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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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Selectmen Postpone Country Club Vote

|Date: October 31, 2019

Selectmen Postpone Country Club Vote

The Board of Selectmen on October 21 cancelled the special Town Meeting and referendum it had scheduled j ...

The Board of Selectmen on October 21 cancelled the special Town Meeting and referendum it had scheduled just a week earlier regarding the sale of a portion of the Country Club of Woodbridge property t ...

October 31, 2019
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Letter: Let’s Keep the Woodbridge We Know & Love

|Date: October 31, 2019

Letter: Let’s Keep the Woodbridge We Know & Love

I am dismayed that we are facing another referendum to develop the beautiful Woodbridge Country Club prop ...

I am dismayed that we are facing another referendum to develop the beautiful Woodbridge Country Club property with a senior cluster condo community that most people don’t want on that unique, lovely p ...

October 31, 2019
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Letter: Why Your Taxes Won’t Fall If Development Goes Forward

|Date: October 31, 2019

Letter: Why Your Taxes Won’t Fall If Development Goes Forward

Sometime in the near future you may be asked to vote up or down the sale of 60 acres of the old CCW for d ...

Sometime in the near future you may be asked to vote up or down the sale of 60 acres of the old CCW for development. The reason put forth is money, $5.4 million to pay off the debt and create a new r ...

October 31, 2019
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Letter: Woodbridge Soon to Face an $883,000 Question

|Date: October 31, 2019

Letter: Woodbridge Soon to Face an $883,000 Question

Our town will soon face an $883,000 question: Do we change zoning to permit a dense residential developm ...

Our town will soon face an $883,000 question: Do we change zoning to permit a dense residential development? Our First Selectman is right to press the need to pay down debt and reduce property taxes ...

October 31, 2019
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Letter: Country Club of Woodbridge – A Recurring Nightmare

|Date: October 31, 2019

Letter: Country Club of Woodbridge – A Recurring Nightmare

I have worked hard for the essential preservation of open space in Woodbridge for many years as a lifelon ...

I have worked hard for the essential preservation of open space in Woodbridge for many years as a lifelong Woodbridge resident. In the Woodbridge Town News of October 4, we were informed that the Boa ...

October 31, 2019
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Letter: Beware the Bait & Switch

|Date: October 31, 2019

Letter: Beware the Bait & Switch

The current proposal for the Country Club of Woodbridge, a sale of approximately 60 acres for cluster hou ...

The current proposal for the Country Club of Woodbridge, a sale of approximately 60 acres for cluster housing, indicates that the remaining land, nearly 100 acres, will be turned into a town park. Vot ...

October 31, 2019
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Selectmen Move Major Project Forward

|Date: October 03, 2019

Selectmen Move Major Project Forward

After years of wrangling, the Board of Selectmen, in a special meeting on Tuesday, September 24, voted un ...

After years of wrangling, the Board of Selectmen, in a special meeting on Tuesday, September 24, voted unanimously to bring a development proposal for a part of the Country Club of Woodbridge to the v ...

October 03, 2019
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Letter: Ask Questions, Attend Meetings on WCC Proposal

|Date: October 03, 2019

Letter: Ask Questions, Attend Meetings on WCC Proposal

As I read the article “From the First Selectman” in the August 30th edition of the Woodbridge Town News, ...

As I read the article “From the First Selectman” in the August 30th edition of the Woodbridge Town News, I am shaking my head as I both laugh and get angry. This administration is determined to devel ...

October 03, 2019
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Letter: Woodbridge Voters Will Have Their Opportunity to Weigh In

|Date: October 03, 2019

Letter: Woodbridge Voters Will Have Their Opportunity to Weigh In

Woodbridge voters have not approved any sale of the former country club property to a developer. Yet, re ...

Woodbridge voters have not approved any sale of the former country club property to a developer. Yet, recent communications from our First Selectman suggest that she thinks the sale is going to happe ...

October 03, 2019
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Town To Auction Off Remnants Of A Gilded Era

|Date: July 26, 2019

Town To Auction Off Remnants Of A Gilded Era

The town has contracted with a Seymour auctioneer to auction off the contents of the former Woodbridge Co ...

The town has contracted with a Seymour auctioneer to auction off the contents of the former Woodbridge Country Club. Keystone Associates is listing the auction to be held on Monday, August 5, at the ...

July 26, 2019
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Selectmen Choose St. Pierre Proposal For Country Club

|Date: June 28, 2019

Selectmen Choose St. Pierre Proposal For Country Club

Taxpayers Will Have A Chance To Weigh In The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen, in a special meeting on June ...

Taxpayers Will Have A Chance To Weigh In The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen, in a special meeting on June 4, chose to move forward the proposal of Brian St. Pierre, one of two developers who had expres ...

June 28, 2019
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Letter: Residents Need Most Detailed Information Possible

|Date: April 11, 2019

Letter: Residents Need Most Detailed Information Possible

In its rush to approve development of the former Country Club of Woodbridge (CCW) property, the Town Admi ...

In its rush to approve development of the former Country Club of Woodbridge (CCW) property, the Town Administration has to date failed to provide for meaningful public review and comment on a specific ...

April 11, 2019
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Letter: Why Aren’t They Listening?

|Date: April 11, 2019

Letter: Why Aren’t They Listening?

The town of Woodbridge administration is once again trying to push for development of what was the Countr ...

The town of Woodbridge administration is once again trying to push for development of what was the Country Club of Woodbridge. A magnificent parcel of land that the town purchased in 2009 as a way of ...

April 11, 2019
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