John "Jack" Gloria, 85, died peacefully November 9, at his Pomperaug Woods home. Born in Philadelphia, on December 27, 1930, to Filomena and Umberto Gloria, he lived most of his adult life in Newtown....
Mary Ann Kinne Isdale, 89, of North Branford, died on November 9, at her residence at Evergreen Woods. She was comforted by her husband of 64 years, Ian Isdale. She was born in 1927 in Dobbs Ferry, N....
G. Peter Nugent, 49, of Bethany, beloved husband of Jacqueline Nugent, died suddenly on November 5. Born on November 16, 1966, in Stamford, he was a son of LaVerne Marie Burzynski and the late Gerard ...
Louis Gerard Cuomo, 90, of Newtown died November 2. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926, he was the son of Madeline (Griffin) Cuomo and Luigi Cuomo. Affectionately known as "Brother" and "Jerry," he was t...
Luther Henry Pottbecker, 92, of Melbourne, Fla., and a resident for many years of the Candlewood Lake Club, New Milford, died peacefully on November 3, surrounded by family in Newtown, following a sho...
James M. Giff, 56, of Monroe, died suddenly on November 1.
He was the owner of the children's bookstore The Dinosaur's Paw in Newtown.
His beloved wife, Laurie; his dear children, Jimmy and Chrissy; h...
Dominick E. Barillari, 95, of Sandy Hook died peacefully November 4, with his family by his side. He was a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was born on January 14...
Alice Louise Miller, 73, of Sandy Hook died October 28 at the Lutheran Home in Southbury. She was born December 14, 1942, in Bedford, Penn., to Elmer and Olla Reta Morris, who both preceded her in dea...
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.
