Falls Village

FALLS VILLAGE — After considerable delays, the gas station/convenience store/deli at the junction of Routes 7 and 63 opened for business on Feb. 17.

Navigating state bureaucracy is never simple, but with the COVID-19 pandemic added to the mix, the delays were extra frustrating.

FALLS VILLAGE —  Falls Village Housing Trust’s efforts to build an affordable housing complex on River Road was the front-and-center issue in Falls Village in 2021. The hubbub died down, at least temporarily, when the trust’s Jandi Hanna informed the Board of Selectmen on Oct.

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Selectmen appointed Johanna Mann as the new town clerk at a special meeting Monday, Jan. 3.

Mann will serve a six-month probationary period, with reviews every two months.

If that goes well, she will be appointed for a one-year term.

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Selectmen tabled a decision on whether to commit to a five-year deal with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) at the selectmen’s regular monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 13.

FALLS VILLAGE — About 80 people turned out on a brisk late afternoon on Sunday, Dec. 19, in downtown Falls Village to hobnob with Santa, drink hot chocolate, and sing Christmas songs as the lights on the tree on the town Green were lit.

FALLS VILLAGE — The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) unanimously approved a special permit for change of use for the Falls Village Cafe at the town-owned 107 Main St., during a meeting held on Thursday, Dec. 9.

The cafe has been in operation since July.

FALLS VILLAGE —At the regular monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 8, of the Board of Selectmen, First Selectman Henry Todd told the selectmen that they had to decide — soon —whether or not to commit to a five-year deal with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) to continue to take the town’s municipal solid waste.