by | Apr 2, 2025 3:48 pm | Comments (4)
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Cars parked at 80 Elm ...
... to facilitate the construction of a different downtown development.
The fence is open and cars are parked on an empty Elm Street lot near City Hall.
Might this mean progress on a long-stalled downtown development?
Yes … just not the one you might think.
by | Apr 2, 2025 1:38 pm | Comments (11)
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Jacqueline Beirne (with Kimberly Hart and Laurie Sweet): "The parents are overwhelmed."
“I don’t even want to call them kids,” said Kimberly Hart as she described the visceral fear of watching teen drivers speed, swerve and swirl up Shelton Avenue.
An hour later, after an emotional dialogue about the car-stealing “Kia Boyz” in Newhallville, Hart made the observation: “They’re babies.”
by | Apr 2, 2025 9:24 am | Comments (21)
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City Engineer Zinn: This project presents "a generational opportunity to create a first-class active transportation connection."
Looking north on Whitney, from Canner: Road diet en route.
The city’s Engineering Department plans to wrap up final designs for the northern section of a long-delayed, traffic-calming reconfiguration of Whitney Avenue this month — with construction expected to start later this year.
