Jane Maher Wheeler, 65, of Newtown died peacefully at home on October 14, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jane Patricia Maher, April 19, 1951, in Flushing, N.Y., and was a daughter of th...
Ruth Anderson Turney, 87, died at home in Lawrence, Kan., October 9. She was born in New Bedford, Mass., November 27, 1928, the daughter of Clara Polson Anderson and Charles W. Anderson.
She graduated...
John Joseph Farrell, Sr, 90, of Newtown died October 8 at Rocky Hill Veterans Hospital. He was born in Queens, N.Y., November 25, 1925, son of the late Ann (Walsh) and Peter Farrell. He was the husban...
Sylvia Louise Van Gieson, 77, of Newtown died on September 29 in Danbury. She was born in Boston, to the late Mayellis and Elsworth Madan on July 13, 1939.
Mrs Van Gieson graduated from Jerse...
Kathi "Dee" F. Beck, 59, of Watertown died peacefully October 7, in the care of Vitas Hospice at St Mary's Hospital. She was born on April 26, 1957, in Bridgeport, daughter of the late Lois (Waehler) ...
Jeanne E. Sands, 75, died October 8 at St Francis Hospital in Hartford. She was born in Bridgeport on November 27, 1940, daughter of the late Jennie (Choka) and Ferdinand DeClement, and had b...
Raymond Blaise Renzoni, 88, of Trumbull died peacefully on October 7, surrounded by his loving family in his home. Born in Bridgeport on February 24, 1928, he was one of nine children born to Italian ...
Thomas David Estabrook, 61, of Newtown died at his home on October 5. He was born on March 29, 1955, in Bridgeport, to the late Mae L.(Gray) and Donald F. Estabrook. He was the youngest of three child...
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.
