Posted on: June 6, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) – Today, June 6, 2023, Mayor Harry Rilling congratulated Ella McNulty, Norwalk High School JROTC Cadet Lt. Col., for being selected as the top 2023 awardee of the Western Connecticut Military Officers Association&rs...
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Posted on: June 5, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, June 5, 2023, Mayor Rilling announced that the City plans to allocate $550,000 to Mid-Fairfield Community Care Center (Mid Fairfield) for Norwalk Public Schools’(NPS) Middle School Mental Health Initiative for the 2023-202...
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Posted on: May 31, 2023
(Norwalk, CT) – Today, May 31, 2023, Mayor Rilling announced that applications are open for the City of Norwalk’s Community Impact Mini-Grant Program, newly established by the Community Services Department. The City of Norwalk establis...
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Posted on: May 26, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, the Town Clerk’s Office announced that the City of Norwalk’s 2023 dog licenses will be available for registration beginning June 1.
All dog licenses must be renewed for 2023, and any new dogs ov...
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Posted on: May 23, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, May 23, 2023, Mayor Rilling announced that he selected Tom Livingston to replace Laoise King as his Interim Chief of Staff for the City of Norwalk. Tom Livingston currently serves on the Common Council and at toni...
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Posted on: May 18, 2023
(Norwalk, CT) – Today, May 18, 2023, Mayor Rilling released the following statement regarding his feedback on the draft of a citywide zoning rewrite proposal. The draft was completed by Town Planning and Urban Design (TPUDC), a consultant hired ...
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Posted on: May 15, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, May 15, 2023, is the first official day of Beach Season in Norwalk, in which the City starts enforcing parking requirements at its beaches and highly frequented parks, including Calf Pasture Beach, Shady Beach, Cranbury Park, Taylo...
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Posted on: April 27, 2023
(Norwalk, CT) – Today, April 27, 2023, Mayor Rilling released the following statement regarding the passing of Stew Leonard Sr., the founder of Stew Leonard’s, who opened the company’s first grocery store in...
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Posted on: April 11, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, April 11, 2023, the City of Norwalk announced the schedule for the 2023 Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events in and near the City. The events are free to Norwalk residents and include an upco...
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Posted on: March 29, 2023
The City of Norwalk has three upcoming collection dates where we will accept mattresses and box springs for free at the Norwalk Public Works Center located at 15 South Smith Street, Norwalk, CT. The free collection program is in partnership with the Mattr...
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Posted on: March 28, 2023
Below is the Spring 2023 Curbside Yard Waste Collection schedule for residents who receive both garbage and recycling collection from the City of Norwalk.
Based on the schedule below, residents who receive both garbage and recycling collection wi...
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Posted on: March 24, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, March 24, 2023, Mayor Rilling announced that the City of Norwalk has officially transitioned from its .org website and email domain to .gov.
“The City of Norwalk made the decision to switch to .gov because .gov d...
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Posted on: March 22, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, March 22, 2023, Mayor Rilling was joined by the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency, Senator Bob Duff, Common Council Members and community leaders to announce the South Norwalk Investment Program (SNIP), the next phase ...
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Posted on: February 24, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, February 24, 2023, the City of Norwalk announced the schedule for its 2023 Bulky Waste Collection Program. The collection program is available to residents within the 4th Taxing District who receive garbage and re...
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Posted on: January 28, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 28, 2023, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling and Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh released a joint statement following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
“Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Tyre Nichols, and th...
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Posted on: January 27, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 27, 2023, the City of Norwalk announced that it has teamed up with SimplifyCT and kicked off its annual no-cost, full-service AARP/VITA/IRS Volunteer Tax Assistance Program. Through IRS-certified volunteer...
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Posted on: January 23, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 23, 2023, Mayor Rilling congratulated Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh and Deputy Chief Terrence Blake on their new leadership appointments at this afternoon’s Norwalk Police Commission Meeting.  ...
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Posted on: January 19, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 19, 2023, the City of Norwalk and Norwalk Redevelopment Agency announced that the new Norwalk Business Development Center located at 3 Belden Avenue will be hosting a series of free professional development worksho...
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Posted on: January 9, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 9, 2023, the City’s Tax Assessor’s Department announced that Norwalk’s 2023 Revaluation Project will begin this week. A revaluation will determine the fair market value of every property in the City to equalize the...
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Posted on: January 20, 2023
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, January 20, 2023, Mayor Rilling announced that the City has unlocked funding for the final phase of its COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program. Since the onset of the pandemic, the City has granted $520,000 to small businesses throu...
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Posted on: December 13, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, December 13, Mayor Rilling announced that he is lifting the Water Emergency for the City of Norwalk, effective immediately. Mayor Rilling declared the Water Emergency on October 7, 2022, due to historically low levels of r...
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Posted on: December 13, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, December 13, Mayor Rilling thanked and acknowledged Governor Lamont and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) for awarding Norwalk with $2 million as part of their funding for the Brownfield Municipa...
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Posted on: December 8, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, December 8, 2022, Mayor Rilling was joined by Live Green CT, JuiceBar, Eversource, and federal, state and local leaders at Fodor Farm to Celebrate Norwalk’s First Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station on City Pr...
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Posted on: November 10, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, November 10, 2022, Mayor Rilling announced that the City of Norwalk hired its first Embedded Clinician to work alongside the Police Department in partnership with the Recovery Network of Programs (RNP). T...
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Posted on: November 3, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) – Today, November 3, 2022, federal, state, local and community leaders joined Mayor Rilling to celebrate the grand opening of the City of Norwalk's Business Development Center on 3 Belden Avenue. This week also...
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Posted on: October 28, 2022
(Norwalk, CT) – Mayor Rilling released the following statement regarding the importance of workforce development following today’s ribbon cutting ceremony for the Workforce Training Center. The Workforce Training Center is a vocational...
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Posted on: October 13, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, October 13, 2022, Governor Ned Lamont announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of two officers from the Bristol Police Department who were shot and killed in the lin...
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Posted on: October 5, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, Mayor Rilling announced that he is declaring a Water Emergency for the City of Norwalk, effective Friday, October 7, 2022, at noon, due to ongoing drought conditions. This calendar year, Norwalk received historically low l...
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Posted on: September 19, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, September 19, 2022, the City of Norwalk announced that after more than 100 years since the adoption of its Charter, a comprehensive revision is underway, beginning this week.
In August, the Norwalk Common Council formally e...
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Posted on: August 26, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, August 26, 2022, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling announced the launch of the City’s first-ever Kiva Hub through its partnership with Kiva. Kiva is a global nonprofit organization that provi...
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Posted on: August 16, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, August 16, 2022, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling announced that the City of Norwalk received confirmation that all three major rating agencies, Moody's Investors Service, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Rati...
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Posted on: August 5, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, August 5, 2022, Mayor Rilling announced that the City of Norwalk will transition from its Bi-weekly COVID Reports to a virtual COVID Data Hub format that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“We want to ...
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Posted on: August 2, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, August 2, 2022, Norwalk's Health Department shared critical preventive health care information and local resources to help mitigate the spread of monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection ...
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Posted on: July 26, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 26, 2022, Mayor Rilling announced that he is directing flags in the City of Norwalk to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Mayor Bill Collins, who passed away on July 21 in an automobile accident in...
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Posted on: July 26, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 26, 2022, Norwalk's Fire Marshal's Office announced the outcome of the joint investigation of the Nelson Avenue house fire that occurred on May 14, 2022, and led to the tragic fatality of 7-year-old Summer Fa...
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Posted on: July 15, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 15, 2022, Mayor Rilling issued a Drought Advisory for the City of Norwalk in partnership with the First District Water Department and the South Norwalk Electric and Water Company (SNEW). This announcement follows Gove...
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Posted on: July 6, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 6, 2022, the City of Norwalk announced that residents will have until Monday, August 1, 2022, to pay their property tax bills and sewer use charges. Property tax bills include real estate, motor vehicles and business personal ...
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Posted on: July 1, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 1, 2022, Mayor Rilling announced that the Rowayton Avenue Bridge has been paved and reopened to two-way traffic just in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
“Since Tropical Storm Elsa caused damage to the Rowa...
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Posted on: July 1, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, July 1, 2022, the City of Norwalk offers fireworks and grilling safety tips ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fireworks can be dangerous and the City asks residents to please leave them to the professionals. The safest w...
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Posted on: June 24, 2022
"It is a sad moment for our nation and infuriating that the U.S. Supreme Court has moved to overturn Roe v. Wade, which has been the law of the land for nearly 50 years. In 1973, Roe granted women across our nation the right to make personal...
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Posted on: June 17, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, June 17, 2022, Mayor Rilling announced that the City of Norwalk recognizes Juneteenth as a holiday and will be closed on Monday, June 20, 2022, in its honor.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Eman...
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Posted on: June 1, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, June 1, 2022, is the official start of hurricane season and the City of Norwalk urges residents to get prepared now. The City announced several ways residents can prepare for unpredictable severe summer weather an...
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Posted on: May 26, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) Today, May 26, 2022, the City of Norwalk announced several upcoming events to honor our veterans during and following Memorial Day Weekend. Beginning Monday, May 30 at 10:00 AM, Norwalk will host its annual Memo...
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Posted on: March 22, 2022
(Norwalk, Conn.) – Today, March 22nd, Mayor Harry Rilling announced the completion of the comprehensive Efficiency Study of the City and Norwalk Public Schools that he and the Common Council initiated in February of 2020. Mayor Rilling&...
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