Author: Nancy Guenther Chapman

Common Council member Darlene Young (D-District B) at a pre-election League of Women Voters of Norwalk forum. (File) Antisemitic and racist remarks spoken again on Zoom by an anonymous caller began Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.  A second caller who appeared poised to do the same…

Scott Merrell, as shown in a C-Span video. Maybe with all the hoopla about Donald Trump and Nikki Haley you missed the news about the only candidate from Norwalk in the 2024 New Hampshire GOP Presidential primary, held Tuesday. Scott Merrell, known locally as “The…

Then-Norwalk Zoning Commission Chairman Nate Sumpter in 2017. (File photo) In November, Norwalk voters overwhelming approved a measure that included increasing the size of the Police and Fire Commissions to five members. On Tuesday, the Common Council approved one member for each Commission, bringing them…

Fred Wilms looks to remain RTC Chair; ‘The Rowayton Cowboy’ is running for President (in one state); former NFD Chief McCarthy now embattled in Fairfield.

Screenshot from the Jan. 11 joint meeting of the Common Council and Board of Education Finance Committees. At the lectern is Director of Management and Budgets Tom Ellis. Questions about efficiency study implementation and wasted food marked the first joint Committee meeting this budget season…

Tuesday's Common Council Ordinance Committee meeting on Zoom. The video is not online. Repercussions from Tuesday’s ugly intrusion into a Common Council Committee meeting include a behind the scenes effort to shut down such “Zoombombing” in the future, according to Ordinance Committee Chairwoman Lisa Shanahan…

Editor's note: The writer of this letter requested that he be anonymous because AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) members are not allowed to use their names in publications. With the prevalence of “Dryuary” upon us, I felt compelled to share how I also periodically “went dry” to…

The Manresa Island power plant as seen at 10:37 p.m. Monday from Village Creek. Manresa Island smokestack “strobe lights” were once again disturbing Norwalk residents until property owner Argent Ventures shut them off Monday. Ordinarily, a steady red glow emanates from the smokestack’s lights. But…

Sustainable Streets Norwalk members, Friday at the Merritt 7 train station. (Tanner Thompson) Sustainable Streets Norwalk – a group aiming to improve the city’s walking, biking, public transit, housing options, and urban spaces – celebrated the new Merritt 7 train station Friday with an organized…

Norwalk Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella, left, as shown in a recent Norwalk Public Schools YouTube video; then-NPS Chief of School Operations Frank Costanzo in 2020. Norwalk Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella earned $47,274 more last year than she did in 2022; her total $369,995…

Stickers offered March 2, 2022, at the Fox Run Elementary School poll during a primary contesting Democratic Town Committee seats. Norwalk’s political Town Committees held caucus votes Wednesday to determine their memberships for the coming two-year terms. Town Committee members vote to endorse candidates for…

Artist's rendering of the Target planned for 680 Connecticut Ave. Norwalk issued a building permit Wednesday to allow exterior alterations to the former Walmart on Connecticut Avenue to begin transforming it into a Target, according to Norwalk Director of Communications Michelle Woods Matthews. The Planning…