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AMEC given Norwalk green light for increased traffic near Waypointe, Stepping Stones, playground
NORWALK, Conn. – A Norwalk carting company has finally been greenlighted to expand its private transfer station – provided the state goes along with the Zoning Commission. AMEC Carting was approved to temporarily increase the tonnage allowed at its Crescent Street transfer station from 200 tons a day to 300 tons a day, and to…
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Torrano, RTC doing Norwalk disservice with partisan attack
(Bruce Kimmel is a second-term at-large Democratic Common Councilman who caucuses with the Republicans, ran with the Republican endorsement in 2013 and endorsed the entire Republican slate in that election.) To the Editor: Although I have long been a proponent of bipartisan politics, I appreciate the need for the leaders of our local parties to…
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Primary in pictures: Norwalk goes to the polls
NORWALK, Conn. – By definition, with every election there are winners and there are losers. After Tuesday’s primary, three of the four winners get to gear up for the big prize in November, while the other, Republican Registrar of Voters Karen Doyle Lyons, gets to settle back into the office she’s held for 14…
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Wilms tops Wilson in 142nd GOP state rep race
3:30 a.m. Full rewrite. NORWALK, Conn. – Former Moccia Administration Board of Estimate and Taxation chairman Fred Wilms out-polled Republican Party-endorsed candidate and current Zoning Commission vice chairwoman Emily Wilson Tuesday to win the right to face Democrat Andy Garfunkel in the fall to fill the seat of retiring 11-term incumbent state Rep. Larry Cafero.…
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Emily Wilson details her platform for 142nd District state rep run
NORWALK, Conn. – I strongly believe in the Common Sense Commitment, five principles that can guide Connecticut to a strong, stable economy. League of Women Voters Election Guide, Click Here They are: spend no more than you make; borrow only what you can afford to pay back; if it’s not broken, don’t fix it, but if…
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League of Women Voters Guide to Aug. 12 primary
NORWALK, Conn. – The League of Women Voters of Norwalk has compiled a Voter Guide for the Aug. 12 primary elections. The League asked all candidates to respond to the following three questions: Why did you decide to run for [Registrar of Voters / State Representative], as opposed to some other office? Considering your education,…
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Santo shuts down Rowayton ‘village district’ zoning revision attempt
NORWALK, Conn. – Efforts to reform Rowayton parking regulations to encourage small businesses there are on hold until a new Zoning Commissioner learns to behave like an adult, Zoning Commission Chairman Joe Santo said in a voicemail message. Santo left the message on Nora King’s voicemail on Friday. Planning and Zoning Director Mike Greene confirmed…
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Wilson: Public hearing would precede mosque settlement
NORWALK, Conn. – Don’t expect a sudden announcement that Norwalk has settled with the Al Madany Islamic Center. There is a process that will be followed before a settlement would be agreed to, Zoning Commission Vice Chairman Emily Wilson said. Wilson said it’s a “major ‘if,’ because I have no idea where we are right…
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Wilson sticking close to her roots with run at Cafero’s state rep seat
NORWALK, Conn. – Emily Wilson has an unusual qualification in her quest to take over the territory being ceded by state Rep. Larry Cafero (R-142) — she’s already got experience following in Cafero’s footsteps: Wilson sits at Cafero’s old desk when she’s at work in her East Avenue office. The Republican Wilson, a zoning commissioner, is…
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Candidate filings reveal disparate financial pictures
Updated Monday night with comment from Art Scialabba. NORWALK, Conn. – Local state senate and state representative candidates are assembling their campaign “war chests,” with some candidates waiting – and hoping – for an influx of state cash to revive moribund bank accounts. There are three primary races in Norwalk, two on the Democratic side…
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Peña qualifies, will face Morris in primary
Updated 6:46 p.m. with edits, new headline, additional information. NORWALK, Conn. – Warren Peña has gotten the signatures needed to force a primary in the 140th District, Norwalk Democratic Registrar Stuart Wells said. The former councilman has gotten 208 signatures from Democrats living in the 140th, five more than the 203 signatures he needed to…
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Norwalk political notes: Wilms a question mark; NAACP and POKO
NORWALK, Conn. – Emily Wilson and Andy Garfunkel are united: “Absolutely” was their word of choice when asked if they are committed to serving the 142nd District on a long-term basis should they win election as a state representative. Fred Wilms was more circumspect.
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Wilson first in 142nd District race to receive state campaign grant
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Attorney Emily Wilson’s campaign committee announced Friday that Wilson, the Republican Party-endorsed candidate for State Representative in the 142nd District, has been award a Citizen’s Election Program grant. Wilson is the first candidate in the three person field to officially receive the state grant. To qualify, candidates must raise $5,000 from…
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Primary task: Candidates scrambling to get on the ballot
NORWALK, Conn – The political dust has cleared – for now – and Norwalkers can settle in for a couple months’ worth of campaigning as the local political parties shake things out for autumn’s race to the State House. City voters can expect three state representative primaries – two on the Democratic Party ballot and…
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Wilms makes it official: endorsed candidate Wilson facing primary
NORWALK, Conn. – The expected Republican August fight over Larry Cafero’s statehouse seat was made official Thursday in an announcement by Fred Wilms at the Republican Town Committee meeting. “I announced here tonight that I have filed the paperwork with the secretary of state (to force a primary),” Wilms said, after the meeting concluded. Wilms and…
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Wilson wins GOP backing in run for 142nd District seat
NORWALK, Conn. – Attorney Emily Wilson won the endorsement of the local Republican delegates Wednesday night to run for the 142nd state Assembly District seat currently held by retiring Norwalker Larry Cafero. The district includes the western and northern parts of Norwalk, and a portion of New Canaan. Wilson, who is vice chairwoman of the…
