by Joelyn Leon | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
The town is asking residents to vote on spending $16 million to save the original 1928 Farmington High School building. The cost of that project would be offset by $7 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the federal government, making the total price...
by Joelyn Leon | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Infrastructure was the buzzword on Wednesday as officials pushed ceremonial shovels into the ground to kick off the I-95 Exit 74 reconstruction project that will realign interchanges, widen lanes and replace the bridge at Route 161. The $150 million project is...
by Joelyn Leon | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
A group of local and state officials, from First Selectman Kevin Seery to Gov. Ned Lamont, stood in front of an excavator at the former site of the Starlight Inn Wednesday morning. Construction workers watched in their yellow vests and hard hats from the staging area...
by Joelyn Leon | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Eversource Energy has started work on a $12 million upgrade of its distribution network in northern Waterbury, company officials said this week. The project, which will be rolled out in phases through 2025, got underway earlier this year, according to Mitch Gross, an...
by Joelyn Leon | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
A mix of two- and three-bedroom condominiums are about to be built in New Britain near the southwestern edge of Batterson Park. The wooded field behind Frisbie’s Dairy Barn along Farmington Avenue will be cleared this summer, and new housing will be built starting...
by Joelyn Leon | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
City officials gathered Saturday morning to mark the 36th anniversary of the L’Ambiance Plaza collapse. L’Ambiance, a 16-story apartment building, was being built using lift-slab construction, in which the concrete slabs are poured on the ground, then...
