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Wilton Quietly Let Manilla Grill Keep Two Temporary Merchants on One Route 9 Lot
Late-posted Planning Board minutes show Wilton again waived its one-temporary-merchant-per-lot rule for Romeo Soriano at 892 Route 9, even as the town is separately rewriting its temporary-merchant law.
Update: Wilton’s Hazardous Waste Bid Now Has a June 3 Deadline. It’s Still Not on the Bids Page.
The legal notice now gives a concrete bid deadline and says the collection work will happen on a Saturday in September 2026, but residents still have to find it through Legal Notices rather than a live bid…
Update: Wilton’s Building Department Is Now Advertising Two Inspection-Enforcement Jobs at Once
The town is still recruiting an Assistant Building Inspector & Code Enforcement Officer, and it is now separately advertising a full Building Inspector role with benefits and experience-based pay.
Update: Wilton’s Alternative Transportation Committee Still Exists Mostly as a Legal Notice
The town publicly noticed another Alternative Transportation Committee meeting on May 6, but residents still cannot find a normal committee page, roster, or minutes path in Wilton’s main boards-and-committees…
Update: Wilton Turned Its May 7 Building-Maintenance Hire Request Into a Public Job Posting — Still Without a Pay Number
A week and a half after Wilton’s comptroller report named a proposed hire at $27.30 an hour, the town posted a Building Maintenance opening that says only that salary is ‘commensurate with experience.’
WWSA Is Warning Residents: No One Should Be Asking to Enter Your Home Without an Appointment
The Wilton Water & Sewer Authority says employees do not request home entry without an appointment, even as technicians are expected to be outside homes and businesses replacing remote meter readers.
Update: New Country’s Exit 15 Auto Park Is No Longer Just a Concept Review
Wilton’s May 20 Planning Board agenda moved the Toyota redevelopment into public-hearing and complete-application status, a meaningful step up from April’s still-forming review.
A New Craw Farm South Boundary Tweak Slipped Onto Wilton’s May 20 Planning Board Agenda
Wilton’s May 20 Planning Board agenda includes a complete application to shift the line between two Craw Farm South subdivision lots at 10 and 12 Colleen Court, a small but newly surfaced piece of subdivision…
WWSA’s Newly Posted Minutes Show a Quiet Back-Office Overhaul: Phones, Billing Tech and Accounting Software
The March 17 WWSA draft minutes show the authority ditched Verizon landlines for Vonage after chronic problems, said Tyler will stop supporting its accounting software, and discussed a Red Wing replacement…
WWSA Says Forest Grove Is Building Faster Than Expected — and the Payment Schedule Is Being Reworked
Newly posted March 17 WWSA draft minutes show Wilton’s water authority revising the Forest Grove repayment schedule after Belmonte installed more meters than originally projected. Officials say excess interest…
Forest Grove’s Phase 3 Got Another 90-Day Extension — and the Developer Says Sales Are Ahead of Schedule
Approved Planning Board minutes now show Wilton gave the big Forest Grove subdivision another extension in March while the developer reported strong sales, ongoing deliveries, and clubhouse work starting.
Wilton Extended a 100-Chicken, 12-Turkey, 10-Pig Permit Again — This Time to 2029
Draft April 23 ZBA minutes show Wilton quietly renewed a long-running livestock special-use permit at 256 Wilton-Gansevoort Road for another three years, continuing a paper trail that began in 2016.
Wilton Approved a Hoffman Car Wash Overhaul at Exit 15
Draft April 15 Planning Board minutes show Wilton approved a revised site plan for Hoffman Car Wash at 5 Lowes Drive, including quieter vacuums, curb changes and pavement work.
Update: Wilton Water & Sewer’s ‘Upcoming Agenda’ Is Still March Four Days Before the May 19 Meeting
Wilton Water & Sewer still says agendas will be posted at least 24 hours ahead, but as of May 15 its main upcoming board-agenda link opens a March PDF and its audit and governance links still open November…
Wilton Quietly Added Fire-Inspection Tracking Software. The Public Record Barely Explains It.
Draft April 2 Town Board minutes show Wilton approved Compliance Engine software for the Building Department to track commercial fire inspections, but the public-facing record gives residents almost no detail…
Wilton Quietly Approved a $95,000 Pass-Through in the Klepetar Forest Easement Deal
Draft April 2 Town Board minutes show Wilton formally stepping through a $95,000 payment-and-reimbursement arrangement tied to Saratoga PLAN’s 444-acre Klepetar forest protection project.
Wilton Floated a $1.5 Million North Road Rebuild — and a Temporary Closure if Nothing Moves
Newly surfaced March 5 draft minutes show Wilton officials saying North Road is beyond routine patching, with a full-depth rebuild estimated at at least $1.5 million and closure on the table if no plan…
Update: Wilton Finally Posted the Minutes on Its ZBA Vacancy. The Public Roster Still Looks Wrong.
Final April 2 Town Board minutes now confirm Jay Rifenbary resigned and Keith Kaplan was appointed to the ZBA through year-end, but Wilton’s public boards directory still shows a muddled lineup.
A Gavin Park AED Save Prompted Wilton to Recheck Its Emergency Readiness
Draft April 2 Town Board minutes say bystanders revived a man at Gavin Park with CPR and an on-site AED, pushing officials into a broader discussion about AED coverage, training and Narcan across town…
Wilton Renewed a One-Deputy Sheriff Deal for $142,523.85
Draft April 2 Town Board minutes now visible on the town site show Wilton approving county law-enforcement coverage for one weekday patrol, with the sheriff retaining flexibility over scheduling.
Update: Wilton Finally Has an ADA Plan, and the Board Has Now Teed Up Automatic-Door Bids
A newly surfaced transition plan puts a rough price tag on Wilton’s accessibility backlog, while the May 7 Town Board agenda added a concrete next step for doors at five public facilities.
Wilton Is Marketing 2026 Recreation, but Its Public Gavin Park Fee Schedule Still Points Back to 2019-20
The town is promoting ParkFest and summer operations, yet its general public fee pages still promise an update later and its downloadable fee sheet remains dated to 2019-20.
Wilton Quietly Added a 2025 Development Report and Is Building a More Centralized Growth Portal
The town’s planning pages now point residents to a 2025 annual development report and promote a single online resource center for agenda maps, project maps, and growth records.
Wilton Quietly Revoked Its Own Signature-Stamp Permission Two Months Into the Year
January’s organizational resolution let the comptroller use the supervisor’s signature stamp as needed. March’s Town Board minutes show that authority was rescinded and replaced with a flat prohibition —…