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Democrats Rally At Fat Cat Pie Co.

by turfgrrl on February 1, 2010 9:06 am · 3 comments

The fourth annual Democratic pizza and politics event hosted by Ted Hoffstatter, Martha Aasen and members of various DTCs from Westport, Weston, Wilton, Greenwich, and Fairfield. Despite the room being packed with a few hundred people it was still difficult to not run into someone running for governor, or had run for governor or would like to one day grow up and be governor.

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Duff Encourages Donations To Food Bank

by turfgrrl on November 25, 2009 11:26 am · 2 comments

State Senator Bob Duff is encouraging people to help out the local food bank. He forwarded this message:

Please join me in helping The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. There is so much need this year and I know that none of you want to see a family go without this Thanksgiving. After speaking with the executive director, I asked her to send me an email, which is below.

Thank you,
Bob

From: Kate Lombardo [mailto:klombardo@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wed 11/18/2009 11:40 AM
To: Sen. Duff, Bob
Subject: Your community needs your help…please

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Debate Over Constructing New “Super 7″ Continues

October 6, 2009

WILTON — An eight-person coalition of opponents to constructing a new Route 7 expressway from Norwalk to Danbury spoke in Wilton Tuesday morning about why this “dead road,” as one described it, should never be built.

Led by state Sen. Toni Boucher, R-26th Dist., each took a turn in Wilton Town Hall presenting reasons why they thought the state should not go forward with its construction, which ranged from damaging wetlands and increasing air pollution to awaiting the results of widening the existing Route 7 and exploiting opportunities to increase service on the Danbury branch of the Metro-North Railroad.

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Southwestern Connecticut Leaders Want Study of Route 7 Corridor

September 24, 2009

A transportation policy and planning group of leaders from eight southwestern Connecticut municipalities reaffirmed on Thursday its recommendation the state conduct a study of uses for the right-of-way for the uncompleted portion of the Route 7 expressway.

After a discussion that resulted in a change in wording from “Support for the Route 7 Expressway” to “Support for the Route 7 Corridor,” the group unanimously approved a resolution calling for a “comprehensive, multi-modal investment study” of the proposed path for the expressway, which extends from Interstate-95 in Norwalk to Interstate-84 in Danbury.

The group requested the same study be conducted in 2007.

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Survey Measures Support for Completing Super 7

September 9, 2009

Results of a survey on the proposed extension of a new, multi-lane Route 7 from Norwalk to Danbury show more than half the residents queried support its construction.

Residents in 10 communities the expressway would run through or are close to its proposed route were contacted, with 53 percent of 486 respondents favoring the project.

The study was conducted by the University of Connecticut — Stamford Campus on behalf of a panel of politicians, civic leaders and a carpenters union labor-management program who support building it.

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Super 7 Homes On List

August 31, 2009

Over at the Advocate, Brian Lockhart is reporting that the DOT has prepared a list of properties, that include homes along the proposed Super 7 corridor, which are “officially” recomended to be sold. I guess the state is thinking desperate measures in desperate times.

Marie did not specifically advise selling the vacant land. But he told Rell that 14 improved parcels — properties with homes in Wilton, Ridgefield, Redding and Danbury — have been “a liability to the department” and are valued at $6.6 million.

The state acquired the Super 7 properties decades ago to build a four- to six-lane expressway from Norwalk to Danbury.

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Wilton’s Kent Rd. RR Crossing Will Be Closed Aug. 21-28

August 17, 2009
The railroad crossing on Kent Rd. in Wilton will be closed to vehicular traffic from Friday, Aug. 21st through Friday, Aug. 28 to enable the crossing surface to be re-graded and replaced. The Conn. Dept. of Transportation says Kent Rd. will be closed to traffic from Route 7 (Danbury Rd.) to Kent Hills Lane.
DOT says detour signage will be installed on Route 7, Kent Road and Old Belden Hill Road.
Questions or comments about the project should be directed to Timothy P. Sullivan, Supervising Rail Officer of the Rail Construction Unit, at (203) 789-7789, extension 160.
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Freaky Vines

August 6, 2009

Talk about invasive species, the Norwalk Tree Alliance and the Norwalk Tree Advisory Committee is asking you to watch out for the invasion of the mile-a-minute vine. The vine has been spotted in Norwalk. Sheffield Island, someone’s property on Blue Mountain Road and a CL & P substation on East Rocks Road. 

According to the press advisory, the weed is called the mile-a-minute vine—or devil’s tearthumb—because it can grow up to six inches in a single day. Maybe Barry Bonds will investigate harnessing the potential, but in the meanwhile other plant species die off as they get covered by the weed.

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Norwalk-Wilton Tree Festival May 16 at Cranbury Park

April 26, 2009

From a press release:

The Norwalk-Wilton Tree Festival May 16 (Saturday) at Cranbury Park offers families free admission with refreshments and activities such as a scavenger hunt, face-painting, tree-care demonstrations and the popular tree rope-climb for kids. 

   The Sierra Club, the American Chestnut Foundation and the Tree Wardens of Connecticut are among the exhibitors. So are Wilton’s Woodcock Nature Center and Ambler Farm, the Greenwich Audubon Center, the New Canaan Nature Center, the Norwalk River Watershed Association and the Norwalk River Valley Trail.

    Norwalk’s selection—for the fifth consecutive year–as Tree City USA for urban forest improvement and for the Growth Award of the U.S. Arbor Day Foundation is to be recognized in proclamations by Connecticut Governor Jody Rell and Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia.

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AIG, Wilton, And How The Courant Perceives Fairfield County

March 18, 2009

You’d think Wilton wasn’t home to some global brands or something. From the Courant:

For an enterprise that wrought crippling damage on the American financial system, AIG’s Financial Products unit kept a low profile in a town of 18,000 residents dominated by mom-and-pop businesses.

Even after the prominence of AIG’s name in the news, many locals remained only dimly aware that their town hosts an AIG office at all, and those who knew of it had no idea what went on there.

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