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Montville seeks to make Route 32 more walkable
Sep. 27—MONTVILLE — Residents may soon be able to walk from Chili's to Cook Drive with a sidewalk under their feet. That's because the town, which recently received a $378,000 state grant aimed at making communities more walkable, has proposed using the money to build sidewalks on two small strips of Route 32. The two sidewalks would fill gaps in the existing sidewalk in the area. One would be ...
Montville discusses what it would do in case of a disastrous flood
Sep. 25—MONTVILLE — The town's fire marshal and the public safety commission on Monday discussed what the town would do in the event of severe flooding, like the disaster that washed away bridges and led to two deaths in Oxford last month. The Oxford floods were caused by heavy rainfall. Fire Marshal Paul Barnes told the commission Monday that the National Weather Service's initial forecast ...
East Lyme Board of Selectmen takes another look at populating the Fair Rent Commission
Sep. 27—EAST LYME — The five-member Fair Rent Commission was down two members in its first week of existence. The Board of Selectmen will meet Wednesday to fill the vacancies left when one member declined to accept his appointment and another turned out not to be a registered voter. The move comes after the selectmen's decision last week to appoint one Republican tenant, one Republican ...
Connecticut Drivers Beware: E-ZPass Toll Violation Texts Are Fake!
According to nj.com, another sneaky scam targets E-ZPASS customers in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This is a text messaging scam attempting to persuade E-ZPass customers to enter personal and financial information on a bogus website. If you receive a text from "NJ Turnpike Toll Services," DO NOT open the...
New London Gives $6.5 Million in Tax Breaks to Developer Planning to Build Housing on Land Condemned in the Kelo Case
Last year, I wrote about how there might finally be some development on the site of the property condemned as a result of the Supreme Court's 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, the controversial 5-4 decision in which the justices ruled that the condemnation of homes for private "economic development" is permissible under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which only allows takings for a "public use." In January 2023, Renaissance City Development Association (the private nonprofit development firm formerly known as the New London Development Corporation, which took ownership of the property after it was seized by eminent domain) sold the condemned land to a developer, which was planning to build new housing on it. Up to that point, the only regular users of the condemned land since the last homeowners were forced out were a colony of feral cats. The supposedly carefully planned development project that justified the condemnations fell through, as also did a number of later proposed uses for the land.
Connecticut Sun player, Gov. Ned Lamont join forces calling for gun control
When Olivia Nelson-Ododa came off the bench on Wednesday to help the Connecticut Sun complete a two-game sweep of Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever, her friends and family back home in Winder, Georgia, were undoubtedly cheering her on.
Officials encourage parents to talk to their children about the reality of school lockdowns and threats
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Police patrols at schools and classes on lockdown are becoming a common sight in Connecticut, with at least three dozen school threats reported across the state this school year, alone. On Sept. 23, officers responded to Vance Elementary School in New Britain with guns drawn...
Lost in Time: Connecticut Residents Recall Their Favorite Closed Businesses
This week we read that the last full-sized K-Mart in America will be closing its doors for good. We used this as a jumping-off point to ask the I-95 Morning Show listeners what defunct stores and restaurants they miss the most. These are some of our favorite answers that came...
Developer seeks financing approval for apartments at former Groton Inn & Suites
Sep. 26—GROTON — The developer and owner of a project to renovate the former Groton Inn and Suites at 99 Gold Star Highway into apartments are requesting approval for a financing mechanism for the 112-unit development. The owner, Arizona-based Community Finance Corporation, is seeking tax-exempt revenue bonds through the Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin to finance the project. The Public ...
The Main Events of the 2024 Festival Season in Connecticut are Here
This is the most wonderful time of year in Connecticut, the weather is perfect, the kids are back at school, and the crops have been harvested. The main events of the 2024 fair and festival season are happening over the next few weeks around our state, here's what's coming up.
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