Encompass Health plans $69.5 million rehab hospital for Branford gallery site

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

Encompass Health’s plan to build a new $69.5 million, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital where Hilltop Gallery & Design Center is will be a big boost for the town, local officials say. The Birmingham, Alabama-based Encompass Health filed a Certificate...

Along the Connecticut River and near the Hartford Line, a developer plans 318 apartments

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 13, 2025 | Uncategorized

An Avon developer is proposing to build 318 apartments just a few blocks from the Connecticut River, a project that could become one of the biggest residential developments in East Windsor in recent memory. The River Pointe project off Bridge Street would include six...

Plainfield calls for public hearings on trash-to-energy plant

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 13, 2025 | Uncategorized

The town is petitioning the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to provide two public hearings on SMART Technology Systems LLC’s widely opposed proposal to build a trash-to-energy plant in town. The requests for a public hearing in town and another in...

Connecticut DOT Selects HNTB for Major Upgrades Along Waterbury Branch Line

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has selected HNTB to provide construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for a series of station improvements along the Waterbury Branch Line, a 28.5-mile segment of Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line...

Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Workplace safety experts have long been focused not just on workers’ physical wellbeing but their mental health as well. That rang true at the American Society of Safety Professionals 2025 Expo and Conference in July. Panelists also discussed the need to remove the...