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NORWALK, Conn. – It’s that time again – the time we come to you, our readers, and ask that you show your support for what we do.

Many of you are new to NancyOnNorwalk, having found your way here during the mosque controversy, or, a bit early, through the 2 Nearwater Road situation. Others came aboard during the primary election. And the majority have been with us for a while now as we look forward to our second anniversary next month.

For those who don’t know – and as a reminder for the rest of you – this site is a fulltime job for two professional journalists for whom it is the sole source of income, and a parttime job for our adult son, who, fortunately, is currently employed as a contract worker in the website department at WWE in Stamford.

We depend on your donations to pay the rent, utilities, and other expenses any normal salary would pay. We work from home, and drive cars made before the turn of the century. We keep overhead low, but this is Fairfield County.

An update on NoN’s status:

We are doing business now as Chapman Hyperlocal Media Inc., a registered Connecticut non-profit corporation, and we have applied for 501c3 status. If we are granted the status, as expected, then all donations dating to formation of the non-profit corporation (April 2, 2014) will be tax deductible. We have elected a Board of Directors and it is posted under Welcome to NancyOnNorwalk at the bottom of the homepage on the right.

We are asking all our readers to consider showing their support in one of two ways:

• Make a donation today, either through our donation button near the top of the page on the right, or by check made out to NancyOnNorwalk and sent to P.O. Box 525, Norwalk, CT 06852. Or…
• Come to our next fundraiser, Sept. 25 at the Norwalk Inn! Details will be announced shortly in a separate story. It promises to be our biggest and best event yet, with great food, a live band and a gorgeous venue!

So help us keep bringing you the kind of issues-based coverage you’ve come to expect from NoN as we pursue our mission of shining a light on Norwalk’s government to let taxpayers know how their money is being spent and how their elected and appointed representatives are performing in the taxpayers’ names.