Norwalker Pat Tinto tapped for national role
Grant funding to provide new trees at Ludlow Park
Free online resume coaching
Tinto leads Italian American women
Patricia Tinto (Contributed)
Community leader Pat Tinto has been named president of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), after three years spent helming that group’s Connecticut Region. A member of Norwalk’s Democratic Town Committee, she is the founder and chief executive of innovative public relations firm Pat Tinto Communications, whose many clients have included local political campaigns and Stamford-based Women’s Business Development Council. She leads the ongoing “CaffeÌ and Conversazione” group at the Norwalk Library, and Vini, Vitti, Dici, an Italian conversation group/cultural salon.
The “Tyvek Temple,” officially referred to as Wall Street Place phase I but colloquially called “POKO.”
NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk’s tax board has authorized a $282,000 budget transfer to cover legal fees in the “POKO” lawsuit.
Corporation Counsel Mario Coppola expects to incur $200,000 in fees “over the course of the remainder of the Fiscal Year” – a time period ending June 30 – in the lawsuit, according to Deputy Corporation Counsel Jeffry Spahr. The flip side of this coin is a windfall from a settlement with CC Rivington, a defendant in the lawsuit. CC Rivington agreed to pay $200,000, of which $125,000 has been collected so far, Coppola said Monday.
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Mayor Harry Rilling speaks to Norwalk Democrats in 2017. (File photo)
NORWALK, Conn. – The Rilling reelection campaign released a major announcement Tuesday, hours before an important and controversial Common Council vote.
“Norwalk Mayor Harry W. Rilling announced today that he plans to seek a fifth term as Mayor. Mayor Rilling was first elected to office in 2013, and under his leadership, Norwalk has grown its tax base, revitalized its downtowns, and elevated its public schools into the state’s top performing city district,” the press release said.
Rilling’s reelection bid is
no surprise to NancyOnNorwalk readers but the press release detailed “five overarching priorities” for the Democrat who has fought off contentious challenges from an unaffiliated activist in the last two election cycles. It also included endorsements from U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Greenwich).