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The Farmington Historic District Commission approved a picket fence at 7 Church Street on May 19 and called it the last exterior detail on a house it had reviewed in stages since March 2025. On July 21 the owners said they would rather skip the fence and plant shrubs instead.…
Jack Beckett·Jul 24, 2026
The new oil tank behind 772 Farmington Avenue was installed, the bollards reset, and the screening panel built and painted before the Farmington Historic District Commission ever voted on it. On July 21 the commission…
Jack Beckett·Jul 23, 2026
Farmington's bicycle and trails committee met July 15 with six members absent and a short agenda, but a full to-do list: new trail signs, a bollard question, Safe Routes to School talks, and a September 19 kids' bike…
Jack Beckett·Jul 21, 2026
Farmington's newly seated Fire Station Building Committee held its first meeting Friday, taking control of a Town Council-scoped plan to build two new fire…
Jack Beckett·Jul 20, 2026
The Farmington Town Council voted unanimously to build a sidewalk along Meadow Road, approving the revised Option 2 alignment after two years of hearings, a…
Jack Beckett·Jul 16, 2026
Farmington's Town Plan and Zoning Commission unanimously rejected all four applications behind the Enclave at the Farmington River, the 237-home development…
Jack Beckett·Jul 15, 2026
The pump station that turned up corroded pipe in June is now, per the superintendent, 100 percent done, short of calibrating the new flow meter. The treatment…
Jack Beckett·Jul 12, 2026
Farmington's Green Efforts Committee spent its July meeting not dreaming up new initiatives but narrowing the ones it already has, settling on four goals it…
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
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government·Jun 27, 2026
Farmington's Town Council reviewed Town Manager Kathleen Blonski behind closed doors on June 23, then returned to open…
community·Jun 26, 2026
The Next Chapters Bookhouse, a used bookstore and cafe built for slow browsing, cleared its last zoning step on June 22…
government·Jun 25, 2026
A new Connecticut law, Public Act 25-1, forces Farmington to approve two-to-nine-unit housing in its commercial and…
The owner of a West Avon Road house bought her first home, was told a grassy bowl out back was hers, and dug it into a pond. A neighbor's complaint and a…
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
The $16M renovation of Farmington's 1928 town hall is essentially done. At its June 23 meeting, the Ad Hoc 1928 Building Committee turned to the project's last…
Jack Beckett·Jun 30, 2026
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