Norwalk Mother Arrested After Infant Rescued from Unattended Kiddie Pool

Norwalk Police have arrested Carla Sanchez, 26, of Norwalk in connection with a July 12th incident in which her one-year-old child was found unresponsive in a backyard kiddie pool. Officer Vazquez responded to the Vollmer Avenue home, performed life-saving measures that revived the child, and the infant was later treated at Norwalk Hospital and fully recovered. Following an investigation by Norwalk Police Special Victims Unit and the Department of Children and Families, Sanchez turned herself in on August 26th and was charged with two counts of Risk of Injury to a Minor. She was held on $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on September 9, 2025.

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Sherwood Mill Cove Tide Gate Replacement Project to Begin After Labor Day

Westport, CT – The Public Works and Parks and Recreation Departments announced today that the Sherwood Mill Cove Tide Gate Project is scheduled to begin shortly after Labor Day and will continue through Memorial Day 2026. The scheduled work includes the repair of two tide gates and a spillway, reconstruction of a wooden pier and four short sections of seawalls, as well as repair of the longer seawall sections. During construction, portions of two municipal parking lots will be used for staging equipment and materials. Residents and visitors should be aware of the following temporary impacts: Old Mill Parking Lot – 10 spaces will be unavailable. Soundview Parking Lot – 20 spaces will be unavailable. The Town of Westport appreciates…

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ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG NOTIFIES COURT OF UNLAWFUL REVOLUTION WIND STOP WORK ORDER

Submits evidence of harm to Connecticut ratepayers, grid reliability and jobs ahead of 9/4 hearing on challenge to Trump executive order halting wind development (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong on Thursday night formally notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts of the stop work order halting the Revolution Wind project and the severe harm to Connecticut ratepayers, grid reliability and jobs caused by stopping this fully-permitted and nearly complete project. The notice was filed in the ongoing challenge to the Trump Administration’s unlawful wind executive order. On September 4, the court will hear a motion for summary judgment where Attorney General Tong and 18 other attorneys general have sought to block Trump’s unlawful effort to…

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Westport Police Department Traffic Advisory

(Westport, CT) The Westport Police Department announces the upcoming closure of WakemanFarm Drive for paving operations. This closure will take place on Wednesday, September 3,2025, from approximately 7:00am to 1:00pm. It will extend from the stretch of roadway beginningat the intersection with Cross Highway and extending to the area of the baseball fields. Thiswork area will be completely inaccessible to all traffic and will be unavailable for parking.

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