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New Norwalk Hospital, CT State partnership targets healthcare workforce gap
NORWALK, Conn. — Northwell Health’s Norwalk Hospital is now hosting Connecticut State Community College students for on-site training through a new initiative meant to address the state’s healthcare workforce gap. The partnership between the college and Northwell Health, which the organizations jointly announced last week but starts during the Fall 2026 semester, goes both ways.…
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Traffic concerns dominate Manresa Wild’s public hearing
NORWALK, Conn. — Manresa Wilds’ announcement that it dropped overnight lodging from its proposed special district was welcome news for critics of the project, but it wasn’t enough to quell their traffic concerns over a three-hour public hearing on Wednesday night. Residents repeatedly asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to reject the proposed special district…
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Norwalk police warn of scam emails impersonating Planning and Zoning Department
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk residents have reported at least eight instances of a scam email purporting to be from the city’s Planning and Zoning Department to local police in the last year, Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh told NancyOnNorwalk in an email Wednesday. The Norwalk Police Department’s detective bureau released a scam alert on Monday…
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Manresa Wilds reduces maximum amphitheater size, drops overnight lodging from district proposal
NORWALK, Conn. — Manresa Wilds is no longer looking for its proposed special district to allow overnight lodging, which was allowed through a special permit in its original application to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Manresa Wilds and Manresa Island Corp. notified Planning and Zoning Director Steve Kleppin in a memo Tuesday that they would…
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Manresa Wilds fields sound, light pollution concerns for August update
NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk residents’ concerns with noise and sound pollution emitted from a completed Manresa Wilds are coming to a head as the park attempts to get its proposed special district approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Worries included in the over 100 pages of letters sent to the Planning and Zoning…
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Staff reporter Kyle Chouinard says goodbye
Hello, NancyOnNorwalk readers, Friday is my last day with the publication. Thank you for reading my work covering land use and what gets discussed in the Norwalk City Council’s many committee meetings each week.While I’m still new to this industry, I believe it’s hard to come by a readership more interested in local news and…
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Norwalk police chief discusses illegal e-bike enforcement after Water Street crash
NORWALK, Conn. — After a pair of 16-year-olds on a scooter crashed into an SUV on Water Street Sunday, Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh told a City Council committee Thursday night that the department had attempted to stop two illegal e-bikes earlier in the day. In Thursday’s case, Walsh said that the two bikers fled…
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Council committee wants more review before voting on gas-powered leaf blower ban
NORWALK, Conn. — Members of Norwalk’s Ordinance Committee noted during a Tuesday meeting that they want to take a step back and evaluate the city’s current limitations on leaf blowers before taking a vote on outright banning gas-powered models. The City Council previously passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of any type of leaf blower…
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Norwalk seeks lower speed limits on Silvermine Avenue, nearby roads
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk is petitioning the Connecticut Department of Transportation to align the speed limit on and around Silvermine Avenue with adjacent streets, lowering it to 25 miles per hour for 5.7 miles of road. The Norwalk Traffic Authority approved the Department of Transportation, Mobility and Parking proposal during its meeting on Monday. City…
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Planning and Zoning weighs Manresa Wilds special district amid traffic concerns
NORWALK, Conn. — Beverly Krieger, like most residents living near Manresa Island, has one road connecting her home to the rest of South Norwalk: Woodward Avenue, a two-lane street with some street parking. With Manresa Wilds projecting up to 1.1 million visitors in the year after phase two’s opening in 2032, she can’t imagine how…
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Norwalk Public Schools hires firm to lead superintendent search
NORWALK, Conn. — Four months after then-Superintendent Alexandra Estrella announced her departure from Norwalk Public Schools, the Board of Education has secured a search firm to lead the search for her replacement. NPS will utilize Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA), which the district also turned to in 2019 to find Estrella. Board Chair Howard…
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Norwalk teachers now widely using AI tools, assistant superintendent says
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools is continuing to go all-in on artificial intelligence. The Norwalk City Council on Tuesday approved purchasing three AI platforms for the school district for about $266,000. Over $200,000 of that funding will go toward “Google AI Pro for Education.” With the platform, teachers can analyze student performance, create “math…
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City Council set to authorize mediation in autism services lawsuit
NORWALK, Conn. — Almost two decades after Norwalk Public Schools hired a “behavior analyst” with falsified credentials to work with autistic children, the Norwalk City Council is slated to authorize the Board of Education’s legal team to enter mediation with impacted families. In 2007, the Board of Education hired Stacy Lore and her company, Spectrum…
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NPS begins filling leadership vacancies amid staff departures to Georgia
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools is beginning to fill the open positions left behind by employees following Dr. Alexandra Estrella, the district’s previous superintendent, to Georgia’s largest school district: Gwinnett County Public Schools. On Thursday, the Norwalk Board of Education approved the appointment of Damon Lewis, Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy’s principal, as the district’s…
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City advances plans to restore South Norwalk salt marsh
NORWALK, Conn. — Engineering consultant Arcadis is set to develop plans to revitalize a salt marsh near South Norwalk’s new elementary school, with the City Council’s Public Works Committee advancing its application Tuesday evening. Norwalk was awarded the grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in 2023. The project is seemingly behind schedule,…
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Norwalk’s cannabis fund tops $600K as city drafts spending guidelines after delay
NORWALK, Conn. — Amid the local debate that followed Connecticut’s legalization of recreational cannabis, Lamond Daniels, then Norwalk’s chief of social services, stressed that the prospective fund had “the potential to help fund critical initiatives.” Four years later — and just over two years after Fine Fettle opened the city’s first dispensary — Norwalk now…
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