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Michele Crudele, 79

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To honor Michele’s life, family and friends will gather at Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home, 767 E. Boston Road in Mamaroneck NY, on Wednesday May 8 from 4:00pm- 8:00pm. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Pelham, NY on Thursday, May 9 at 11:00 am. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Obituaries

I-95 in Norwalk Fully Reopened in Both Directions

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The Connecticut Dept of Transportation and its contractors got the highway fully reopened in less than 80 hours. Work involved demolishing the Fairfield Avenue Bridge over I-95 because of the significant damage it sustained from Thursday’s collision involving a car, tractor trailer and fuel tanker; removing tons of concrete, steel, and debris from the roadway; sweeping the road; milling; paving; and restriping pavement markings. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, Transportation, Fairfield Avenue Bridge, Garrett Eucalitto, I-95, Ned Lamont

TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Is the state doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?

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By Jim Cameron

Another week, another fiery truck crash on a Connecticut highway, this time in Norwalk on I-95. You’ll remember it was just last June when a similar inferno closed I-95 in Philadelphia as a tanker truck blaze practically melted the steel, collapsing the highway. And last April there was another tanker fire on the Gold Star bridge in New London. If your memory is really good you might recall a similar truck crash on I-95 in Bridgeport on the elevated section of highway back in 2004. The resulting fire melted holes in the highway. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opinion

Northbound Lanes of I-95 Have Reopened, Southbound Lanes Will Remain Closed Through Sunday

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“Completely removing that bridge in less than 36 hours is an impressive feat and is credit to the hard work and dedication of the contractors and Connecticut Department of Transportation crews, who are pushing to get the entire highway fully reopened in both directions by Monday morning.” – Governor Ned Lamont Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, Transportation

Greenwich House Delegation Explain their Support for House Bill 5390

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“After extensive collaboration with Margarita T. Alban, Chairperson of the Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission and Francis Pickering, Executive Director of the Western Connecticut Council of Governments and careful consideration of the provisions contained in this bill we proposed amendments to the Planning & Development Committee.” – State Reps Meskers, Khanna and Arzeno Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government