Members of the city’s planning and zoning commission approved an application on July 20, 2021 to allow 32 market-rate apartments to be constructed within a large building at 33 Main St.

There will be 22 studio apartments and 10 one bedroom apartments. The studio apartments will range from 475 square feet to 689 square feet. The one bedroom apartments will range from 594 square feet to 736 square feet.

The building owner is hoping to set starting rents somewhere between $1,000 and $1,200 a month.

A state panel keeping a close eye on Derby's troubled financial recording practices likes the fact that the city is hiring qualified personnel to run its finance department.

Outgoing interim finance director David Taylor and Mayor Rich Dziekan's Chief of Staff Andrew Baklik appeared virtually June 30 in front of the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission.

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Connecticut’s governor and a cadre of elected officials were in the city July 8 to celebrate the city receiving $1 million from the state to go toward the environmental assessment, demolition, and remediation of the former Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. site at the corner of Main Street and North Main Street in Ansonia, CT.

This episode contains the audio from the press conference, along with info about a weekend concert and a fireworks show over the weekend in Ansonia.