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New Construction Planned for Jelliff Mill Road, Garibaldi Lane

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Town officials on Thursday issued a permit to build a 4,087-square-foot home on a vacant, 1.05-acre lot on Garibaldi Lane. The five bedroom home at 90 Garibaldi Lane will include five bedrooms and full bathrooms, two half-baths, fireplaces, a finished attic and basement and two-car garage, according to a building permit issued April 21. The property is owned by a Ridgefield man, according to records on file with the Connecticut Secretary of the State. It will cost about $850,000 to build, the permit said. The contractor on the job is Ridgefield-based Reed Whipple of Heritage Home Construction, it said.

Government

LOOK: Plans for New Post Office on Locust Filed with Town

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The proposed new Post Office on Locust Avenue is a two-story brick, cupola-topped, Federal-style structure with a total of 8,220 square feet and office space on the second floor, according to an application filed Tuesday with the town. Plans call for the razing of two buildings that now occupy 18 and 26 Locust Ave., with those parcels merged into a single 16,591-square-foot lot, according to a site plan filed with the Planning and Zoning Department. “The proposed building is a classic, Federal-style design, to be completed using high quality materials and finishes,” according to a site plan and special permit application filed on behalf of the properties’ owners, with renderings from James Schettino Architects of New Canaan. “The building façade will consist of brick and the roof will be a synthetic slate. Windows will be white clad Marvin style; gutters, leaders and flashing will be finished in zinc and the water table and keys will be comprised of cast stone.