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...
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...
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...
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...
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...