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High-Profile Connecticut Union President Dies Suddenly At 54 (WTIC-TV Hartford)
Brian A. Petronella, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers local 371 and a leading figure in Connecticut labor and politics, died unexpectedly Friday night at his home in Norwalk, his union said. Westport contractor on probation charged with public indecency (Westport News)
After pleading guilty to stealing jewelry, checks and a $22,000 rug from a Weston family for whom he was building an addition, former Westport contractor John Zukowski walked out of Norwalk Superior Court last Tuesday a free man. NORWALKBy KATE MARCALHour Staff WriterDespite his death more than 200 years ago, Mozart is helping to combat a contemporary catastrophe.The Eastern Festival Symphony Orchestra is performing an all-Mozart concert on Sunday to benefit relief efforts in the Gulf Coast.
NORWALK
By STEVE KOBAK
Hour Staff Writer
A 23-year-old city man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl was arraigned Friday at Norwalk Superior Court. Jerrell Richards, of 4 Merritt St., was arrested Thursday morning and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
Judge Bruce Hudock raised Richards' bond on Friday from $75,000 to $250,000, noting that Richards has multiple prior arrests and criminal convictions as well as probation violations.
Richards will appear in court on Aug. 20. Richards was arrested after officers were called to the Monterey Village housing complex for a reported sexual assault at 6:17 a.m. on Thursday. The victim told police that she heard a knock on her window. She opened her blinds and saw Richards, police said.
He asked if he could use the bathroom in her apartment, according to police. The victim told police that Richards was known to her family, and she allowed him to use the bathroom in the home, police said. After Richards exited the bathroom, the victim escorted him downstairs to the entrance of the building, according to police. Richards began to flirt with her, but the victim denied his advances, police said.
The victim said in her statement that Richards became angry and pulled out a knife, telling her that he was "going to get what he wants from her and going to get it now," police said. He pushed her down a set of stairs, placed his hand over her mouth and forced himself on her, according to the victim's statement to police.
NORWALK
By ROBERT KOCH
Hour Staff Writer
With working drawings for Phase One of Wall Street Place now in the hands of the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency, the chairman of the Common Council's Planning Committee wants a clear timeline to groundbreaking on the project.
"Can we get just a simple Excel spreadsheet ... three months, six months, nine months, and then what date he's supposed to start, by this theory, construction?" asked Chairman Douglas E. Hempstead at City Hall on Thursday night.
The day before, POKO Partners LLC, the city's selected redeveloper for the Isaacs Street portion of the Wall Street neighborhood, delivered to the Redevelopment Agency working drawings for Phase One of Wall Street Place. The first phase calls for 101 apartments, 236 parking spaces, as well as retail space. Under the land disposition agreement between the city, agency and POKO Partners, the developer must meet certain timelines in advancing the project from approvals to construction.
"Ultimately, once the approval of these (working drawings) are in place, he's got 90 days to commence construction," said Timothy T. Sheehan, Redevelopment Agency executive director. Asked Hempstead: "So in a perfect world, there may be a couple weeks back and forth, he gets his financing. Spring, in theory, this would be under construction?"
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City to host first Norwalk Alumni Weekend (Norwalk Citizen News)
Hundreds of Norwalk natives will converge on the city for the first annual Norwalk Alumni Weekend, beginning today. 
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