How should Stamford use $5.6M to change the Atlantic Street ramp? Tearing it down is one option.

by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 28, 2022 | Uncategorized

For years, the ramp heading into Stamford Town Center off Atlantic Street has been a sort of no-man’s land in the heart of the city’s downtown. Kooris is the president of the Stamford Downtown Special Services District, which was just awarded $5.6 million...

Connecticut to secure $236 million windfall from federal spending bill. Here’s what that means.

by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

Towns and cities across Connecticut are set to see a major windfall from the $1.7 trillion bill to fund the federal government, thanks to the practice formerly known as earmarking where lawmakers secure large pots of money to benefit their state and districts. More...

U.S. Navy $5 billion boost for Electric Boat Columbia submarine construction to bring jobs

by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

The U.S. Navy has given another $5.1 billion boost to its high-priority Columbia class submarine program and its designer and lead contractor on the new class of ballistic missile subs, the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton. EB, with shipyards in...

No longer a pipe dream: State to get $150M to replace lead service lines

by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

Over the past two years, New London has been aggressively inventorying its pipes, the first step in the replacement process. Lanzafame has pored over historical records, hired engineers to do predictive modeling, and arranged for exploratory “test pits” to be drilled...

Major storm to hit CT Thursday night and Friday; power outages expected

by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 22, 2022 | Uncategorized

A major storm will affect the state tonight and Friday, thus the National Weather Service has a wind advisory in effect statewide for most of Friday. This means sustained south winds at 15 to 30 mph, and peak gusts up to around 55 mph, but 60 mph gusts are possible in...