by Joelyn Leon | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
In fiscal year 2023, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division secured over $35.5 million in back wages for nearly 18,000 construction employees — more funds than from any other U.S. industry. Wage theft can come in many forms, such as not paying overtime, not...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a two-year extension for Nuvance Health for its planned construction of a seven-story addition to Norwalk Hospital. The two-year extension would be “more than sufficient,” Suchy said, and that “the hope is...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The North Street Bridge needs to be replaced, but its neighbors are not happy about the 18 to 24 month timeframe it will take. When the bridge was inspected on March 7, 2022, the town’s Department of Public Works found it to be in “critical...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
With severe thunderstorms forecast for overnight Monday, state officials continue a cleanup and assessment of last week’s deadly flooding damage, which is expected to take months to and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Teams of workers from the Federal Emergency...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
The town has secured $3.46 million in state grants thus far, has tentative approval for two additional $4 million grants and applied for $3 million more, all for a project to turn the Route 2A area in Poquetanuck from a speedway to nearby casinos or shoreline spots...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, students will return to school in the old high school and in January, they will move to the new building. With most of the big jobs behind them, crews have begun working their way through punch list items, said Building Committee Co-Chair Edward Arum and...
