Welcome to the Borough of Stonington

This  is the official home page for the Borough of Stonington, CT. No other pages or  information have been prepared by the Borough. Every effort is made to include  accurate and up-to-date information in good faith; however, the Borough of  Stonington takes no legal responsibility for the information provided or found  as a consequence of this service nor for any loss or damage resulting from this  information.


The Borough of Stonington was chartered in 1801 by a special act of the legislature
of the State of Connecticut. It is the oldest Borough in Connecticut. The  Borough Charter sets forth the basic structure of Borough government, describing  the powers and duties of the elected officials. The governing body is the Board  of Warden & Burgesses, which has the power to make Ordinances and prepares  the budget for approval at the Annual Borough and Budget Meeting in the third  week of April. The Board of Warden & Burgesses also appoints members of the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Harbor Management Commission is a joint agency of the Town and the Borough.

Meetings

Planning & Zoning

June 12, 2012 - 7:30 p.m. at Borough Hall

Regular Meeting

 

Board of Warden & Burgesses

May 21, 2012 - 7:30 p.m. at Borough Hall

Regular Meeting

 

Banners Subcommittee Meeting

May 22, 2012 - 5:30 p.m. at Borough Hall

Special Meeting

Draft Bus Ordinance

 

The Board of Warden & Burgesses will be considering a bus ordinance at their May 21 meeting.  Click below for the draft bus ordinance.

DRAFT Bus Ordinance MAY 2012.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [61.0 KB]

Paving

Hyde Street and Maplewood Street will be repaved this spring or early summer.

Website

Check out our new look!  We hope you like our new website design.  Feel free to contact us with your comments and/or suggestions.  It will be constantly evolving.

Renovations

Upcoming Borough Hall renovations include an elevator and a generator to provide electricity to this public space in times of power outages.

Yellow Bags – Are you in compliance? Do you put them out before collection day? If so, read below: 

Garbage shall be kept in such a manner that it is not accessible to animals at any time. Yellow bags put out for collection shall be in closed containers, except for the day of collection only, when yellow bags may be put out at the curb no earlier than 6:00 A.M.  The full text can be found in the Ordinances.