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Lockwood Mathews Mansion Springs Into Life

by turfgrrl on March 12, 2010 11:21 am · 0 comments

from a press release:

THE LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM REOPENS

FOR ITS 44TH SEASON WITH A LIVING HISTORY CELEBRATION

AND EVENTS FOR ALL AGES

Norwalk, Conn., March 11, 2010 – The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum at 295 West Avenue reopens for its 44th season on April 7 at noon with docent-guided tours, a living history celebration and an exciting calendar of special events, lectures and art exhibits.

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Free Dental Clinic Saturday

by turfgrrl on March 12, 2010 11:14 am · 1 comment

from a press release:

REP. PERONE URGES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE DENTAL CARE TOMORROW

Norwalk residents who lack dental insurance are being urged by State Representative Chris Perone (D-Norwalk) to attend a free one-day dental clinic in Middletown tomorrow, March 13th.

“This clinic is a once-a-year chance for people who lack insurance or who have inadequate coverage to get dental care for free,” said Representative Perone. “Almost everyone without dental coverage puts off getting treatment until it’s too late. This is an opportunity to receive quality care at no cost. I urge everyone to take advantage.”

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Coup De Grace, LWV Special Meeting

March 11, 2010

Perennial gadfly Diane Lauricella has been brandishing her League of Women credentials on many civic issues, but all that may come to a crashing halt, as the state chapter of the LVW has decided it was time to intervene. A confidential email to past and current members of the Norwalk LWV outlines the reasons:

  • During the past several years, the League of Women Voters of Norwalk has not been fulfilling the minimum requirements of a functioning League. Despite repeated promises from the current leadership
  • an annual meeting has not been convened
  • a budget
  • a slate proposed by a Nominating Committee
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Common Council Meeting 3/9/10

March 10, 2010

Common Council MTG 3/09/10

Attending: Romano, Mount, Bonenfant, Tobin, Kydes, Straniti, Moccia, Maslan, Hempstead, Bondi,  Conroy, Hilliard, Jaeger, King, Simms, Lindstrom

The meeting starts at 8:00 after the presenting of the colors by the Norwalk Girl Scout and Brownies.

They review the minutes Romano has some changes which then accept and then vote unanimously except Bondi abstains.

Public Participation:

David Park: Speaks in favor of the bikepath and pedestrian transportation plan by DPW. He mentions that the Norwalk Riverways have received a grant from the soon to be opening REI.

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Dr. Susan Marks Meets Norwalk

March 9, 2010

After a Sunday tour culminating in a dinner at Blackstone’s with everyone on the Board of Educatino except Migdalia Rivas, finalist in the secret competition for Norwalk’s next superintendent entered phase two with an introduction of Dr. Susan Marks to the public at City Hall Monday night. The evening began with a short, who-am-I presentation by Dr. Marks, and then settled into the familiar question and answer session from the public.

The public in this case, had former BOE members, Greg Burnett, Shirley Mosbey, Amy Jimnez, Rosa Murry and Bruce Kimmel in attendance along with the expected smattering of educators, administrators and PTO members.

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Those DOT Quality Is Job Last Guys Are At It Again

March 7, 2010

What is with storm drains and ConnDOT? Was it oh-not-so-long ago that they provided us the glaring example of what happens when you outsource with reckless abandon? Yes, the I-84 storm drains that went nowhere debacle should be fresh on our minds. Apparently not so in DOT land, because it was only a few weeks ago that they revealed that they kept on the  “pre-qualified” list of approved contractors and then awarded them a $2 million contract, the same company responsible for hooking up the I-84 drains.

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Norwalk Potpourri

March 7, 2010

My apologies for the light posting this past week or so. There have been many hugely impactful things going on, and not much time to process and comment as I had hoped. So consider this a combo, week in review/week ahead melting pot of the interconected lightness of being in Norwalk.

Superintendent Candidate: Yes they have a finalist. Monday is the meet and greet. The most interesting thing about the process is the lack of documentation and transparency about the process. It was a joy to dig out the coverage of Dr. Marks candidacy in Newtown, Ma. But will the media here, the PTOs, the public ever get wired enough to create a community of info that is a resource to all?

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Norwalk Museum Wants You To Explore SoNo

March 7, 2010

On March 10th The Norwalk Museum wants you to explore not only its new exhibit, “Transformation:  21 Artists – Works on Paper,” but explore SoNo too. It’s Museum Night in the neighborhood and the gig is simple. Attend the exhibit’s opening reception and get a Museum Night in SoNo Pass Card.

The card gets you a discount or, as they say, a treat at participating restaurants and businesses. Those participants include O’Neill’s Irish Pub, Kazu, Connie B.’s, M & M Cigar and Gift, The Brewhouse and Thomas K. Libby. The idea behind the card, according to Soo Gunn, curator of the Norwalk Museum, is to get patrons of the museum to mingle with the merchants in SoNo. She plans to add more merchants as they close in on the date. The SoNo Pass Card is valid only the night of the 10th.

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Shots Fired Again

March 5, 2010

From a press release:

Shooting Incident: Norwalk

Incident reported on 03/05/2010 at 2:36pm.

Occurred at Lexington Avenue at corner of Lubrano Place in Norwalk.


One intended victim, an 18 year old male Norwalk resident thought he was struck.

However, when he was checked by paramedics it was learned he was not struck by gunshots. He refused any further medical attention after that.


One assailant fired a number of shots at the intended victim then fled on foot from Lexington to Olean Street, toward the railroad tracks and is still at large.


Patrol officers and Detectives responded to the scene.

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Connectivity In Norwalk, The Master Plan

March 5, 2010

So many questions, so little time, in a way development in Norwalk has been like a Willie Wonka experiment, bit by bit things happen and everyone wants to know why and when. The Norwalk Redevelopment Agency wants to change all that, and so they’ve started down the path of examining how all the redevelopment areas, which stretch from Wall Street down to the South Norwalk Train Station along the West Ave. corridor, should work together. The governmental way of looking at it is called the Connectivity Master Plan.

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