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Stamford, he was a son of Mary and James Kearns of Stamford.
His wife of 58 years, Alma; hi...
Edward John Roach, 51, of the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, died peacefully on June 24.
He will be lovingly remembered by his family, including his parents, Dr James and Joan Neverdousky Roach of ...
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.
