Courthouse that is not a courthouse
I know I have no dog in the fight over the closing of the Norwalk Courthouse, as I do... (Read more)
9 / 22 / 2022
Letters archive
Showing 9/22/2022 to 12/23/2021
no imageOpen primaries or election reform? Connecticut needs both
Roughly 41% of voters in Connecticut DO NOT identify with either major party and are excluded from the primary... (Read more)
9 / 15 / 2022
Vandalism (graffiti) at Oak Hills Park trail
This forest tree was spray-painted with graffiti at Oak Hills Park last week, a first for the park’s woodland... (Read more)
8 / 22 / 2022
no imageStop the gas pipeline extension in Wilton
Don’t get fooled. Despite what Eversource is telling Wilton residents, new gas pipelines are adding costs to ratepayers and... (Read more)
8 / 15 / 2022
no imageAn economy for the worker, not special interests and the politically connected
My name is Don Mastronardi and I am the Republican Nominee for State Representative for the 142nd District representing... (Read more)
8 / 13 / 2022
no imageAre you ready for the Aug. 9 primary?
Are you ready for the primary elections on Tuesday, August 9, 2022? Before you go to vote, be aware... (Read more)
8 / 3 / 2022
no imageA modest proposal
In view of last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade as well as its ruling Thursday regarding... (Read more)
6 / 29 / 2022
no imageI don’t remember
I don’t remember the faces of the children who died in Uvalde, Texas. I don’t remember the names of... (Read more)
6 / 14 / 2022
no imageWill something be done?
As in past mass shootings, elected officials across the nation take to the airways demanding “we do something.” Once... (Read more)
6 / 3 / 2022
no imageWhat we should remember this Memorial Day
On Aug. 6, 1944, Richard Kemper, my uncle, was killed while commanding a company in the Battle of the... (Read more)
5 / 30 / 2022
‘No Mow in May’ project growing in Norwalk
Why the tall grass? Something’s abuzz here in Norwalk with the signs around the city which read, “No Mow... (Read more)
5 / 22 / 2022
no imageWhy I oppose ALL war
Many are rightfully horrified and disgusted about the Russian war in Ukraine and are vehemently opposed to it. I... (Read more)
4 / 23 / 2022
no imagePOKO Frustration: Some basic facts & some questions
Facts: The POKO project has been in the works since 2004. It is a complicated deal and it has... (Read more)
4 / 20 / 2022
Thirty years of photographing Norwalk
I started a photojournalism career more than 30 years ago, beginning in the darkrooms of the New School in... (Read more)
4 / 18 / 2022
no imageThank Election Heroes Day
Today, April 12, in states across the nation, people are participating in Thank Election Heroes Day to acknowledge and... (Read more)
4 / 7 / 2022
no imageA Ukraine perspective from the US ‘War Generation’
Many Americans of the “War Generation,” like me, are astonished that Russia, which suffered devastating losses at the hands... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2022
no imageTake action to help solve early childcare crisis
Early care and education is in crisis! Even prior to Covid, childcare programs were struggling to recruit and retain... (Read more)
3 / 13 / 2022
Crisis in Ukraine
As we all watch the crisis in Ukraine worsen, including the tragic targeting of civilian populations, I wanted to... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2022
Thank you, Norwalk registrars
When I voted Tuesday, I found some interesting “I voted today stickers” on the table near the exit. Some... (Read more)
3 / 3 / 2022
Yup, today is Giving Day
Dear Readers, It’s Giving day today – the annual fundraiser for local nonprofits, supported by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation.... (Read more)
2 / 24 / 2022
When will elected officials be as honest as the CFO about school funding?
Another school funding session is underway and so is the drama. Norwalk’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) upset parents over... (Read more)
2 / 18 / 2022
no imageIt’s time to drop the schools’ mandate and opt for mask choice
It has been said that universal masking is optimal, a kind of “gold standard.” And yet, I’m sure many... (Read more)
2 / 15 / 2022
no imageECU Commission identifies nuclear and natural gas as sustainable
Connecticut’s leaders who have long focused on using public funds to secure “green energy” may want to give attention... (Read more)
2 / 7 / 2022
Oak Hills
On the hyperlocal social networking service Next Door West Norwalk, Bob Fosina wrote: “Sledding at Oak Hills? No more. “Our society... (Read more)
2 / 7 / 2022
no imageDomestic terrorism
How seriously should we take Sen. Blumenthal’ s clarion call to focus our attention on “domestic terrorism”? Amidst calls... (Read more)
1 / 16 / 2022
no imageWilton Quaker Meeting calls to action on nuclear weapons, climate change, & Yemen
The Wilton Quaker Meeting which serves Norwalk and surrounding towns met Jan. 9. Quakers are a Christian community that... (Read more)
1 / 9 / 2022
no imageCOVID safety tools: More good news to help save your life
As Omicron spreads throughout our county and state, credible information about the use and type of masks exists that... (Read more)
1 / 7 / 2022
You deserve the right to know other measures to protect your family from COVID-19
As the New Year approaches and we encounter yet another winter facing COVID transmission spikes, I want to offer... (Read more)
12 / 31 / 2021
no imageAnti-vaccination folks neglect to consider health care workers
It’s clear that there are breakthrough infections for people fully vaccinated and boosted but what’s also very clear is... (Read more)
12 / 28 / 2021
Here comes Santa Claus
You think you have problems? Myška and I met this guy in front of a house on Betmarlea Road... (Read more)
12 / 23 / 2021