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Town To Hire Consultant for Country Club

|Date: August 25, 2022

Town To Hire Consultant for Country Club

Couples may hire a counsellor to help them navigate difficult situations in their lives, and the town is ...

Couples may hire a counsellor to help them navigate difficult situations in their lives, and the town is attempting a similar route in its effort to determine the best way forward for the former Count ...

August 25, 2022
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Letter: A Solar Farm on Half of the Country Club

|Date: May 05, 2022

Letter: A Solar Farm on Half of the Country Club

As our town leaders now consider issuing an RFP for the use of the Country Club property, I urge everyone ...

As our town leaders now consider issuing an RFP for the use of the Country Club property, I urge everyone to consider the possibility of a solar farm on the eastern half of the property, and a lovely ...

May 05, 2022
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Letter: Let’s Think About Other Options

|Date: May 05, 2022

Letter: Let’s Think About Other Options

Any housing development will bring in one-time funds and ongoing tax revenue to the town if the former Co ...

Any housing development will bring in one-time funds and ongoing tax revenue to the town if the former Country Club property is sold. But are these funds really enough to make it a good deal? Some s ...

May 05, 2022
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Letter: Make a Choice that is Best for the Future of Woodbridge

|Date: May 05, 2022

Letter: Make a Choice that is Best for the Future of Woodbridge

I purchased my home on Johnson Road in 2012 and enjoyed a nice view of the Country Club of Woodbridge. ...

I purchased my home on Johnson Road in 2012 and enjoyed a nice view of the Country Club of Woodbridge. Although I am not a golfer, I loved the manicured landscape, the walking paths and variety of t ...

May 05, 2022
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Letter: We Must Protect What is Ours

|Date: May 05, 2022

Letter: We Must Protect What is Ours

We cannot stand by and allow any organization—be it a developer or conservation group—to purchase any par ...

We cannot stand by and allow any organization—be it a developer or conservation group—to purchase any part of the country club land at any price. This land is priceless. It should never be sold and ...

May 05, 2022
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Letter: It’s Time to Sell the Country Club of Woodbridge Property

|Date: May 05, 2022

Letter: It’s Time to Sell the Country Club of Woodbridge Property

Woodbridge, along with most of the country, has experienced a substantial rise in property values over th ...

Woodbridge, along with most of the country, has experienced a substantial rise in property values over the past two years, and this is coupled with almost no housing inventory on the market today. We ...

May 05, 2022
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Town to Negotiate Housing Proposal for Country Club, Reject Conservation Easement

|Date: February 10, 2022

Town to Negotiate Housing Proposal for Country Club, Reject Conservation Easement

The Board of Selectmen, in a reversal of its position just a month earlier to pause any action on the use ...

The Board of Selectmen, in a reversal of its position just a month earlier to pause any action on the use of the former Country Club of Woodbridge, on January 12 voted along party lines to move forwar ...

February 10, 2022
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Letter: Get The Facts

|Date: December 16, 2021

Letter: Get The Facts

The Earth is round. Climate change is occurring. JFK is dead. These facts matter. Let’s get the facts ...

The Earth is round. Climate change is occurring. JFK is dead. These facts matter. Let’s get the facts before we decide what to believe about the best future for the Country Club of Woodbridge prope ...

December 16, 2021
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Letter: CCW – What Are Our Selectmen Doing? – Once Again!

|Date: December 16, 2021

Letter: CCW – What Are Our Selectmen Doing? – Once Again!

In the Woodbridge Town News edition of November 16, 2018 appeared a letter by me titled “Country Club of ...

In the Woodbridge Town News edition of November 16, 2018 appeared a letter by me titled “Country Club of Woodbridge – What Are Our Selectmen Doing?” Most all of what I wrote about at that time is sti ...

December 16, 2021
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Letter: Reader Has Many Questions Regarding WCC Development

|Date: October 28, 2021

Letter: Reader Has Many Questions Regarding WCC Development

I would like to pose the following questions relative to the development of the Country Club of Woodbridg ...

I would like to pose the following questions relative to the development of the Country Club of Woodbridge. The questions apply to both proposed developments. Is there a site plan that shows the enti ...

October 28, 2021
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New Concepts Emerge for Use of Country Club

|Date: September 30, 2021

New Concepts Emerge for Use of Country Club

The Country Club of Woodbridge property has received renewed attention lately for its development potenti ...

The Country Club of Woodbridge property has received renewed attention lately for its development potential. It comes after the Zoning Commission loosened its restrictions on the Residential A zone, ...

September 30, 2021
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Letter: We are Not Giving Up

|Date: September 30, 2021

Letter: We are Not Giving Up

On June 1, 2021 a petition signed by 275 Woodbridge residents was filed with the Woodbridge Town Clerk. ...

On June 1, 2021 a petition signed by 275 Woodbridge residents was filed with the Woodbridge Town Clerk. The petition followed our charter’s process for bringing a question before the townspeople in a ...

September 30, 2021
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Letter: Vote to Protect Country Club Land

|Date: April 01, 2021

Letter: Vote to Protect Country Club Land

We have a rare chance to do two great things for Woodbridge. We can help overburdened taxpayers by retur ...

We have a rare chance to do two great things for Woodbridge. We can help overburdened taxpayers by returning the Country Club of Woodbridge clubhouse to the tax rolls and, at the same time, preserve ...

April 01, 2021
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Couple Wants To Make Country Club A Novel Golf Destination

|Date: October 29, 2020

Couple Wants To Make Country Club A Novel Golf Destination

A chemical engineer in Hartford County, Timothy Vale, and his website designer wife, Patti, introduced a ...

A chemical engineer in Hartford County, Timothy Vale, and his website designer wife, Patti, introduced a novel idea for the Country Club of Woodbridge to the Board of Selectmen last month. Their idea ...

October 29, 2020
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Country Club Negotiations Break Down

|Date: March 05, 2020

Country Club Negotiations Break Down

Following a brief executive session, the Board of Selectmen on February 25 voted to cease further discuss ...

Following a brief executive session, the Board of Selectmen on February 25 voted to cease further discussions with Insite/Wernert, the developers interested in acquiring and developing a portion of th ...

March 05, 2020
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Letter: Support the AWHS Mission

|Date: March 05, 2020

Letter: Support the AWHS Mission

I am quite despairing that the current Democratic administration is continuing its practice of using taxp ...

I am quite despairing that the current Democratic administration is continuing its practice of using taxpayer funds to shut down valued Town of Woodbridge activities as well as stripping, dismantling, ...

March 05, 2020
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Letter: CCW Decision Will Impact Woodbridge for A Long Time

|Date: January 09, 2020

Letter: CCW Decision Will Impact Woodbridge for A Long Time

I write concerning the proposal to develop a part of the former Country Club of Woodbridge (CCW) property ...

I write concerning the proposal to develop a part of the former Country Club of Woodbridge (CCW) property for high density residential use. Such a development would require a zone change to allow a us ...

January 09, 2020
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Letter: Land Trust Directors Oppose Sale of Public Land at the Former Country Club of Woodbridge

|Date: January 09, 2020

Letter: Land Trust Directors Oppose Sale of Public Land at the Former Country Club of Woodbridge

For over 50 years, the Woodbridge Land Trust has protected, preserved, and conserved Woodbridge’s open sp ...

For over 50 years, the Woodbridge Land Trust has protected, preserved, and conserved Woodbridge’s open spaces. Recently town leaders have asked Woodbridge residents to consider a proposal for dense re ...

January 09, 2020
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Letter: Will the Over-55 Housing Project Proposed for the Country Club of Woodbridge Be Successful?

|Date: January 09, 2020

Letter: Will the Over-55 Housing Project Proposed for the Country Club of Woodbridge Be Successful?

You might think that this is the developer’s problem and not care. However, when a real estate project is ...

You might think that this is the developer’s problem and not care. However, when a real estate project is not successful, the developer (or subsequent owner) often tries to change the use of the parce ...

January 09, 2020
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Letter: Let’s Step Back and Evaluate What is Best for Our Town

|Date: November 21, 2019

Letter: Let’s Step Back and Evaluate What is Best for Our Town

Several Woodbridge residents attended the Human Services Commission meeting Monday evening, 11/4. We sat ...

Several Woodbridge residents attended the Human Services Commission meeting Monday evening, 11/4. We sat through the presentation by Brian St. Pierre, a developer who is looking to transform a portio ...

November 21, 2019
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