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Around 10:30am, Metro-North announced that New Haven Line service was operating on or close to schedule. Earlier, service was delayed after a person was struck by a train near Greenwich. Continue Reading →
In addition to warmer climates, AAA bookings show several European cities, including Rome, London, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid, among the top spring break destinations this year. With travel to Asia booming over the past year, Tokyo also makes the top 10 list of international spring break destinations. Continue Reading →
Pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. have soared by over 80% in the past 15 years. Continue Reading →
Heavy snow expected, perhaps mixed with some sleet starting around 5:00pm on Saturday. Continue Reading →
Current models indicate that precipitation will begin around 7:00am, with periods of light to moderate snow, which will gradually transition to sleet and freezing rain around mid-morning, and then conclude in the early afternoon. Continue Reading →
“We have presented a range of ideas to the town. Those ideas have been brushed off in our opinion, without any counter-suggestions or collaborative process or meaningful contributions to specifically adjust the ideas.” – Brendon DeSimone, Round Hill Association president Continue Reading →
“This is like a weather report. You don’t want to wake up in the morning and find out it snowed all night. You want that information if there’s going to be a snow storm two days earlier. Give me some advance warning.” – Bill Galvin Continue Reading →
DPW Commissioner Jim Michel said about half a dozen different projects had been identified between Old Church Road and Long Island Sound that would help lower the water surface level in the area of the North Street bridge. Continue Reading →
“One of the things we are including in the contract is some temporary traffic calming measures that we can implement as needed, in the event we start seeing people not behaving well on some of the side roads or the detour route itself. We’ll have additional signage and variable message boards – flashing signs – and potentially we can even put in temporary speed humps in some of the smaller surrounding areas if people start using them for cut-throughs.” – DPW commissioner Jim Michel Continue Reading →
The Fairfield Ave Bridge, which crosses over I-95 in Norwalk, has reopened ahead of schedule and under budget. The new bridge, spanning approximately 170 feet in length over I-95, maintains sidewalks on both sides and reduces the width of the vehicle travel lanes to better accommodate bicyclists. Continue Reading →