by Joelyn Leon | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Connecticut is set to receive $27.5 million from the federal government to replace thousands of aging lead pipes still carrying drinking water to homes across the state. The funding, announced last week by the Environmental Protection Agency, is the latest allotment...
by Joelyn Leon | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
As passengers travel on the rail lines along Connecticut’s coast, more than 100-year-old bridges carry their trains over some of the rivers that flow into Long Island Sound. Billion-dollar projects are underway to replace two of those movable bridges. And by the time...
by Joelyn Leon | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
While rising gasoline prices threaten Connecticut families’ summer travel plans, the trend is putting pressure on the state’s transportation program as well. Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget director said Thursday that certain gasoline and sales tax receipts could “soften”...
by Joelyn Leon | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
New London — A retired MH-60T Jayhawk U.S. Coast Guard helicopter was lifted into the under-construction Coast Guard Museum on Wednesday. The multi-mission recovery helicopter, which was active from 1990 to December 2023 and saved over 333 lives, arrived Monday from...
by Joelyn Leon | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
It was started as a state hospital for people with mental illness and remained operational until the buildings were abandoned in 1996. Now some of remaining crumbling and abandoned buildings sit on the banks of the Thames River directly across from the posh Mohegan...
by Joelyn Leon | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
A developer has proposed a 22-story mixed-use tower with 305 apartments in Bridgeport, according to an application filed with the city’s Planning and Zoning Department. Jonathan Gonzalez, of Meriden, has proposed constructing the building on a 0.44-acre parcel at...
