Unionville HDC Sets Plans in Motion for Oral History Project
Unionville’s HDC is advancing a collaborative oral history project, partnering with local institutions to preserve voices before they vanish.
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When Earth Day Becomes a Throwdown
From Rainfall to Runoff: 1,600 lbs Collected Democrats Out-Bag Republicans (Again) Farmington, CT — May 6, 2025The town’s annual Earth Day cleanup might have been dampened by rain, but it didn’t stop 40 determined residents from bagging over 1,600 pounds of roadside trash. The event—part community service, part political spectacle—was hosted by the Green Efforts…
J.Crew Factory to Open This Fall at The Shops at Farmington Valley
J.Crew Factory will open at The Shops at Farmington Valley in Canton this fall, joining FP Movement, Sweetgreen, and other recent additions.
A Trail Moves Forward While a Pool Goes Nowhere
Garage Dreams Deferred—For Now A Backyard Pool Runs Into Regulatory Mud Trail Approved, Pool Denied, Garage Tabled: A Full Docket for Farmington’s Wetlands Commission🕰️ By Jack Beckett | May 8, 2025 FARMINGTON, CT — In a brisk but packed meeting on May 7, the Farmington Inland Wetlands and Conservation Commission navigated a range of land…
Two Arrests, One DUI, and a Car Held Together by Hope
🚓 Two arrests in Farmington: one for larceny, the other for a car missing everything but a steering wheel. Brought to you by Farmington Storage, now with 20% more Museum Air™
Policies, Politics, and a Broken Lift: Farmington’s April BOE Blowout
Farmington’s superintendent search report sparks debate, laughter, and a few polite facepalms over policy contradictions and ChatGPT cameos.
$18 Million in Repairs, Zero Consensus: Inside Farmington’s Sidewalk Debate
Farmington’s sidewalk debate lays bare the legal, financial, and political cracks beneath the concrete.
Parking, Pastries, and Property Lines: Farmington TPZ Gets Busy
Farmington TPZ greenlights a café expansion, approves a major home addition, resolves blasting concerns, and debates a dense housing text change in a packed April 28 meeting.
You Call That a Platform? The River Had Other Ideas
Modeling Floods, Wrangling Debris, and the Great Boulder Strip Compromise “I Gave Up Fishing in Boy Scouts Because I Always Ended Up in the River” FARMINGTON, CT — APR 25, 2025 | By Jack Beckett The Farmington Inland Wetlands Commission opened its April 16th meeting with the kind of roll call confusion only possible when…
Two Old Houses, One New Line: Farmington HDC Expands Preservation Map
Farmington’s Historic District Commission votes to expand the historic district, but not before tackling a conflict of interest and a quiet reminder that old houses come with new rules.