NORWALK, Conn. — Mayor Barbara Smyth said the city is strong but still has hard work ahead as she gave her first State of the City address Tuesday morning. Smyth spoke at a breakfast hosted by the chamber of commerce. She took office Jan. 2 and said she has spent her first 10 months listening […]

NORWALK, Conn. — The City Council’s Public Works Committee voted unanimously to lift a moratorium put in place in spring on applications to name streets after notable community members. Applications will resume Nov. 1 if the full council approves a resolution lifting the moratorium at its meeting this month. The hold on applications was put […]

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Police Commission held a special meeting over Zoom on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.  The commission heard reports on department activity from police officials and recognized the officers of the month.  Presented Reports Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh presented the commission with data from his executive report. Walsh reported fewer […]

NORWALK, Conn. — The city awarded $75,000 in grants to eight local businesses Tuesday at the 2026 Norwalk Innovation Grant Awards. East Coast Kombucha Company, led by Steve Gaskin, won the grand prize. Mayor Barbara Smyth said the company has built a Connecticut brand sold in more than 500 retail businesses across 10 states. It […]

Watch the full State of the City address from Mayor Barbara Smyth.

Watch the full State of the City address from Mayor Barbara Smyth.

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 14, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>06:00 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Hybrid via Zoom and Council Chambers<br />125 East Avenue, 3rd Floor<br />Norwalk, CT 06851

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 14, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>06:00 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Hybrid via Zoom and Council Chambers<br />125 East Avenue, 3rd Floor<br />Norwalk, CT 06851

NORWALK, Conn. — Members of the city&#8217;s Bike/Walk Commission are looking to provide input to school officials prior to a vote on a proposed Board of Education policy prohibiting students from having e-bikes on school properties. The school board was poised to vote on a blanket e-bike ban on all school properties at all times [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Conservatory has had to move its shows out of town for years because it cannot find a stage big enough in Norwalk. This fall, the SoNo Collection mall is giving the college a temporary home. Danny Loftus George, president of the conservatory, said the college has staged most of its [&#8230;]

In this episode of Community Ties, we talk with Ashley Chinwe, creator of Sundays With Ash, about her journey, her love for Connecticut, and what inspired her to create a space centered around connection, experiences, creativity, and joy. Ashley shares the story behind Sundays With Ash and how it has grown into a way to [&#8230;]

This August, I experienced Connecticut’s elections in a way I never had before. I was more involved in this primary than in any previous election. I voted, spent Election Day outside a polling location supporting a candidate and stayed until the polls closed to retrieve results. I saw our election system from beginning to end [&#8230;]

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 14, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>06:45 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Virtual via Zoom

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 14, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>06:45 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Virtual via Zoom

<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="683" src="https://ctmirror.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CTPublic-CTTransit-bus-1024x683.webp" width="1024" /></figure>As of this summer, CT makes public transit available at no cost to veterans. Here's what you need to know about the program.

Dear Readers, Don’t worry, you’re in the right place.&#160; Today, we proudly announce that after more than a decade of bringing you the local news you need, NancyOnNorwalk is changing its name and its look. We are now Norwalk Current. Why? Because times have changed and we are evolving from the scrappy, one-reporter news site [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — With temperatures passing 80 and only wisps of clouds in the sky, Friday afternoon arrived sunny and brilliant in the city — and if you decided to go someplace near Wall Street, chances are you could find parking without much trouble. While the area was by no means a ghost town, spots [&#8230;]

Some days you only get a sliver of a festival. Saturday was one of those days. My wife had to work, so we only had a little while at the 10th annual NICE Festival. We followed our noses to the Ethiopian food truck and ordered beef tips with lentils and peas. It had been probably [&#8230;]

Monday: October 5 BIKE/WALK COMMISSION Time: 6 p.m. Location: Zoom Members will discuss safety work, including an e-bike safety flyer, school outreach tied to Board of Education Policy 5038, and early ideas for an Open Streets event in 2027. Members will also finalize the public nomination form for the Norwalkie Award, review sidewalk, crossing, roundabout, [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — Flashing lights, raised crosswalks and speed indicators installed near West Rocks Middle School have reduced traffic speeds in the area by more than 20 percent, according to the city. Mayor Barbara Smyth announced the speed data at a gathering marking the completion of more than two miles of sidewalks and other improvements [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — City officials, educators and others gathered Thursday afternoon at the library to recognize October as ADHD Awareness Month. Norwalk Deputy Corporation Counsel Jeffry Spahr, who serves on the Advisory and Public Policy Committee of Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a nationwide awareness group, said the theme of this year’s recognition [&#8230;]

In one week, I will be cheering the premiere of a production in which performers play women who are at once jarring and sympathetic. There is Queenie, young, beautiful, and eager to find love, or at least a lover. There is Kate, a vivacious ingenue who longs to be the center of attention. There is [&#8230;]

Jump to: Friday &#124; Saturday &#124; Sunday Friday: October 2, 2026 Perspectives: America at 250 Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location:&#160;Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 299 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT, 06850 Cost: Free ☔ 🔞 🔁 The Boston Printmakers present a members-only exhibition marking 250 years since American independence. New prints by members look at the [&#8230;]

Wall Street is coming back, slowly, tentatively, after a long struggle. Anyone who&#8217;s walked it lately knows the feeling: a little more life than a few years ago. That comeback is still fragile. It can be helped along, or stopped cold. Right now, that choice sits in front of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools is asking the community for help as it begins planning the 2027-28 budget. The district sent out a short survey to members of the school community. NPS said the answers will guide its planning and help the Board of Education decide where money is needed most. The survey is [&#8230;]

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 7, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>07:00 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Virtual via Zoom

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 7, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>07:00 PM - 11:59 PM<br /><strong>Location:</strong> <br />Virtual via Zoom

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 7, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>10:00 AM - 11:59 PM

<strong>Event date:</strong> October 7, 2026 <br /><strong>Event Time: </strong>10:00 AM - 11:59 PM

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk ranks sixth on the list of the state&#8217;s cities by population, but it has the largest arts and cultural district in Connecticut, the chairman of the city&#8217;s Arts and Culture Commission noted at a celebration Wednesday atop SoNo 50. &#8220;It goes all the way from the bottom of Wilson Avenue to [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — INTEMPO, a Stamford-based nonprofit that provides multicultural and classical music education to children, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with its fourth annual concert series, “Under the Same Moon.” The concerts will feature music from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela, as well as Andean musical traditions from Ecuador and Bolivia. [&#8230;]

<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="682" src="https://ctmirror.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26273500858696.jpg" width="1024" /></figure>CT Republicans called for suspension of retail taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel through Dec. 31, saving motorists a collective $54M a month.

<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://ctmirror.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/BPT-MLK-CORRIDOR-0923-SG-11-1024x768.jpg" width="1024" /></figure>The East End is one of seven CT areas designated as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Corridor, a program intended to stimulate economic development.

NORWALK, Conn. — Health insurance cost pressure in Norwalk&#8217;s schools could double next year, officials said Tuesday as budget season began. The warning came at a joint public hearing that opened the process for next year&#8217;s budget.&#160;Over the next eight months, city and school leaders will set spending limits, hold public hearings and vote on [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — Ten thousand new residents. A roughly 80 percent increase in median income. A 700,000-square-foot mall full of high end retailers. Thousands of new units of housing. Norwalk has changed in many ways in the past two and a half decades. How it will transform in the next 25 years — and do [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — The Maritime Aquarium and Linde are accepting applications for their third annual Scholars Program, which awards three $3,500 scholarships to undergraduate students pursuing marine science or related STEM fields. Applications for the 2026-27 academic year are open Sept. 28 through Oct. 30. Students must be enrolled at a community college or four-year [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — The city wants to know what kind of Norwalk residents want to leave behind for future generations, and it&#8217;s asking for their input before the plan is locked in. The City of Norwalk will hold a community workshop Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Maritime Aquarium, giving residents a chance [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — The city&#8217;s Traffic Authority voted Monday to ask for the state&#8217;s approval to lower the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph in the areas of Woodbury Avenue, Rowayton beaches and Calf Pasture Beach. The requests, formally made to the Office of the State Traffic Administration, were made primarily in response to [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Seaport Association expects a loss of revenue after heavy rain forced the cancellation of the final day of the Norwalk Oyster Festival on Sunday, Sept. 13. While the festival is insured for rain, the association did not receive a payout. Jerry Toni, executive director of the Norwalk Seaport Association, said [&#8230;]

My wife and I recently took a day-trip to Martha’s Vineyard, the island off Cape Cod known for its famous vacationers. We took a fast-ferry out of Quonset, Rhode Island, and I was excited. As a kid, my parents took us out to the Vineyard almost every summer—would the island sanctuary be as beautiful as I [&#8230;]

Please join Mayor Smyth for the State of the City on October 6.

Please join Mayor Smyth for the State of the City on October 6.

NORWALK, Conn. — The City of Norwalk and Norwalk Public Schools want to hear from residents before they start building next year&#8217;s budget. The two groups are holding their yearly Joint Budget Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 29, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in person in the City Council Chambers at City [&#8230;]

NORWALK, Conn. — Heavy rain and strong wind hit Norwalk this weekend, causing flooding, closing streets, and knocking out power to thousands of homes across Connecticut. The city&#8217;s rain gauge showed 0.82 inches of rain fell on Saturday. Over the last 48 and 72 hours, the total rainfall reached 1.57 inches, meaning nearly all the [&#8230;]

Monday: September 28 TRAFFIC AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Zoom No agenda posted as of Sept. 27 at 9:19 a.m. POLICE COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING Time: 4:15 p.m. Location: Zoom The Police Commission will accept minutes from their August meeting, recognize Sergeant John Taranto and Officers Francois Van Rensburg and Corey Auten as August&#8217;s [&#8230;]

In December 2019, Norwalk residents were presented with an extraordinary opportunity: a brand-new Norwalk High School with the State of Connecticut expected to pay 80% of eligible construction costs.Standing at the announcement were State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, Mayor Harry Rilling, Superintendent Steven Adamowski and Kosta Diamantis—the powerful state official overseeing Connecticut&#8217;s school-construction program. [&#8230;]

<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="555" src="https://ctmirror.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-03-05-071714-1024x555.jpg" width="1024" /></figure>Many Nutmeggers believe that the built environment in which they live must never be altered. But we should react to change with openness.

Updates and resources on this weekend's storm.