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Zoning Commission Chairman Lou Schulman questions the lighting plan for the Brien MccMahon High School softball field, shown in a photo rendering by Stantec. NORWALK, Conn. — Somehow, the discussion stemming from years of parental public pleading for an state-of-the-art girls softball field at Brien McMahon High School did not reach the people who would be most affected by the sought-after changes, the people who live across the street. The Norwalk Zoning Commission has therefore delayed its decision on the proposed field and its 60-foot-tall light poles. Zoners have kept their public heari...

Jana Silsby of DLR Group presents a new plan for the Columbus School site at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. A new school is shown in white and the existing building is grey. Connecting the two would allow them to share public spaces. NORWALK, Conn. — A radically different concept for South Norwalk school construction was unveiled Tuesday by Norwalk Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella. This might mean sending a new application to the State by June 30. Two schools would be squeezed onto the 3.5-acre Chestnut Street site, one for Columbus Magnet School and the other a neighbo...

Planning Commission Chairwoman Frances DiMeglio concludes the Commission’s recent capital budget decision-making session. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Planning Commissioners have pressured Mayor Harry Rilling to spend more capital budget dollars on Norwalk Public Schools than his Chief Financial Officer thinks wise. The Planning Commission’s recommended capital budget is nearly $3 million higher than the austere recommendation from CFO Henry Dachowitz, a 10% increase would allow Rilling to fund the Silvermine Elementary School driveway and school bathroom renovations in the coming year. It ...

NORWALK, Conn. — A roundup of news from Tuesday’s Common Council Public Works Committee meeting: A new study, tuned to making Norwalk more walkable NRVT trail segment construction imminent, should be done this year Flood-prevention efforts said to be success An agreement to keep coal ash capped Dumped waste cleaned up fast Is garbage spying on you? Carr says stats show pandemic is easing Transportation management plan: ‘a little bit more on mobility for everyone’ “You’ll recall but about 10 years ago we did our first citywide traffic management plan, which was one of the first one...