by Joelyn Leon | Aug 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Designs for the first two new elementary schools approved by voters last fall are starting to take shape, with approval this week of the educational components for the new John B. Stanton and Greeneville elementary schools. No architectural renderings have been...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Construction and extraction jobs led all others in the first year of the pandemic with 162.6 drug overdose deaths per 100,000 workers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall drug overdose rate increased most years...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Originally estimated as a six- to eight-week project, the blasting effort represents one of the first critical phases of the four-year, $148 million reconstruction of the highway. Resident Engineer Robert Obey of Glastonbury-based GM2 said crews could be looking at an...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
The town is weighing the possibility of building a new home for the school district’s Central Office at the former Century Brass property at 12 Scovill St. The school district’s Central Office had been operating out of the town’s historic building at 50...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Decades in the making, $3.2 million worth of lead mitigation and sound moderation measures are moving along at the Dingwall-Horan Firearms Training Facility, used by both city police and the FBI. Noise complaints from neighboring homeowners concerning the gunfire at...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Pleasing athletics program supporters but frustrating conservationists, Wethersfield’s council this week endorsed the controversial plan to build a sports field on town-owned Kycia Farm. In a 6-2 vote after more than three hours of sometimes heated discussion, the...