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...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The city is close to crafting an agreement with a Hartford developer to build a housing and retail development off Main Street in a public-private collaboration that would include municipal parking spots to replace those lost when the arcade was razed in 2018. The...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The proposal to renovate the school and make it handicap accessible was reviewed at the Planning & Zoning Commission’s Tuesday meeting, where the upgrades and preservation of the 1902 structure were endorsed by a number of community members. The expected...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
According to Mayor Elinor Carbone, the city is working with the building’s property owner, Torrington Standard, which in 2022 received funding for demolition and remediation. The City Council discussed the $2 million Brownfield Remediation Grant, allocated by...
by Joelyn Leon | Aug 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
The measure aims to restore an old definition of the “prevailing wage,” scrapped by President Ronald Reagan, that the Biden administration says would change pay standards on federal construction projects. Under the new rule, employers would be required to pay...
