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Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

The city is seeking $6.9 million in state grants for environmental cleanup at the historic Yankee Pedlar Inn and at former industrial sites around town. Glenn Carbone, operations manager for Torrington Company site owner IRG Realty Advisors — and the mayor’s...
Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

Developer Sues Ledyard for Rejecting Mount Decatur Project

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

The two-year dispute between Gales Ferry residents and the developer seeking to level the north side of Mount Decatur took a new turn this week when the company sued the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission for rejecting the special permit. Gales Ferry Intermodal,...
Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

The real construction crisis isn’t a labor shortage – it’s a wage shortage | Opinion

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

Across New Jersey and across the country, trade unions have millions of workers ready to step onto job sites. These skilled workers are ready to build data centers, hydrogen hubs and other megaprojects in the pipeline. Millions more await a call to join as...
Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

With third major project completed, Green Hub Development becomes major player in Waterbury’s downtown revival efforts

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized

The city claimed the neglected building, at 36 North Main St., from a New York investor in 2013 for unpaid taxes. With lobbying from former Mayor Neil O’Leary’s administration, Gov. Dannel Malloy dedicated $10 million in state bond funding to help defray redevelopment...
Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

South Windsor approves solar facility, senior housing on farmland lots with developer connection

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved Tuesday night a 50-unit senior housing development on 16.5 acres of land at 186 Foster St. In a more contentious decision later that night, the commission voted 5-2 to allow for construction of a roughly...
Torrington seeks $6.9M in grants for environmental cleanup of Yankee Pedlar Inn and other sites

Branford to move events with town green, Main Street projects starting in spring

by Kimberly Glassman | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Downtown will be dug up when two big construction projects totaling about $20 million begin sometime in the spring, forcing the Branford Fest and other popular events to find a temporary home. The projects — reconstructing a long stretch of Main Street and renovating...
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