by Joelyn Leon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
The LWV, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes civic engagement, recently published a Capital Projects Funding Study which reported that the town’s historic policies and norms have meant low taxes for residents, but a slow building process that delays...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Once a top manufacturer of ball bearings, bicycle spokes and a long list of other items, the Torrington Company is coming down. The eight- to nine-month project to demolish 22 of the 25 buildings on the site, which sits on North Street and encompasses parts of several...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
More than $1 million in state funds will be used to help refurbish the historic Day newspaper building in anticipation of it being transformed into a residential and commercial complex, Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Thursday. The $1.23 million Connecticut Communities...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it will publish a rule updating the Davis-Bacon Act, which sets the prevailing wages contractors must pay workers on federal projects. The rule, first announced in March 2022, will restore the DOL’s definition of...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Following a Town Council public hearing at 7 p.m., voters will be asked to approve the sale of 39.1 acres of town-owned vacant land at 125 Alexander Parkway to NE Edge, LLC, who plans to use it, along with two other adjacent parcels to build a three building campus...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Town Council approved bonding $2 million for the project in late April, and the school board estimated the work would be completed in early September. But the combination of a mandated 30-day waiting period before the purchase order could be issued to the...
