by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fairfield’s long running fight against installing tall electrical transmission lines, known as monopoles, along the MetroNorth rail line may be over, for now. The Connecticut Siting Council (CSC) Thursday, rejected United Illuminating’s (UI) application in a final...
by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
OLD LYME — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced that it would allow three private beach associations to proceed with installing sewers, even without the town’s cooperation. Nearly 90 days after a Dec. 16 town referendum...
by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Connecticut’s commuter rail and bus services will continue running at current levels for the next year under Gov. Ned Lamont’s latest budget proposal, which otherwise warned of an impending fiscal cliff due to loss of pandemic-era federal funding for rail. Lamont’s...
by Joelyn Leon | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
MERIDEN — State officials are warning drivers to not travel the wrong way up the East Main Street off-ramp for Interstate 91 while construction work is underway at Meriden’s congested interchange. The state Department of Transportation issued a safety alert Wednesday...
by Joelyn Leon | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
The long-awaited Port Eastside mega-development got under way in January when contractors began demolishing an empty Bank of America building while East Hartford applied for $15 million in state aid for the project. Heavy equipment has been razing the multi-level...
by Joelyn Leon | Feb 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, Jan. 24, on one of the coldest days of winter, we narrowly avoided what could have been a very serious event in the heart of Bridgeport – one that UI has been trying to prevent for nearly three years now. Just before dawn that morning, one of the...
