by Joelyn Leon | Oct 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
It will cost “in excess of $100 million” over the next 15 years for the town to address infrastructure issues at three of Wilton’s public schools, according to outgoing First Selectwoman Lynne Vanderslice. A “Schools Needs Assessment Study and...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Construction workers wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) daily, but protecting mental health alongside physical health is equally important. Sadly, construction workers have among the highest suicide rates by population. In the U.S. alone, men working in...
by Joelyn Leon | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Electric Boat and the Metal Trades Council, a labor union representing more than 3,400 shipyard workers, announced that union members have ratified a new five-year contract that grants them significant increases in compensation and benefits, including a 21.4% hike in...
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Voters widely rejected a $47 million plan to renovate the outdated Sherman School, leaving the town with few options to save the pre-K-8 building.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...
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...
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...
