Bridgeport’s iconic smokestack demolition delayed as larger anti-flooding project stalls The developer said the decision to hold off is not in response to public pressure to integrate the well-recognized candy cane stack into any future redevelopment.

The flooding project referenced here has been in the works since I was covering business in Bridgeport, so a while back. Good bet the smokestack will be standing for a while.

The argument here was that the road is so unsafe and badly designed that we couldn't possibly put homes on it, across from a school.

Maybe redesign the road?

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Not only does this make sense, but it unlocks the key to the Hearst CT algorithm by putting Gilmore Girls in the headline

Opinion: 'Gilmore Girls,' 'Full House" and 'Happy Days' all embraced ADUs. So should Connecticut www.ctpost.com/opinion/arti...

Hamden neighbors worry that potential 145-unit development might change neighborhood The property is owned by the estate of the late Joseph E. "Chick" Celentano, former-owner of Chick's Drive-In in West Haven, according to records.

Not trying to pick on these people, but 145 homes will change your neighborhood. The question is why that's automatically seen as a bad thing, and why people think neighborhoods are never supposed to change

Really appreciate that

Former WFSB reporter Eliza Kruczynski leaves TV news industry Kruczynski spent two years at WFSB before departing for Boston in June 2024.

So glad Hearst CT is here to continue cataloguing the careers of present and past local TV news anchors

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Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim announces run for reelection, historic 4th consecutive term Ganim has filed the necessary paperwork and scheduled an April "kickoff" campaign fundraiser.

Of course he's running. What else is he going to do www.ctpost.com/news/article...

Editorial: Ban on no-fault evictions would create social cesspool Legislators should consider the disastrous consequences, including an exacerbated housing shortage, of a ban on no-fault evictions.

The Rep-Am editorial board has long been a cesspool of its own but this is bad even by their standards.

FYI, plenty of other states have Just Cause in place and it's fine

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It's the present tense "stars" that's a little off

CT's James Van Der Beek guest stars in 'Legally Blonde' prequel " Super excited to join this awesome cast in such a fun project.  Almost as excited as my wife and girls are that I’m doing this," Van Der Beek wrote in an Instagram post about his role in the...

Hey that's a weird headline www.ctpost.com/entertainmen...

The Connecticut equivalent appears to be Weston. Colts Neck has Springsteen, Weston has Keith Richards

Trying to imagine Weston, which is virtually all single-family homes and whose population hasn't budged in years, putting up 856 new homes

Lithium-ion battery likely started Easton garage fire on Tersana Drive, officials say The battery was being charged on the wall when it is believed to have burst into flames, officials said.

Listen, breaking news moves fast, you only have so much time, etc., but maybe it was worth a phone call to someone to ask, how could this have happened? Is this something people need to worry about? What should people know? Really doesn't seem like a lot to ask.

CT leads the nation in new housing permits per capita Connecticut leads the nation in housing permit growth, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released this month.

Fun fact on percentage growth -- if you start with a really low number, growing by a relatively high number doesn't really mean all that much.

Guess that car was autonomous or, maybe not

Comply or lose zoning control. What a concept

See how that's done? You can clear the way for affordable housing *even if some residents oppose it.*

Crazy, I know

15-year-old riding e-scooter without helmet hit by car in Fairfield, police say School district leaders had issued a warning about e-scooters earlier the same day.

Love when headlines implicitly blame the kid and not the person driving a car

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New Brunswick is a little smaller than Danbury. I wonder how this kind of plan would go over there? The tallest building in Danbury appears to be about 10 stories

I want to make one thing crystal clear: neither I nor anyone else opposes truly affordable housing. We all want families in Orange and across Connecticut to have access to decent, attainable homes. However, the new housing law mirrors past affordable housing regulations that sound promising but often fail in practice. The state bureaucracy expands and well-connected developers and contractors profit, while those who need help most get lost in red tape and mismatched outcomes.

Conspicuously absent from this piece: A way to get affordable housing that the writer would in fact support

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Hard to argue, really.

Because it makes no sense.

But still, hard to argue

Housing Committee poised to pass eviction reform bill The bill, which would largely end no-fault evictions, was expected to pass during the last Housing Committee meeting of the session Tuesday.

This is as good an example as you'll see of a writer saying, in effect, "I'm a straight news reporter, not an opinion writer, so I can't say outright this guy is full of it. But he's full of it"

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"Batman was selected First-Team All-Great Lakes Region" is a true sentence

Sara Kuburic - CT Insider <p>Dr. <a href="https://www.sara-kuburic.com/">Sara Kuburic is an existential psychotherapist</a>, speaker, researcher and consultant. She is the <a href="https://www.sara-kuburic.com/my-book">author ...

Did Hearst CT already kill the millennial therapist column? Where am I supposed to go to get millennial therapy?
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Hey, why are we doing this again?

Small towns balk at new CT housing proposal. It would allow homes on smaller properties across state A proposed law to let contractors build houses on relatively small lots in Connecticut is hitting opposition from small towns and suburbs that call it misguided and an unwelcome intrusion by state …

“The bill proposed is, without a doubt, a drastic change to the current state,” Chris D’Antonio, vice chair of Enfield’s planning and zoning commission, testified.

Yes, that's the idea

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What to know about Lamont’s "CT option" plan for health care Gov. Ned Lamont wants a bill passed to study the feasibility of a “Connecticut option” — a new health plan for universal, affordable care.

"What to know" is that he won't do a public option so he's been doing some weird version of this for years now and no one can make any sense of it

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Can’t have people living there. In homes? That’s just crazy

Really stretching the definition of chaos aren’t we

I'd like to think my senator means this and will follow through

CT lawmakers to repeal 2024 single-stair building code change The General Assembly is expected to pass Senate Bill 298, a lengthy omnibus bill that includes a repeal of the 2024 single-stair exit law.

Ugh

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