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Mayor Cassetti: Ansonia Shopping Center Owner Needs To Step It Up
ANSONIA – Some five years after Big Y packed up its Ansonia store and moved to Derby, Mayor David Cassetti said on Wednesday that the owner of the Ansonia Shopping Center isn’t doing enough to fill the now mostly vacant plaza. “We’ve had many different stores wanting to...
Brandau Named Second Team Academic All-American
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Matt Brandau ’24 has added one more honor to his outstanding Yale career. Brandau was named to the 2023-24 Academic All-America® men’s at-large second team as selected by College Sports Communicators. Brandau, an economics major, is one of the most decorated student-athletes in the long history of Yale men’s lacrosse. His honors this spring as a senior include being named the Ivy League, New England and ECAC Player of the Years. In addition, he was one of five men’s finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, which is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top…
Broadway star, Fradiani, heads 2024 Savin Rock Festival’s bill
Broadway star and “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani will headline the Savin Rock Festival on July 27 in Old Grove Park, 1 Palace St. On July 26, the festival’s opening night will feature the tribute band Foreigner Journey Experience. Mayor Dorinda Borer said the annual event will...
West Haven police commissioner resigns after berating man in custody
WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — On Thursday evening, West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer told News 8 that the Chair of the West Haven Board of Police Commissioners and Police Commissioner Raymond Collins III has resigned. According to Borer, she met with Collins after learning about an incident that took place in June involving him and […]
Westbrook Outlets redevelopment would include apartments, a hotel, and more
WESTBROOK, CT (WFSB) - Big plans could be in store for a shoreline shopping center. There was a meeting Thursday night to hear about a multi-million-dollar plan to revamp the Westbrook Outlets. The plan would include revamping the outlets and putting in hundreds of new apartments, town homes, a hotel,...
Guilford business owner pleads guilty to tax charges
GUILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The owner of a Guilford business pled guilty to tax charges on Thursday. Michelle Ann Gilson, 38, co-owned and co-operated B&M Package Solutions, Inc. and formerly owned and operated Epic Empirez, Inc.. In court, Gilson admitted she did not pay the withheld employee taxes as well as the employers’ share of […]
Electricity Turned Off At Tiny Shelters
Joel Nieves woke up in his tiny backyard home on Rosette Street Thursday morning and noticed the air was warm — too warm. At 9:24 a.m., at the Elicker administration’s behest, United Illuminating (UI) shut off the power to six pre-fab shelters, including the one that Nieves has been living out of.
Monkey found in Old Saybrook backyard has been re-homed to an out-of-state facility
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (WTNH) — The monkey that was found in a backyard in Old Saybrook earlier this month has been re-homed. The marmoset variant was sent to the Beardsley Zoo after being found in a residential shed on July 1. After spending around two weeks in the zoo’s care, the monkey has now been […]
Science Hill Build-Up Cleared For Takeoff
A green, landscaped, public-welcoming entry point to Yale’s northeastern campus is coming to Science Hill — as part of a Yale Bowl-sized redevelopment project, including a massive new lab and classroom building, newly approved by the City Plan Commission. Commissioners voted unanimously in support of that proposal Wednesday...
Second Annual Build-A-Backpack Drive Scheduled Aug. 10 In Seymour
Love Mom XOXO Foundation, in partnership with the Town of Seymour, will be hosting its second annual build-a-backpack drive scavenger hunt at Ronald Randall Field (20 Pine St.) in Seymour from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. Entry is free, and children will be given school supplies during...
Self-Storage OK’d For Ex-Factory
City Plan commissioners approved a plan to convert up to 65,000 square feet of industrial space on Lenox Street into self-storage units — after deciding that that controversially quiet use fit better at a former factory in the Heights than at a former factory in Newhallville. They took that...
Some in East Haddam community say issues run deeper after alleged racist bullying of middle school student
Angered but not surprised. That’s the message from some in the East Haddam community after an investigation was launched into racist messages targeting a middle school student. They say the news of the bullying isn’t surprising and the issue runs deeper. “It was like a sense of déjà...
Killingworth Community Fund Awards Two College Scholarships
(July 18, 2024) — The Killingworth Community Fund at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County is pleased to announce the awarding of the Marjorie Kirk Ullrich Scholarship for Excellence in the Fine Arts to Nicolette Hines, and the newly established Laura Englebright Scholarship for Community and Civic Service to Luke Dooley. Both are June 2024 graduates of Haddam Killingworth High School.
Sound Schoolers Test The Waters
The traffic from the Q Bridge rumbled overhead, oblivious to the scene below at the mouth of the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers, as two students on a small Sound School boat lowered a piece of scientific equipment into the water, at surface and at depth. The reason: to continue a...
CCSU Cross Country 2024 Season Schedule Revealed: Coach Eric Blake Leads Teams to Championship Races
The Central Connecticut State University cross country teams unveiled their 2024 season schedules, with a focus on championship races in November. Each team will have one meet in August and September, followed by three meets in both October and November. The CCSU cross country teams will have a total of...
Architecture, Interior Design Firm Announces Merger
Simsbury, CT – Phase Zero Design Corporation, a commercial architecture, interior design, and branding firm with offices in Simsbury, Conn.; Hingham, Mass.; and Cary, N.C. announced it has merged with Colliers Engineering & Design, a privately held company headquartered in Holmdel, N.J. with over 75 offices throughout the U.S. Phase Zero Design will rebrand as Colliers Engineering & Design in late 2024.
Burlington dog pound urges people to adopt as shelter reaches capacity
Three dogs are up for adoption in Burlington as the town’s dog pound is at full capacity. “Our numbers have probably doubled in the last two years. I wouldn’t say that we’ve ever been full to capacity like we are right now,” said animal control officer Katherine Meskun.
Hartford office leasing up 10%, vacancy rate improves as more tenants opt to stay put
The greater Hartford office market saw more leasing and slightly less vacant space in recent months, with positive trends in the second quarter for the first time since 2020, according to real estate experts. Commercial broker CBRE reported that greater Hartford’s overall office vacancy rate dropped to 23.3 percent in...
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