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Tom Livingston has accepted the offer to remain Chief of Staff; Council accomplishments listed; Attendance at the last 21-23 Council meeting; a swearing in.

Norwalk has identified Nathan Hale, Roton and West Rocks middle schools as the next...

Demographer Mike Zuba presents enrollment projections during Tuesday’s Norwalk Board of Education meeting on Zoom. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk is prepared to move forward with its huge investment in school construction, including building two South Norwalk schools on the same property, Mayor Harry Rilling said Tuesday, indicating through his statements that their location won’t necessarily be where Columbus Magnet School is now. Rilling’s comments followed a lengthy discussion of a demogra...

CRANBURY – After a long wait, the borough is getting its own library. The Cranbury Public Library Foundation hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony last week at 30 Park Place West, where the new library will be situated just off Main Street. At just under 12,000 square feet, the library will have room for adult, teen and children’s materials as well as a large program room and community meeting areas. Also included is an archive to hold the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society�...

Somebody is going to get hurt: Norwalk parents urge revamp of Silvermine school driveway FacebookTwitterEmail School lets out at Silvermine Elementary School Thursday, February 6, 2020, in Norwalk, Conn. A number of parents, students and staff came out Wednesday night to make pleas to the Planning Commission to fund certain capital projects. In particular, many from the Silvermine community asked the commission to fund a new driveway for the school as the current one cannot support the nine bus...

NORWALK, Conn. — Contrasting opinions on turf fields and a would-be welcome center, disappointment over another possible delay regarding Cranbury Elementary and a consensus that the Silvermine Elementary School is dangerous and some school bathrooms disgusting marked the Planning Commission’s virtual hearing Wednesday on the capital budget. More than 30 people spoke to the Commission, many of them responding to austere recommendations made by Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz, charac...

Updated 2:24 p.m.: Comments from Mayor Harry Rilling. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s financial chief has advised Common Council members not to fund a new welcome center for Norwalk Public Schools this year. He also recommends saying “no” to funding the Silvermine Elementary School driveway, bathroom renovations and the cafeteria work that’s been planned. Instructional technology should also be a no, as far as Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz is concerned. Dachowitz, in his recomme...

I dread going back to remote: COVID school closures strain Norwalk parents FacebookTwitterEmail Sixth grade teacher Rebecca Sabol greets her students during first day of classes in the new socially-distanced teaching environment at West Rocks Middle School in Norwalk, Conn. on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media NORWALK — Students in 17 different Norwalk schools and programs logged onto their computers Friday to begin their school day. The city’s school bui...

Read / Add Comments New cases of COVID-19 have caused the Norwalk Public School District to move two additional schools to all remote learning. The move comes after the Norwalk Public Schools District was notified on Wednesday, Dec. 9, of new positive COVID-19 cases at two schools.  As a result, Cranbury Elementary will transition to remote learning beginning Thursday, Dec. 10, returning to in-person instruction on Monday, Dec. 21.  Wolfpit Elementary also will go into remote le...