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Council OK’s dog park without scrutiny
Just a couple of hours after a rally of more than 60 people came to Town Hall to push for approval of a dog park, the Town Council approved the creation of a dog park on property adjacent to the Animal...
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Expanded: Council rejects school at Longbrook
The Town Council, with the support of Mayor John Harkins, unanimously rejected the Board of Education’s recommendation to build a new high school on Longbrook Park property. The 10-to-0 vote was made...
View ArticleProperty transfers: Week of April 14
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View ArticleStratford property transfers: Week of April 21
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View ArticleProperty transfers: Week of April 28
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Engine Plant tax district passes House and Senate
Legislation that will create a special tax distract to enhance the proposed redevelopment of the Stratford Army Engine Plant has been passed by both the State House of Representatives and the State...
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Stratford home sales level off in first four months of 2014
Unit sales and average prices of single family homes sold in Stratford in the first four months of 2014 are flat compared to the same period of 2013. Homes are selling in an average of 135 days this...
View ArticleProperty transfers: Week of May 12
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Town aims to assess brownfields, raze buildings, sell properties
In a collaborative effort to redevelop and put tax delinquent properties back on the rolls, town officials are working on the next step in rehabilitating designated brownfield properties. After...
View ArticleHouse sales flat; condos up
Updated May 21. Unit sales and average prices of single-family homes sold in Stratford during the first four months of 2014 are flat compared to the same period of 2013. There were 120 sales of...
View ArticleProperty transfers: Week of May 19
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Town gains $200,000 grant to clean up Mercer Fuel site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on May 28 that the Town of Stratford has been awarded a $200,000 Brownfields grant for removal and clean-up at the Mercer Fuel towers site on...
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Dog park group competes for $100,000 award
The dogs of Stratford have long dreamed of a wide-open off leash park space to call their own. With the recent progress made by the Stratford Dog Park Action Committee, the Stratford Town Council and...
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Water authority increases sewer fees; possible land sale mentioned
UPDATED June 3 9:45 a.m.- With six out of ten members present, the Stratford Water Pollution Control Authority approved a 6.5% increase in user fees for the fiscal year 2015, which begins July 1, at a...
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Budgeted revenue expected from water facility land
Shortly after the Town Council approved the 2015 municipal budget that includes generating $4.5 million in revenue from the sale of town property, Council Majority Leader Jim Connor said that if that...
View ArticleStratford property transfers: Week of June 9
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Town pushes to clean up and sell brownfields
Stratford received $200,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection last week to help clean up the contaminated Mercer Coal towers property on Stratford Avenue, which is owned by the town. With an...
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River clean-up details holding up engine plant deal
The largest remaining hurdle to be overcome before the sale of the Stratford Army Engine Plant to Point Stratford Renewal (PSR) can be completed continues to be the Connecticut Department of Energy and...
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Field work starts before land use OK
With heavy excavating equipment working on town property adjacent to Bunnell High School, and with no formal plan for altering the land in the files of the Planning and Zoning Department, Stratford...
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Attorney: Land use OK not needed for making athletic field
Even though the Planning Commission chairman and the administrator of Planning and Zoning on July 15 both requested more information about the work that the town is conducting at its property between...
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