Wilton begins work to replace ‘overcrowded’ police station with new ‘modern’ home for department

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

With construction now underway on Wilton’s new police station, Chief Thomas Conlan said the new facility will be a “morale boost” to the department’s 41 officers. Branford-based A. Secondino & Son Inc., Wilton’s contractor for the new building, began working on...

Stamford developer BLT proposes 354-unit residential complex on Long Ridge Road

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

Developer Building and Land Technology is proposing to convert a four-story office building on a 25-acre site into a 354-unit residential complex at 800 Long Ridge Road that will include 618 total parking spaces, spread out over existing surface lots and an...

Union members, CT mayors advocate for school building project labor agreement: what is it?

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

The Project Labor Agreement itself emphasizes local employment opportunities with the Norwich-New London Building Trades Council holding career fairs for five years, with a hiring goal of 25% from Norwich and 30% from the New London Council. The council will also...

Norwich will use agreements with local trade unions to build new schools

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

The City Council late Monday heard from nearly three dozen union trades workers and union leaders before voting 4-3 to require Project Labor Agreements for the city’s $385 million school construction project. The agreement requires the contract manager to reach...

Developer: ‘More practical’ vision for massive East Hartford Founders Plaza redevelopment is still grand

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

Developers planning around 1,000 apartments in a mixed-use redevelopment of East Hartford’s Founders Plaza office park will have up to four years to finish a first-phase building of at least 150 units in return for $6.5 million in state demolition funding. The Port...