9 p.m. Update: Chuck Willinger, lawyer for the halfway house proposal, has made his case to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission in City Council Chambers. He
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The Halfway House Truth–Has The Deadline Passed?
The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission Monday night (tonight) is scheduled to take up a request to extend approval of a halfway house located in the West End for
Read moreThe Debate: Where To House Former Offenders? P&Z Delays Decision
The Planning and Zoning Commission Monday night delayed decision on an application to extend a special permit to allow the establishment of a 120-bed halfway house for former
Read moreWill A Deal Be Struck On Remington Remediation?
Lawyers for the city and developer Sal DiNardo have resumed discussions to forge agreement on a demolition and remediation plan for the 28-acre former Remington Arms plant
Read moreCommission Rejects Mario’s Restaurant Zone Change
UPDATE: In what State Rep. Chris Caruso called a win for the neighborhood, the Planning & Zoning Commission Monday night denied Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa’s
Read moreDiNardo: “Take The Property”–Mayor Wanted Site For Train Station — EPA Asking Questions
Tuesday update: That’s it. I’m done. So says developer Sal DiNardo who told OIB Monday afternoon he had divested himself of interest several weeks ago in a
Read moreHoly Smoke, A Bridgeport Traffic Jam, Debating The Ferry Location
A traffic jam from downtown Bridgeport to the South End? Who’d have thunk it? To paraphrase Yogi, Bridgeport is crowded … nobody goes there anymore. Friday
Read moreScoop About Poop, Plus: Local Moolah For Malloy, Spooky Stuff And Kohut Zone
Remember that proposal to build a sewage treatment plant in Monroe to connect to Trumbull’s wastewater system that’s linked to the poop-treatment mothership in Bridgeport? Trumbull
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