Author: Harold F. Cobin

Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling at Friday's Gun Buyback Day news conference at Stamford Police Headquarters.

From street sweepers and stoplights to motorcycles and mowers, a bazaar of equipment and personnel needed to run and protect the city of Norwalk was on close display Saturday at the annual Touch-A-Truck & Open House. Located at the Public Works garage and wastewater treatment…

The city announced Thursday the initiation of a project to survey the mental health of its youth to identify where they face mental health barriers and need additional treatment services. At a City Hall news conference, Mayor Harry Rilling noted that the city has for…

(Photo credit: Harold F. Cobin) The 46th annual Norwalk Oyster Festival was ushered in Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its main entrance in Veterans Memorial Park on Seaview Avenue in East Norwalk. The three-day event opens this evening at 6 p.m. Shown, from left,…

Mayor Harry Rilling cuts the ribbon with the assistance of Board of Education member Janine Randolph (left) and Tracey School Principal Lindsay Esposito. School system and City Hall officials praised the dual benefits of the new Tracey Magnet School multi-purpose track Thursday during a ribbon…

The replacement Fairfield Ave. bridge seen looking north from Cedar St. NORWALK – Four months after the fiery destruction of the Fairfield Ave. bridge over Interstate 95, the steel skeleton of its replacement spans the highway. On Wednesday, a project supervisor with the state Dept.…

With a felony criminal charge pending against him and a history of four arrests, Officer Hector Delgado retired Wednesday from the Norwalk Police after a departmental investigation found he violated sections of the Norwalk Police Manual.

Folk guitarist Luke Molina entertains a crowd Sunday morning on the plaza in front of 50 Washington St. (Photo credit: Harold F. Cobin.) A staff member at the Stepping Stones Children’s Museum tent entertains a child Sunday with a bubble blowing machine. (Photo credit: Harold…

Parking and trail information resources at the Norwalk River Valley Trail, 34 Riverside Avenue, where officials announced a $4.5 million federal grant to complete work on the trail. (Photo: Harold F. Cobin) Calling the granting of funds for construction of Fairfield County’s longest multi-use hiking…

Luisa Melchionne (Credit: Norwalk Police Dept.) A guidance counselor at Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk was arrested Thursday for allegedly being “sexually involved” with a male student, Norwalk Police said in a news release. Luisa Melchionne, 47, of New Canaan, was charged with second-degree…

A Norwalk police officer arrested in March following his alleged involvement in an off-duty road rage incident has retired. In a news release Wednesday, Police Chief James Walsh said Officer David Vetare, 54, retired from service on Tuesday, July 2, after a departmental investigation found…

Mayor Harry Rilling reads a proclamation declaring July Summer Meals Month (Photo credit: Harold Cobin) NORWALK – City and school officials hailed the start of Norwalk Public School’s summer meals program for children at a ceremony Friday outside the South Norwalk Neighborhood School on Concord…