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Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

Voters widely rejected a $47 million plan to renovate the outdated Sherman School, leaving the town with few options to save the pre-K-8 building. The town must now consider alternatives that include building a new school, eliminating its middle school program or...
Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

Shelton gets $2M in state funds for Canal Street work

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

The city is receiving $2 million in state funds toward reconstruction of Canal and Wooster streets, including the reopening of the long-closed Wooster Street railroad crossing. The funds are part of more than $1.1 billion in state funding — approved Friday by the...
Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

$2M Air Line Trail grant to help connect Middletown, Portland to 11-mile Central CT Loop

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

A $2 million state grant for the engineering and construction of a Middletown connection to the Air Line State Park Trail in Portland has the potential to unlock another $8 million in federal dollars for the overall project. The Air Line, a former railway that takes...
Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

Aetna Bridge Leads Goldstar Bridge Rehabilitation Job

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

Built in the 1940s, the northbound span of the Goldstar Memorial Bridge continues carrying five lanes of I-95 traffic safely across the Thames River from New London to Groton in Connecticut. The job will have three phases, totaling approximately $407 million, with the...
Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

Milford regulation change could clear way for 750 apartments at mall

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

The Planning and Zoning Board cleared the way on Tuesday for Centennial Real Estate to apply for a permit to transform the Connecticut Post Mall into a 21st Century mix of retail and housing. No price tag has been stated for Centennial’s latest effort to rebuild...
Sherman rejects $47M plan to save its only school. One option is to bus students to nearby districts

Fairfield residents pressure UI to refile transmission line project at town hall meeting

by Joelyn Leon | Oct 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Town residents turned up the pressure on United Illuminating to withdraw and refile its application for a proposed project that could hang transmission lines as high as 145 feet high over homes and businesses. The electric utility company, which services the...
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