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Adding to a misguided policy mix: Zoning proposals in Connecticut Recent home sale listings from Darien. There has been much debate about whether the zoning practices of towns in Connecticut are discriminatory.  Discriminatory has become a politically weaponized pejorative word used to presume the motivations of any town and their residents with a different demographic than what is considered ideologically “righteous.”  Any town with under-representation of an economic, racial, or ethnic...

New Canaan P&Z chairman beckons consultant to solve persisting library argument Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The 1913 wing of the New Canaan Library on Main Street is the center of a controversy as residents try to decide if  it should be demolished or not after the new library is built next door to it. Picture taken April 19, 2021.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 The landscape will take into account native plants, pollinator pathways and  animal ha...

New Canaan grade school parents "outraged" by perceived lack of information Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail New Canaan parents say they are upset with the “lack of communication” between them and the schools in regards to changes to school start times.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media Some New Canaan parents of young children who oppose the change to school start times said that they have not been properly informed about the changes by New Canaan Public School officials. School ...

An overhead view of the proposed new library. Specs by Turner New Canaan Library through many early design iterations sought to include the original 1913 building, the organization’s executive director said last week. Yet in acquiring an adjacent South Avenue property in 2017, opening up new possibilities for the best possible design, as well as a fundraising feasibility study “and a careful assessment of the functional needs for the building and grounds, the design could no longer incorpor...

Battle over a proposed mansion tax highlights CTs affordability issues Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail Martin Looney, D-New Haven, is sworn in as Senate President Pro Tempore during the of the start the legislative session held outside at the State Capitol, in Hartford, Conn. Jan. 6, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media For East Hartford resident Torrina Evans, it’s about long, stressful nights spent figuring out how to make ends meet on the low pay she draws in disabilities servic...