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NORWALK, Conn. — A new citywide flood plan points to five areas where Norwalk could start work on reducing flood damage, consultants told the Ad Hoc Sustainability and Resilience Committee on Wednesday. Council members said the plan arrives as the city copes with a string…

NORWALK — The storage building at the Norwalk High School marching band facility at Andrews Field will now be named in honor of a man who recently retired after nearly 40 years of service to the group. The City Council Tuesday unanimously approved naming the…

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalkers are doing a decent job separating their trash from their recyclables, according to a recent sampling of garbage analyzed at a Meadow Street carting facility. During last week's meeting of the City Council's Public Works Committee, Waste Programs Manager Thomas Szabo…

Monday: October 12 No meetings scheduled Tuesday: October 13 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Time: 6 p.m. Location: Zoom Members will review two new wetland applications. They may also consider a request to keep earlier filling and grading next to a wetland at 35 Weatherbell Drive. Members will…

NORWALK, Conn. — The city has invested more than $17 million in drainage improvements in recent years, but all that work was no match for a nearly 6-inch Sept. 13 rainfall classified as a "500-year" storm, Norwalk Chief of Operations and Public Works Vanessa Valadares…

NORWALK, Conn. — A bus tour on Sunday, Oct. 25, will give participants a chance to explore some of Norwalk’s most distinctive stone homes. Many of the homes in the tour feature interiors designed by architect Frazier Peters, who built many of Norwalk's stone residences.…

NORWALK, Conn. — The Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved an overlay zoning district relaxing density and parking rules in the Wall Street area in an effort to strike a balance between revisions suggested by property owners and concerns about allowing too much…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsruIhQuxks NORWALK, Conn. — City leaders and residents met Tuesday night to start a plan to repair the damage Interstate 95 did to the city's urban core. The focus is on about two miles of West Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Credit: City…

NORWALK, Conn. — Lunch with live music could be coming to some local parks next year. Norwalk's Culture and Arts Commission and the city's Recreation and Parks Department are collaborating on a program to have musicians playing in places like parks by next summer, Arts…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqu35bQpng&feature=youtu.be NORWALK, Conn. — Mayor Barbara Smyth said the city is strong but still has hard work ahead as she gave her first State of the City address Tuesday morning. Smyth spoke at a breakfast hosted by the chamber of commerce. She took office Jan.…

NORWALK, Conn. — The City Council's Public Works Committee voted unanimously to lift a moratorium put in place in spring on applications to name streets after notable community members. Applications will resume Nov. 1 if the full council approves a resolution lifting the moratorium at…

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Police Commission held a special meeting over Zoom on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.  The commission heard reports on department activity from police officials and recognized the officers of the month.  Presented Reports Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh presented the…