
BOROUGH HALL
26 Church Street, Stonington, CT 06378
Mailing Address: PO Box 328, Stonington, CT 06378
860-535-1298 / boroughstonington@snet.net
Hours of Operation: Monday- Friday / 9:00am - 3:00pm
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
WARDEN & BURGESS MEETING
Next: Tuesday, January 20th 2025, 7PM - Borough Hall
2026 DATES
PLANNING & ZONING
Next: Thursday, February 5th, 2026, 6PM - Borough Hall
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Next: TBD
HARBOR MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Stonington-ct.gov
*SNOW ORDINANCE UPDATE*
January 24th 2026
***Mistake on Borough Viaduct Sign- No Parking on EVEN # Side of the Street ON Sunday January 25th***
SBO-06 SNOW EMERGENCY
1. "Snowstorm" shall be defined as such time as two inches of snow have fallen
and thereafter until the cessation of the snowfall and until the completion of snow
plowing operations on those streets affected by these regulations.
2a. Water Street, Main Street, and Elm Street are hereby designated snow
emergency routes.
2b. Parking shall be prohibited upon Water Street and alternate sides of Main
Street and Elm Street in the Borough of Stonington at times when a snowstorm
occurs, except when such snowstorm occurs between the hours of 10:00 P.M.
and 7:00 A.M., when all motor vehicles must be removed from Water Street and
alternate sides of Main Street and Elm Street by 8:00 A.M.
2c. "Alternate side parking" shall mean that parking is permitted on one side of
the street only, such that on even-numbered days of the month motor vehicles
may be parked on that side of the street housing even-numbered addresses, and
on odd-numbered days of the month, parking is allowed on that side of the street
with odd-numbered addresses. A new day shall be deemed to begin at 8:00 A.M.
for purposes of this ordinance.
3. Any vehicle found parked in violation of this ordinance may be removed, or
conveyed by or under the direction of a member of the Town of Stonington Police


BOROUGH HALL
860-535-1298
boroughstonington@gmail.com
26 Church Street, Stonington, CT
PO Box 328, Stonington, CT 06378
Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BOROUGH WARDEN: MICHAEL E. SCHEFERS
ANNUAL LETTER
860-514-7326
borowarden@gmail.com
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 CLICK-HERE 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 pass ordinances and prepare the budget for approval at the Annual Borough 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. The Borough seal reflects the exploits of Stonington resident Nathaniel Brown Palmer, who while hunting seals in the Southern Ocean in 1820, became the first American to sight the Antarctic continent, the peninsula now known as Palmer Land.

NEWS AT A GLANCE:
FEMA Community Rating System
In maintaining our CRS Rating, the Borough will continue to receive our 10% FEMA Flood Insurance discount.
Viaduct Information
Amtrak, FEMA, and CTDOT met with Town stakeholders on December 9th, 2025 to discuss Emergency Planning as it relates to catastrophic events, ie. evacuation in case of an emergency situation. In that meeting, Amtrak agreed to do a technical review of opening the Water Street crossing for Emergency Access Only.
CTDOT has delayed sharing Viaduct proposed repairs and redesign. We are anticipating a set of designs by January 1st, 2026.

LOCAL EVENTS:
January 9th 2026
Stonington Men's Group Meeting with local legislators and Town/Borough CEOs
