by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The borough has been awarded three grants totaling just over $8 million. They include more than $5.7 million in a Community Investment Fund grant to improve a section of Rubber Avenue, a $650,000 state Department of Transportation grant for a pedestrian bridge...
by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Buildings on the campus of the Torrington Company are coming down piece by piece to preserve historic elements for reuse. As of last Thursday, 21 of the 29 structures on the 14-acre property have been slowly razed. To keep the site contained, crews work inside a shell...
by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
A 4-mile tunnel carved out of bedrock under Hartford’s South End — the city’s very own Big Dig — is now nearly complete and will be a crucial component for eliminating sewer waste that overflows and pollutes Wethersfield Cove, the Connecticut River and other streams...
by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last September, attorney Bill Sweeney stood in front of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission to praise a development deal that would transform three long-vacant Fort Trumbull parcels into two apartment complexes and a six-story parking garage. RCDA notes on its...
by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Reconstruction of the Sherman Street bridge is expected to be completed by August, and Norwich Public Works has its eye on replacing another key local bridge over the Yantic River on New London Turnpike. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D- Conn, recently announced that...
by Joelyn Leon | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
A new piece of state funding in the form of a $1.6 million Community Investment Fund award announced this month, which requires final approval by the state Bond Commission, will enable the museum to fully realize Allyn’s wishes by transforming 12 acres of grounds into...
