Author: Harold F. Cobin

The city's Animal Control Shelter, at 13 South Smith Street, is within the compound containing the Public Works garage and the Wastewater Treatment Plant in East Norwalk. It recently underwent two months of renovations funded by a donation from a Norwalk woman's estate. (Photo: Harold…

NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Police Department presented awards to 67 officers Tuesday evening who were recognized by a committee of their peers for exceptional performance in 2024. Addressing the audience of family members and friends of the recipients in City Hall’s Concert Hall, Police…

NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Fire Department has won an award from a Connecticut risk management agency for its success in reducing workers’ compensation costs by promoting the health and safety of its firefighters. In a news release Monday, Mayor Harry Rilling announced the department…

NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Fire Department has put into service a specially outfitted truck to block a traffic lane when firefighters are responding to highway calls. The truck contains a rear-mounted, fold-down frame holding containers called attenuators that crush when impacted by a vehicle.…

NORWALK, Conn. – Responding to the Trump administration’s threat to prosecute state and local officials who fail to comply with its immigration policies, Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh says his department will continue to abide by Connecticut law. “CT Law Enforcement complies with the TRUST…

Residents gathered on the front lawn of City Hall Friday night for the lighting of the Christmas Tree. (Photo: Harold Cobin) NORWALK, Conn. — A few hundred people turned out Friday night for a frosty start to the holiday season at the annual Christmas Tree…

Connecticut Dept. of Transportation employees meet at the center of the replacement Fairfield Ave. bridge before its opening Monday morning. (Photo: Harold Cobin) NORWALK, Conn. — Seven months to the day after the Fairfield Avenue bridge sagged and fractured under the intense heat of a…

Mayor Harry Rilling at Wednesday's news conference announcing the Police Department's acquisition of two electric-powered cruisers. (Photo: Harold Cobin) NORWALK, Conn. — The city’s fleet of electric vehicles expanded Wednesday with the debut of two police cars emblazoned with the colors and mascots of Norwalk’s two…

The final Norwalk vote tabulations for Tuesday's elections are listed below. were compiled by the city's Registrar of Voters & Elections Administration office and submitted Thursday afternoon to the secretary of state's office. The votes from the voting machines in each of the city's 14…

The latest annual report on crime in Connecticut municipalities reveals that Norwalk's crime rates in two out of three categories ran counter to the state trends in 2023, according to Police Chief James Walsh. That statistical divergence is a measure of the progress his department…

This cardinal appears at the north end of the mural on West Avenue. (Photo: Harold Cobin) With the newly-painted "Welcome to Norwalk" mural on West Avenue as a backdrop, the city announced Wednesday it has been designated an Arts and Cultural District. Norwalk earned the…

Construction will begin next week on the first phase of a $27 million project to revitalize the Wall Street area, which Mayor Harry Rilling said "used to be a thriving, vibrant area" that has struggled mightily since devastating storms in 1955. “There were studies done…