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🌱 Patch AM: Norwalk City Council To Consider Various Purchases During Upcoming Meeting: Agenda

And on the Norwalk Patch calendar - High Holiday Services with Congregation for Humanistic Judaism

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Good day Norwalk! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Council to weigh paving funds, park upgrades and police plaza renaming
  • Norwalk schools want your say on the next superintendent
  • Norwalk shop sells $10,000 winning KENO ticket

Also on today's calendar: High Holiday Services with Congregation for Humanistic Judaism and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Humid with some sun, with a high of 82 and low of 72 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 63.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Norwalk City Council To Consider Various Purchases During Upcoming Meeting: Agenda (patch.com) — Norwalk residents can tune in as the City Council weighs more than a million dollars in paving work, new public works equipment, and police and fire purchases at its next meeting. The agenda also includes park improvement contracts, appointments to key city boards, and a proposal to name Police Headquarters Plaza after retired Chief and former Mayor Harry Rilling.
   

2. Norwalk Public Schools Shares Survey Seeking Input In Search For New Superintendent (patch.com) — Norwalk Public Schools is asking families, staff, students and community members to complete a survey that will help define what the district should seek in its next superintendent. The anonymous questionnaire, available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole, lets residents share their perceptions of local schools and weigh in on the leadership qualities they value most.
   

3. Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Norwalk (patch.com) — A Stamford resident just scored a $10,000 KENO win with a ticket bought at Crossroads Card and Gift in Norwalk, putting a local business in the lottery spotlight. Connecticut Lottery officials also highlight a new policy that withholds winners' full names without written consent, aiming to better protect players from scams.
   

4. New Norwalk committee begins work distributing affordable housing money (nancyonnorwalk.com) — Norwalk's new Affordable Housing Account Ordinance Committee has begun deciding how to distribute nearly $3 million collected from developer fees to support local affordable housing projects. Members are now shaping scoring rules that will determine which Norwalk developments can receive up to $1 million, with debates over prioritizing rentals versus ownership, project size, and how to spread housing options across the city.
   

5. Senator Duff & Norwalk Delegation Secure $6.2 Million for Flood Relief, Meeting House, & Local Roads (ct.gov) — Norwalk is set to receive more than $6.2 million in state bond funding for flood relief around New Canaan and Ponus Avenues, restoration of the historic West Norwalk Meeting House, and local road work. City and state leaders say the money will help protect homes and businesses from chronic flooding, preserve a key landmark, and keep everyday streets safer and better maintained.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • A perfect evening to close Labor Day weekend on The Norwalk River.
    I could have taken 100 shots with the constant changes but here are a couple. (Nextdoor East Ave)
  • A man named Charles Campbell on next door asked me to call his friend who was interested in buying the bed I posted.
    I texted him and we texted back and forth and he Zelle me money for the bed and it never came through supposedly because it was from a business… (Nextdoor Osborne Ave)
  • KnitWell Group posted a job opening for Sales Associate Key Holder in Norwalk. Apply here.
  • Varsity Brands, LLC posted a job opening for Retail Associate Part Time (CT) in Norwalk. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norwalk here.

Ok Norwalk! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he wouldn't get caught red handed. (Thank you Vicki B. for sending it in!)
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