‘We Just Need a Tool’: Bill Aims to Bolster Smaller CT Towns in Battle Against Blight

— Cate Hewitt,

In 2021, Torrington filed a case against the Yankee Pedlar Inn, asking for a court-appointed receiver. The case is scheduled to go to trial on April 11. (Image: Google maps)

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HARTFORD — In towns across Connecticut, blighted buildings often remain eyesores for years because local ordinances have very little teeth other than levying fines and imposing liens. 

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