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OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that the agency is replacing traditional hard hats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets to protect them better when they are on inspection sites. In 2020, the...
OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

Winsted’s greenway project will continue in 2024

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

In late 2022, Winsted extended its portion of the Sue Grossman Still River Greenway farther north along Winsted Road, adding more recreational space on the already popular trail. Selectmen were reminded recently to stay with the project, which is funded by grants from...
OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

New Bloomfield-Simsbury trail increases East Coast Greenway regional trail connections

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

A new trail connecting Bloomfield to Simsbury marks one step closer to establishing a trail network throughout the Hartford region and connectivity along the East Coast. Bridging about a 1-mile gap from Bloomfield to the village of Tariffville in Simsbury, the...
OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

These are the Norwalk development projects to look out for in 2024, with 2,400 units in the pipeline

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

Norwalk is on track to add over 2,400 units over the next few years. From North Seven’s over 1,300 units to 1 Cemetery St. 77-units, here is a look at some of the development coming in 2024 and beyond. With a brand new station and heated platform, the Merritt 7...
OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

Demolition of blighted Cromwell hotel may start in spring; new complex may be finished in 2027

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

Demolition of the vacant, severely blighted former Red Lion Inn at the intersection of Berlin Road and the northbound entrance ramp to Interstate 91 should begin “roughly” in the spring — possibly earlier if weather and financial markets permit. That’s what Chris...
OSHA Announces Switch From Traditional Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

Developers moving forward with $32.47M ground-up apartment development near Hartford City Hall

by Joelyn Leon | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

Partners rehabbing a former Hartford firehouse and shuttered municipal building into apartments are moving to launch an estimated $32.47 million construction of a new 126-unit residential building on surface parking lots near Hartford City Hall. Daniel Klaynberg,...
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