Published May 02. 2021 9:17PM Stonington -- The town has announced that beginning Monday residents and contractors can apply for building permits online. The town said its has partnered with OpenGov "to provide building permitting software to drive efficiency for staff and improve the quality and convenience of services for community members." While the online service will begin Monday, the town said the Building Department will continue to accept paper applications for two months. But the town "strongly urged" people to use the online service as those who file paper applications may experience processing delays. “We are excited that OpenGov will help our staff be more effective within the Building Department. The integrated system will allow our team to reinvest saved time and resources to focus on service delivery to our constituents and improve value and results,” said Building Official Lawrence Stannard in a statement. “We project the OpenGov software will produce a time savings in building permitting and the inspection process.”