by Joelyn Leon | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
A new, undated memo from the DOT directs the department to give grant preferences to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” The action comes after the DOT announced that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy — who was confirmed to...
by Joelyn Leon | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Residents on both the east and west sides of the city say they live with intolerable traffic noise caused by highway construction projects and hope state officials can help. Two years ago, the state Department of Transportation embarked on a $500 million highway...
by Joelyn Leon | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
The administration of President Donald J. Trump has informed the Connecticut Department of Transportation it would, “to the maximum extent permitted by law,” link federal transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines, tolls and immigration enforcement. The...
by Joelyn Leon | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A renewable energy company has proposed a 12,000-panel solar farm on Lantern Hill Road. The proposal before the Connecticut Siting Council, by North Haven-based Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC, would transform 28 acres near the border of Ledyard into a 4.99-megawatt...
by Joelyn Leon | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week, President Donald Trump told federal agencies to stop disbursing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act funding, including money that Congress already authorized. The move has thrown climate and infrastructure projects at various...
by Joelyn Leon | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Principal Brian Scott said despite the subzero temperatures, most things went smoothly during the first day of classes in the new Torrington High School building Jan. 22. The four-story, 310-000-square-foot building will cost about $179.5 million, with the state...
