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Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

Guided by an excavation worker, Mayor Kevin Scarpati took the first cut out of the city’s biggest eyesore Wednesday at 116 Cook Ave. Scarpati took out the front entry-way in the 77,000-square foot building that blighted the lower Cook Avenue neighborhood. Its...
Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

Plant to convert trash to gas, electricity to be pitched in Plainfield: What’s the plan?

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

A company is proposing a project in Plainfield to address Connecticut’s growing trash problem. Developed by SMART Technology Systems, LLC, the SMART Technology Solution uses sorting as well as waste processing and conversion technologies to transform trash into...
Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

Danbury seeks $4.2M in CT grants to rescue old hat factory, courthouse sites from contamination

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

An overgrown former hat factory site with mercury in the soil and a vacant former county courthouse with asbestos and lead paint in its interior are the target of separate cleanup plans worth $4.2 million in state brownfield grants. The first step, which the City...
Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

Meriden officials want public to weigh in on the competing senior center plans before April decision

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

A controversial plan to renovate the existing senior center at 24 W. Main St. is back in the spotlight after the City Council recently voted to send it back to committee. The Senior Center Building Review Committee rejected the proposal two months ago and opted to...
Demolition begins at Meriden’s biggest eyesore on Cook Avenue, which may become the senior center

Up to $51B in transportation grant awards at risk, advocacy group says

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

Up to $51 billion in federal funds that have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation but not yet obligated could be defunded, according to a March 14 analysis by Transportation for America, a transportation advocacy organization. The organization...
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