by Joelyn Leon | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to use $385,000 from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act federal grant to purchase nearly 30 acres off Ox Hill Road as a potential site for a new police station and to expand Mohegan Park. Residents will vote on whether...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Outfitted in hard hats and neon orange construction vests, the city’s mayor and top engineer looked out the third floor windows of what will be Danbury’s new high school, their eyes fixed on an office building down the hill on Apple Ridge Road. With the demolition of...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The City Council agreed 5 to 1 Monday to authorize Mayor Elinor C. Carbone to negotiate a lease agreement with Walden Renewables of Portland, Maine to lease six acres at the landfill. In the initial six-year development period, the company will pay $5,000 a year while...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Now that the Mixmaster rehabilitation project is nearing completion, the state Department of Transportation is moving on to New Mix, a plan to look ahead to what the interchange of Interstate 84 and Route 8 will be like as much as 50 years from now. And removing the...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The zoning board of appeals in an unusual move is scheduled to convene Wednesday and Thursday just to hear testimony for and against the North End development, an indication of the anticipated sizeable turnout. At issue is the July 27 decision by Paul Boucher, head of...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Connecticut drivers should avoid taking I-95 in Norwalk and Westport this weekend due to a major bridge replacement project at Exit 17. A section of I-95 northbound will be closed from Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. to Oct. 23 at 6 a.m. while the Connecticut Department of...
