Killingly Amazon warehouse developer again reduces size of facility

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 16, 2026 | Uncategorized

Killingly — The developer of a proposed 1.3 million-square-foot Amazon distribution center on Westcott Road presented a new application to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission Monday night that included a reduction of the building size and parking area, as...

Enfield voters to decide on $511 million school renovation project in November

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized

ENFIELD — Voters in Enfield will decide in a Nov. 3 referendum whether to approve a $511 million school renovation and expansion project involving four elementary schools and the conversion of Eli Whitney Elementary School into Eagle Academy Therapeutic Day School....

CT prosecutors seek 12 years for ex-school construction chief as he asks for no prison time

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized

Recommending a long term behind bars, federal prosecutors described Connecticut’s former top school construction official Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis as a calculating betrayer of the public trust. Diamantis, however, is requesting a much lighter sentence that...

Connecticut DOT says UI’s monopole plan in Fairfield, Bridgeport would be ‘beneficial’ to railroad

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized

In advance of today’s Connecticut Siting Council meeting to reconsider UI’s plan to install monopoles throughout Fairfield and Bridgeport, the state Department of Transportation has issued a letter saying it would be beneficial to the railroad for the transmission...

Two designs remain for Connecticut’s future Mixmaster. Here’s what happens next

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized

Two concepts have advanced to the environmental review stage, but only one will emerge as the best option for reconstructing the nearly 60-year-old interchange where Interstate 84 and Route 8 intersect in Waterbury. The state Department of Transportation recently...

CT town issues resounding vote against trash plant. Concern is ‘impacts to air quality and water quality’

by Joelyn Leon | Sep 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

After deciding in a landslide vote to spend $250,000 for attorneys, Plainfield taxpayers are preparing to tell state regulators why they vehemently oppose allowing a massive trash-to-energy plant in their town. Roughly 90% of voters at a referendum endorsed the town...