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Connecticut Hires First-In-The-Nation Cannabis Ombudsperson
HARTFORD, CT – Tuesday, May 28, has a special significance. It was the day Norwalk Attorney Erin Gorman Kirk became the nation’s first Cannabis Ombudsperson, officially starting in her new role in Connecticut. Kirk is an accomplished lawyer as well as consumer advocate and entrepreneur and has been...
Bridgeport school buses with cameras to monitor illegal driving become permanent
Between September 2023 and January 2024, Bridgeport officials recorded 9,860 passing parked school buses without stopping, an illegal offense in Connecticut. During this year’s legislative session, state Sen. Herron Keyon Gaston (D-Bridgeport) proposed legislation that would allow communities across Connecticut to equip school buses with cameras that would capture drivers who fail to stop as students get off the bus in response.
Stony Brook Flooding a Concern for Conversion of Office Park to Apartments in Darien
DARIEN - Buyers of Thorndal Circle Office Park want to demolish five existing office buildings and replace them with 175 apartments. But first they have to assure town officials and neighbors that ... Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a year. And if...
Affordable Housing: State Denies New Canaan’s Application for ‘Moratorium’
The town has failed in its latest bid to secure four years of relief from a widely discussed affordable housing law. State officials in a May 21 letter to First Selectman Dionna Carlson said that Connecticut Department of Housing staff reviewed the town’s application for a moratorium “and has determined that the Town of New Canaan’s application does not meet the requirements for the issuance of a Certificate of Affordable Housing Project Completion as submitted.”
Feds call it ‘poison’ ravaging families. 11 CT residents accused of trafficking it are off the street
Eleven Connecticut residents have been charged in connection with three indictments on narcotics trafficking charges. The individuals who were indicted were identified by the U.S. State’s Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. They include: Rodney Canada, aka “Supreme,” 47, of Stamford; Terrell Wills, aka “Black Fred,” 50, of Darien; Ramion Baker, a.k.a. “Ray Ray,” 43, of Stamford; ...
Letter to the Editor
NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter. Email letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. I’m writing to you all as a concerned mother, neighbor, and resident of New Canaan. Allowing a parking garage to be constructed in a residential wetlands zone in new Canaan is opening Pandora’s box for further development and expansion. This structure goes against all of what the New Canaan POCD stands for. If you need to ask for a rewriting of the rules to allow for such a large and aggressive structure you have to wonder what implications and problems will stem from this; why it wasn’t allowed in the first place. This structure will not serve new Canaan, it’s catering to the needs of St. Luke’s school and those children traveling from other towns and states. This massive and risky new structure is being built upon well and septic, partially in wetlands. There are no parking structures that I can find or know of built on well and septic in a residential zone within Fairfield county. Other towns would not entertain this idea. I understand St.Luke’s needs and there is a better way to accomplish this without such a structure being built. They have caused substantial traffic problems for years and a parking garage is not going to alleviate this problem. It encourages more drivers, allows for more people on campus, and therefore more congestion on a residential road. This area of new Canaan is stunningly beautiful with so much peace and tranquility with its natural environment. A parking structure just simply doesn’t belong and will affect the ecosystem. Thank you for hearing my thoughts.
No Certification for Party Caucus in Norwalk After Wrong Vote Tally
STAMFORD – After failing to win his party’s nomination in a Wednesday convention in Stamford, Democratic state Rep. David Michel wanted to see how Norwalk does it. So Thursday he attended the nomi... Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a year....
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