...that to happen.” Gillett said that only a handful of states have seriously explored performance-based ratemaking. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, co-chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, said he and Gillett worked hard to get performance-based ratemaking into the utility reform bill and don’t want to see any impediments....
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...in our wonderful state. And, less than one week out from the end of Session, my colleagues and I are already taking about unfinished business and where to focus our individual and collective energy next year. State Rep. Christine Palm represents Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam in Connecticut General Assembly...
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...to the state’s roads. Meanwhile opponents warn that the tax will increase the prices of consumer goods and will fall unfairly on Connecticut-based trucking. In the House, where the bill passed 88-59, every Republican and six Democrats voted against the bill. Two Democrats — State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, and...
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...confident it will pass before the end of the session at midnight. After a debate that stretched for hours on the Senate floor, Connecticut Examiner spoke with several legislators to get insight into how they ended up deciding to cast their votes. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, was one of...
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...headed up to Essex for a meal at the Griswold Inn. “Everything was new,” Ballou said, reflecting on his journey. “Even though the scenery didn’t surprise me, it was new. I had never seen what was around this corner before, it was brand new. And that was a lot of...
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...Haven, chair of the Labor committee, said the bill is aimed at helping workers move into the growing renewable energy sector with “high paying, liveable, sustainable wages,” and at ensuring that people from within Connecticut are hired for these jobs. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, chair of the Energy and...
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...compost. Old Saybrook started a similar food scrap recycling program this January, and Essex First Selectman Norm Needleman said the Sustainable Essex committee took that idea and ran with it. Sue Abbott, chair of the Sustainable Essex committee, said the town considered other options like composting at the transfer station...
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...paying the same price. The municipality is trying to do its job fairly and treating everybody equally,” said State Sen. Steve Cassano, D-Manchester, co-chair of the Planning and Development Committee, who co-sponsored the legislation with State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, vice chair of the committee. State Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield,...
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...Town Transit buses. The bus service will still make stops at Silver Street in Middletown and at the Chester, Essex and Old Saybrook park and rides. The proposed schedule also adds a morning bus from Hartford to Old Saybrook, and adjusts the departure times for the five afternoon buses leaving...
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OLD LYME — Essex Savings Bank has accepted a cash offer for 99 Halls Road from town resident David Kelsey, putting an end to a controversial plan by Big Y Express to open a gas station and convenience store at the location. “The reason that the deal is off with...
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...this in place, we might not have been caught so flat-footed,” said State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, who co-sponsored the bill. “First responders went into the state supply of N95 masks, and they were all expired. That’s just one example of the fact that in many ways, we were not...
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...of some bad thing happening.” “One of my clients got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine before the pause, and then when she heard about everything, she had panic attacks,” said Julia Israelski, a licensed clinical social worker in Essex. “She became really preoccupied with every sensation she had because she...
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...to 54.2 percent of adults across the United States. Data show that Lyme, Essex and Old Saybrook are the towns with the highest percentage of fully vaccinated individuals in the state. Old Lyme, Guilford, East Lyme and Madison also placed in the top 10. As an incentive for young people...
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...Chester, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook — on and along the Connecticut River. A review by Gateway considers the natural and traditional river scene, including the development pattern of the area, building height, density and setbacks, said Willis. In this case, the long-standing commercial...
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...impact of dramatically reducing — with intention — the local neighborhood zoning public hearings,” she said. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, said he supported the new legislation, but expected more changes before the bill reached a final draft, given the complexity of the issues involved. Needleman said that municipalities should...
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...to figure out what we’re going to do,” said Griswold. State Sen. Norm Needleman, the first selectman of Essex said that it was “very disappointing” that the state police could not work out an arrangement with resident trooper towns to charge them a fee to continue storing footage for them....
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...Norm Needleman, D-Essex, introduced the bill on the Senate floor. He noted that municipalities wishing to permanently expand the availability of outdoor dining would be allowed to speed up changes to their zoning rules. “As the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, outdoor dining was a lifeline for many restaurants around...
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...4, which serves the towns of Chester, Deep River and Essex, have formed racial equity teams or committees. Brian White, superintendent of Region 4 schools, explained that they would be evaluating “district practices pertaining to school climate and our curriculum in all grades k-12.” In Lyme-Old Lyme schools, a racial...
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...or exactly what zoning would say,” said Rojas. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, vice chair of Planning and Development, said that there is a general recognition that the problem of economic and racial segregation in the state needs to be addressed, but that limits on available jobs and transportation pose...
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...are proposed for connecting properties at 99 Halls Road and 25 Neck Road that total 2.18 acres when combined. Essex Savings Bank, located on an adjacent property at 101 Halls Road, owns both parcels. The commission will decide whether or not the project will have significant impact on the vernal...
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...which not coincidentally were right next to the railroad tracks. This allowed me to attend an excellent public school. It is my hope that passage of SB 1024 will permit more towns in Connecticut to provide young people the opportunities I enjoyed as a child… — Mark Pierce, Essex, CT...
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...agreement will turn MIRA’s recycling facility in Hartford into a transfer station that would send materials to Berlin to be processed. The Berlin facility would process most of the recyclable materials MIRA collects. Materials collected at the Essex transfer station will be sent to the Willimantic Waste facility in Windham....
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...nose under the tent. It won’t stop at one mill per $1000 of assessed value, and it won’t be limited to “mansions” over $300,000 of assessed value. Tax spigots, once turned on, are not turned off. Now is the time to say no to Hartford. Sydney M. Williams Essex, CT...
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OLD LYME — At its Thursday meeting, the Halls Road Improvements Committee addressed two officers of Essex Savings Bank concerning the committee’s opposition to a Big Y Express gas station and convenience store proposed for a property on Halls Road that is owned by the bank. “One of our biggest...
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...had already cleared about 12 acres of woodland of a 120-acre site once planned as an extension of The Oaks subdivision. The final hurdle, a site plan review, allows the developers to begin installing 7,566 panels. The owner of the project is affiliated with Essex-based Independence Solar. The land cleared...
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...and has written letters opposing the project, told members of the Zoning Commission that he rejected the premise that an outdoor restaurant can be treated like an indoor restaurant. Colt Taylor, chef-owner of The Essex in Centerbrook, is partnering with the current owner of the Dock & Dine property… Posted...
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...Horton said that, if the legislature expanded what costs Eversource could securitize, it would be an option to limit the impacts to customer bills because it could spread the payment of large costs out over a longer period of time. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, co-chair of the Energy and...
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ESSEX — Closed for over a year to repair damage from a fire last January, the Black Seal restaurant on Main St. in Essex Village reopened to eager customers last weekend. “We had people out there at 11, 11:15, waiting to get in to their usual bar seat,” Black Seal...
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...prices but I’m a one-man show, right? I have one store and it’s going to put me out of business,” said Shah, who has owned Andy’s since 2003. Brett Enman, of Treasures located at 95 Halls Road, said it was not in the best interest of the community for Essex...
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...there was any chance that they will actually roll it back in [to the DOT] but you know there have been issues there,” said State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, a co-sponsor of the bill and a member of the Transportation Committee. “A lot of them are explainable, some of them...
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