Behind the scenes of the Yale Peabody Museum as renovations enter final phas

The Yale Peabody Museum building renovations are nearly done. For the next year, museum curators, staff and construction personnel will put the final touches on the building and re-install exhibits for the reopening in 2024. The lobby entrance, once a narrow gothic arch congested by school groups has been widened. A new freight elevator, rated […]

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Debt ceiling deal would speed environmental permitting

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck an agreement late Saturday to suspend the debt ceiling for two years. The result of their talks, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, will cut $136 billion in federal spending and avert a default, and most notably for the nation’s civil contractors, includes measures to accelerate environmental […]

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Torrington mining operation gets permit renewal, with conditions to address neighbors’ complaints

Haynes and O&G were granted another two-year mining permit by the Planning & Zoning Commission, but with conditions aimed to address complaints from neighbors about noise and idling vehicles. The Haynes materials quarry, a mining operation partnership with O&G Industries, has been running for more than 20 years, with trucks and machinery running from 7 […]

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Middletown 414-unit apartment complex could generate $1.5 billion for local economy

Springside Middletown will be one of the largest apartment complexes in Middlesex County when construction is finished, but that’s not why this project is being deemed “historic.” Following the May 16 groundbreaking on the planned 414-unit apartment complex off Newfield Street near the Cromwell line, Bob Dale, a principal of the real estate development firm […]

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Danbury’s Immaculate High to begin $3M campus repairs, replace track and turf field: ‘way overdue’

A long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony will signal the start of a facelift at Immaculate High School, with the focus on a new turf field and track along with upgrades in the building and parking lot. The groundbreaking is set for 12:30 p.m. June 6 on the field at Immaculate, which serves students from 28 communities in […]

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New Hartford site emerges as potential location for new, $335M federal courthouse

A new site for a federal courthouse in Hartford emerged Tuesday outside of downtown that would be among the three under consideration to replace the 60-year-old Abraham A. Ribicoff Federal Building and Courthouse on Main Street. A state office building on 10 acres at 61 Woodland St. in the city’s Asylum Hill neighborhood is now […]

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A look at Groton’s unused, town-owned properties

Amid significant growth in the region and a major housing shortage, the town is looking at how to decide the fate of more than 50 unused town-owned properties that have been vacant for years, while involving community members more. They have created a Property Re-Use Committee and stopped issuing requests for proposals for the properties, […]

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