DRVN has a Dec. 31 deadline to remove or forfeit the salt and equipment to the Connecticut Port Authority. But, unlike in past years, the company was not the low bidder for the region in a bidding process conducted by the Capitol Region Purchasing Council, which is run by the Capitol Region Council of Governments. […]
Groton, New London and Norwich are slated to each receive grants of $477,647 to improve their schools, state legislators announced Tuesday. The state Bond Commission authorized on Tuesday $30 million in funding for the state’s 33 Alliance Districts to use towards eligible projects, such as improvements to heating and ventilation systems, communications and technology systems, lighting, […]
Verogy LLC wants to cover the property with solar energy panels, promising a 4.7-megawatt system that would produce enough electricity to power more than 1,100 homes. But owners of the nearby Karabin Farms warn that the loss of high-quality hay they grow there would be a massive business setback for one of the only fast-growing […]
There’ll be many happy sports players come winter, when construction on two large turf fields in Milford will be completed. One of the fields is at Jonathan Law High School, on Lansdale Ave., and the other is by Foran High School, on Foran Road. Construction on both projects broke ground over the summer. Together, they […]
The National Coast Guard Museum Association has submitted an application to the city for construction of a 400-foot glass-walled pedestrian bridge to span Water Street and connect the downtown with the waterfront and future Coast Guard museum. The state has authorized and approved up to $20 million for design and construction of the bridge, which […]
The referendum question asks whether to approve $33.5 million in bonding for a renovate-to-new building project at the elementary school. Local taxpayers would be responsible for up to $17.5 million of the cost of the project. School building grants from the state would cover the remaining cost. The town council voted unanimously to have the […]
To keep up with the wear and tear, the state Department of Transportation is constantly working on maintenance and improvement projects. The most important of those initiatives are outlined every four years in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The DOT is receiving public comments on the draft version of the latest STIP, to cover the […]
The Board of Selectmen has approved a series of amendments to the credit enhancement agreement for the proposed All Sports Village complex. The proposed complex, at the northeast corner of Old County Road and Route 20, is in a Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, district. TIF districts allow municipalities to provide annual rebates of taxes […]
The proposed regulation includes an “economic reality” test to help determine whether individuals are in business for themselves or economically reliant on an employer. Part of the test includes two factors — whether the person has the opportunity for business profit or loss and to what degree they control the work they perform. Other factors […]
City Law Director Jeffrey Londregan, in a Sept. 2 letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, reiterated the city’s argument that the port authority must first amend a 20-year-old State Pier Municipal Development Plan before it can apply for a permit to work at the pier. The plan governs activities on the property. It’s […]
