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Eight planning firms have submitted proposals to write Farmington's next Plan of Conservation and Development — the document that will shape the town's growth, conservation, and housing priorities…
Jack Beckett·May 28, 2026
FEMA has finalized new Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Farmington, with an effective date now expected in fall 2026. Some homeowners will be required to carry flood insurance who weren't before — some…
Jack Beckett·May 28, 2026
A legal opinion delivered to the Farmington Town Council on May 26 concludes that using the Don Tinty parcel for cemetery purposes would violate the 2004 deed covenant, and that the town has no legal…
Jack Beckett·May 28, 2026
The Farmington Architectural Design Review Committee took its first formal look at the Enclave at the Farmington River master plan on Thursday, May 21, and after about two hours of going through…
Jack Beckett·May 26, 2026
The Farmington Inland Wetlands Commission worked through a backyard patio, a post-fire wetland restoration, an 18-unit active-adult subdivision, and the third hearing on Noble Energy's diesel travel…
Jack Beckett·May 23, 2026
Noble Energy's owner insists his proposed Fienemann Road project is "a mini travel plaza," not a truck stop — a distinction he argues turns on scale and a business model aimed at the local trucks the…
Jack Beckett·May 23, 2026
Noble Energy returned to the Farmington Inland Wetlands Commission on May 20 with a redesigned stormwater plan built around Contech "jellyfish" biofiltration filters — a system the project's own…
Jack Beckett·May 22, 2026
Most of the testimony at the May 20 Farmington wetlands hearing was about Noble Energy's proposed diesel travel center — but the stakes kept circling back to Batterson Park Pond, which is set to…
Henry Whitfield·May 22, 2026
A plain-English guide to the Farmington Historic District Commission: what it reviews (exterior changes visible from a public way), what it leaves alone (paint color), and how the…
Jack Beckett·May 20, 2026
The Farmington Historic District Commission approved the final exterior details — gutters and a cedar fence — for the new home at 7 Church Street, ending a staged review that began in March 2025.
Jack Beckett·May 20, 2026
The Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission voted Monday night to accept Noble Energy Real Estate Holdings, LLC's application for a partial R40 to B1 rezoning at 8261 Fienemann Road and to…
Henry Whitfield·May 19, 2026
Town Manager Kathleen Blonski told the Farmington Town Council on May 12 that the Meadow Road sidewalk project will return as an agenda item at the council's May 26 meeting, with a potential vote at…
Jack Beckett·May 18, 2026
The Farmington Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee renewed a years-long push for a separated bike trail along the Route 4 jug handle at its May 13 meeting, three days after a 13-year-old riding a…
Henry Whitfield·May 18, 2026
The money came after the legislature, which had weighed a $200 rebate to every resident, chose to send supplemental aid to towns instead.
Jack Beckett·May 15, 2026
A 2004 deed gave Donald Tinty Family Park to Farmington as a public park. On May 12, the Town Council took up — and a dozen residents came to oppose — whether part of it should become the town's next…
Jack Beckett·May 14, 2026
The Farmington Town Council voted unanimously on May 12 to advance a $30-to-$35-million plan to replace two of the town's three volunteer fire stations and renovate the third, seating a new building…
Jack Beckett·May 14, 2026
The Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 Monday to approve an exterior staircase at 6 Reservation Road, with Commissioner Josh Davidson casting the only audible no vote in a sustained…
Henry Whitfield·May 14, 2026
Nine months after a wave of departures left the Unionville Historic District and Properties Commission with three empty seats, two alternate seats remain vacant.
Jack Beckett·May 8, 2026
The Farmington Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commission unanimously accepted Stephanie Roman's intervener petition Wednesday in the continuing public hearing on Noble Energy Real Estate Holdings'…
Jack Beckett·May 8, 2026
Student Council members trained their peers grade by grade, took turns leading lunch sorting and read composting facts on the morning announcements.
Henry Whitfield·May 7, 2026
Farmington's annual budget referendum closed at 8 p.m. Thursday with 950 of the town's 18,707 registered voters casting ballots — a turnout of 5.08 percent.
Jack Beckett·Apr 30, 2026
After a 90-minute public hearing, the Town Council declined to vote on the south-side alignment and asked Town Engineer Russ Arnold to redesign the project as a south-side / north-side split crossing…
Jack Beckett·Apr 30, 2026
Farmington TPZ on Monday night accepted a formal zoning application for the Enclave at the Farmington River — a 240-to-296-unit, $225 million proposal by Crown Equities affiliate National Land…
Jack Beckett·Apr 28, 2026
The sidewalk is funded through the state's STEAP grant program, and the notice lists no virtual or hybrid way to attend.
Jack Beckett·Apr 27, 2026
