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“Shoreline Village” Gets Underway

by marcia chambers | Nov 14, 2011 11:02 am | Comments (1)

When he was still living in Boston, Randy Reinhold read a story in The New York Times about Beacon Hill Village, a unique not-for-profit organization that started there in 2002. The “village” enables seniors to remain living independently at home—with the help of a network of community services.  A decade later there are 200 villages across the nation, including East Rock Village in New Haven. Now Reinhold and his team want to start a village on the shoreline. 

The Beacon Hill story resonated with Reinhold. “I said to myself …when I get some time, I am going to look into it.” He found the time when he retired two years ago as chief of surgery at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven. Several friends expressed interest, including Stephanie Farber, who is active in politics and community life in Branford, and Bob Jaeger, an investment adviser who lives in Guilford. Reinhold is president of the new organization; Farber and Jaeger are vice-president and secretary/treasurer, respectively. (The full board is pictured above.) 

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Branford Getting “Incentive Housing”

by Diana Stricker | Oct 6, 2011 7:33 am | Comments (3)

Branford’s Planning and Zoning Commission is seeking approval for an “incentive housing” pilot program, even though the monetary incentive promised by the state has disappeared.

The program would provide affordable homes for low- to middle-income families. A developer, who has not been identified, has already expressed interest in the proposed program and hopes to build 12 condominiums on at the corner of Mona Avenue and Route 1 on the western end of Branford. Three of the units would be deed-restricted as affordable housing.

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Branford Copes In The Dark

by Diana Stricker | Aug 31, 2011 2:16 pm

On Day Three after the hurricane, Branford residents who regained power were jubilant, and those still in the dark were coping in old-fashioned ways.

“Praise the Good Lord,” said Dena Jara as she regained electricity to re-open Shoreline Café on Main Street. Dena and husband Wilson Jara were serving coffee and hot meals Tuesday in their café after power was restored to a small portion of town late Monday.

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Convent OK’d To Become Apartments

by Diana Stricker | Jul 22, 2011 11:15 am | Comments (3)

Plans to convert a former convent in the heart of Branford into 18 apartments were approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday.

The apartments, which will be not be age-restricted, will feature six efficiencies, seven one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units. The building at 78 Cedar St. is less than two blocks from Main Street and is within walking distance to Blackstone Memorial Library and the Town Green.

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P&Z Welcomes Retail To Board of Ed Building

by Diana Stricker | Oct 28, 2010 10:52 am | Comments (1)

The Planning and Zoning Commission gave the Giordano family the go-ahead for retail use of the Board of Education building, which is part of a proposed three-way building swap. The family says the project could lead to new retail and in-town residential development of the adjacent property they already own.

The P&Z last Thursday night also approved a 10-home open-space subdivision adjacent to the Beacon Hill Preserve. The developer, Shearwater Properties Inc., revised the plans to allow more usable open space after the proposal was rejected earlier this year.

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Town Center Apartments Rise from Foreclosure

by Diana Stricker | Jul 19, 2010 11:48 am

A proposed residential housing project on South Main Street was approved by Branford’s Planning and Zoning Commission in the nick of time, just before the properties—one of them the historic Samuel Pond House—faced imminent foreclosure sales.

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Developer Seeks Zoning Change for Workforce Housing

by Diana Stricker | Oct 5, 2009 9:35 am | Comments (11)

A plan to build 52 “workforce” homes on Gould Lane in Branford is being proposed by a Rhode Island developer in conjunction with the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. It would be the first housing project in the state financed by the union’s pension fund.

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