by Joelyn Leon | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
The movable bridge — which a succession of speakers noted dates to the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt — is a notorious bottleneck along the nation’s Northeast Corridor, forcing trains to slow down to 30 mph as they cross over the Housatonic River, slow...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project to provide electricity to Connecticut and Rhode island and one of the relatively few in the northeast to emerge intact from a flurry of economic setbacks, has received final, government approval to begin construction. It will...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
A six-month delay in breaking ground for the city’s new community center has so far increased the cost of the project by nearly $230,000. City officials are not ruling out heading to court to determine who’ll ultimately foot that bill. Construction of the planned...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
A plan to create 12 development lots in the 384-acre, newly named Occum Industrial Center will be reviewed by the city planning commission, starting with a public hearing Tuesday. The Commission on the City Plan will open the public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Property owners would lose the right to develop parts of their own land if a United Illuminating project moves forward in Fairfield. UI has so far resisted demands from local elected officials, neighbors and business to alter its plan to minimize the potential impacts...
by Joelyn Leon | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Vicki Mancini, assistant library media specialist at the high school, joined a group that included Mario Longobucco and Ed Arum, co-chairmen of the building committee, for a tour of the $179 million project. “It’s much more than I expected,” Mancini...
