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OPINION: Mystic paid parking sinks like a leaking ship
Oct. 5—I will give Stonington First Selectwoman Danielle Chesebrough credit for adroitly accepting defeat and apparently pivoting, as her plan to impose a complicated paid parking system in downtown Mystic blew up in her face Thursday night. Like the captain of a sinking ship, Chesebrough wisely headed toward the nearest shore and hit the throttle hard, eventually safely beaching the wreck of ...
Italian flag-raising ceremony in New London
Oct. 4—NEW LONDON — Members of the local Italian-American community gathered at the steps of City Hall for a flag-raising ceremony Friday. Mayor Michael Passero, John Satti, of the New London City Council, and Bill Satti, each said a few words during the ceremony. Later, Jim Butler read a statement from his 98-year-old mother, Eleanor Satti Butler, who was not in attendance. In the statement, ...
Norwich considers renovation plan to allow marina restaurant to open in colder months
Oct. 5—NORWICH — The restaurant at the Marina at American Wharf for decades has offered scenic waterfront views and atmosphere in the summer, but has been forced to go dark when wintry weather hits. A plan in the works by marina owners Patrick and Brittany Dwyer and city officials would allow the restaurant and bar to remain open for much later into the fall and earlier in the spring, although ...
East Lyme water officials turn attention to 'forever chemicals' after fixing long-standing manganese issues
Oct. 5—EAST LYME — A water system plagued for years by the smelly, brownish-red scourge of manganese is in the clear now that the town's last unfiltered well has been connected through a 3,500-foot pipe to the Bride Brook Water Treatment Plant. Water and Sewer Department Chief Operating Officer Ben North said the project to rid the water supply of iron and manganese was completed in August as ...
DEEP to ask residents for design advice for new Seaside Plan
Oct. 4—WATERFORD — The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will hold a workshop on Oct. 17 to have members of the public weigh in on the design of the new version of Seaside State Park. The meeting, which will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium, is the last step in a series of public outreach initiatives taken by DEEP to help it implement a Passive Park ...
Local officials confident state still on board with offshore wind
Oct. 4—Gov. Ned Lamont may have balked at the most recent opportunity to sign a deal to supply more offshore wind power to the state, but local officials remain optimistic that a $310 million investment in State Pier was a sound one. Leaders from New London and the Connecticut Port Authority, which owns State Pier in New London, agree that offshore wind farms are an important part of the ...
Nuclear power plant waste facilities closing
Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut will close three waste storage facilities at its power station in Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reports. The Millstone Nuclear Power Station (Millstone) in Waterford is the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut, according to DEEP. The plant has been operating since the 1960s. More than one-third of the […] The post Nuclear power plant waste facilities closing appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
New London City Council to discuss reforming joint budget task force with Board of Ed
Oct. 4—NEW LONDON — The City Council on Monday will consider resurrecting a joint budget task force with the school board that will function as a sort of early fiscal warning system before formal spending plans are introduced. A proposed resolution calls for convening a six-member group comprised of two council and two Board of Education members, along with the presidents of the respective ...
Norwich business grant recipients gather to celebrate boost to their projects
Oct. 4—NORWICH — More than 50 city government and business leaders gathered on the City Hall plaza Friday to celebrate $6 million in federal pandemic recovery funds spent on local development projects. For every dollar spent, Norwich Community Development Corp. President Kevin Brown said, another $6 in private funding was spent on the recipient projects. Upon receipt in April 2021 of $28.8 ...
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