The nonprofit organization, which provides basic food, clothing and financial assistance to the working poor, is launching a mobile services truck, P2P on Wheels.
Stamford Zoning Board Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensary
When Eileen Russo approached the Zoning Board earlier this week she said it was hard to conceal her emotions.
Her voice cracked as she described the long drive — 45 minutes each way to Bethel — she takes each month to get life-saving medicine. Another man, with debilitating lower back pain, told the board that a similar drive causes him immense pain. Others - in wheelchairs, for example - have it even worse, he said.
“Medical marijuana saved my life,” Russo told the panel. “My doctors can’t figure out why I’m alive today.”
Hearing set on East Side Rail Station
Corporations, developers in the South End, along with East Side businesses and residents, all want to clear hurdles and make a long-sought East Main Street train station a reality, said James Grunberger, chairman of the nonprofit East Side Partnership.
East Side Businesses get no Immediate Solution to Parking Problem
Manny Jurado is at the point where he has to seriously consider closing his business.
Since the second phase of the Urban Transitway project began and nearby parking was taken away in 2013, the owner of Manny’s Bakery on East Main Street estimates he is down to about half the usual traffic at his 10-year-old store.
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With the blessing of his family, a Stamford woman is raising funds to try to repair a statue of a toy soldier at West Beach playground dedicated in memory of Sandy Hook victim Jesse McCord Lewis that was vandalized on March 15.
East Side Trash Pickup Leads to Opportunity for Youths
A neighborhood that looks good, feels good.
That’s the simple philosophy behind a crusade by an East Side residents’ group against litter in the neighborhood’s streets and parks.
East Side Group Looking for Traffic Calming Around School
An East Side community group hopes 3D multicolor-painted crosswalks, school logos on the pavement and new speed limit signs will be among a few measures to slow down drivers near the Domus building on Lockwood Avenue.
East Side Won’t Lose On-street Parking During Transit way Second Phase
City officials issued a promise at a recent meeting to East Side merchants: On-street parking will not be banned during the second phase of the Stamford Urban Transitway project.
Daskam Park Playground
Daskam Park is a triangular shaped parcel of land located between Glenbrook Road, Daskam Place and Lafayette Street. We have planted petunias in the park, which serves both Glenbrook and the East Side.
Robert Colgan, a neighbor living in Glenbrook, has initiated to work with us to put in a playground for our children at Daskam Park. We want create a safe, fun and interactive space for our children from both neighborhoods!
“Under the Elevated” Beautification Project Kicks off with a Yes from CTDOT
Currently, the Interstate 95 underpass located on Lockwood Avenue has been a constant eyesore to the neighborhood. While the elevated highway runs deep into the soul of our neighborhood, it is poorly lit and unsafe to pass through.
The Lockwood Avenue underpass is also a “gateway” to the East Side schools, including Childcare Learning Centers (CLC), DOMUS, and Trafigura Work and Learn Business Center. Approximately 800 children attend these schools or the after-school programs. Many of them are using the underpass daily.
We have begun to work with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) on a revitalization project to find ways to improve the safety and aesthetics at the underpass. The CTDOT has given us a green light to initiate the preliminary steps necessary to start the design phase.
We just began our search for lighting specialists to install dramatic lighting. We also want to involve regional artists and our neighborhood schoolchildren to help us to create an interactive art and light based mural project.
The idea is to encourage aesthetically pleasing walking and biking experience. Traffic calming under the elevated highway is also one of our goals.
