South Windsor approves solar facility, senior housing on farmland lots with developer connection

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved Tuesday night a 50-unit senior housing development on 16.5 acres of land at 186 Foster St. In a more contentious decision later that night, the commission voted 5-2 to allow for construction of a roughly...

Branford to move events with town green, Main Street projects starting in spring

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Downtown will be dug up when two big construction projects totaling about $20 million begin sometime in the spring, forcing the Branford Fest and other popular events to find a temporary home. The projects — reconstructing a long stretch of Main Street and renovating...

South Norwalk School construction requires demolition of four buildings

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

The continuing construction at the site of the new South Norwalk School remains on schedule as contractors prepare to demolish four of the properties the city acquired to make way for the project. The $70 million-plus school is on track to open this fall and welcome...

Massive CT redevelopment to unfold slower than hoped. Federal transportation funding could be issue

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Plans for a prominent downtown corner that envision a new development anchored by a regional bus transit center could unfold far more slowly that city officials had hoped, now that the latest round of a state grant program does not include funds to tear down a vacant,...

DOT removes equity, environmental factors from IIJA funding decisions

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

The U.S. DOT has rolled back a Biden-era policy that included environmental and social considerations in federally funded infrastructure projects, according to a Monday memo from the agency. The move rescinds two Federal Highway Administration memos, issued in 2021...

After D.C. meeting, Lamont sees path to working with Trump on energy

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Lamont met separately with the Trump’s Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum while in the nation’s capital in late February for a meeting of the National Governors Association. A spokesman for the governor said each meeting lasted...