...much else anywhere local, the closest italian ice is in Middletown or New Haven,” Fremut said. “We want to enjoy the community that I grew up in and see the kids enjoy it.” The italian ice is coming from Micalizzi’s in Bridgeport, where McDonald grew up and became friends with...
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...a post-and-beam gazebo built of pine timber, will cost $49,729 and the Mile Creek outdoor classroom, which will be built in partnership with the Vinal Technical School in Middletown, will cost $30,000. Replacing the oldest pieces of playground equipment will cost $304,120. Solar panels, display boards, and replacing “crumbling” steps...
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MIDDLETOWN — On Tuesday night, current students and recent graduates of Middletown High School voiced support for ending a program that places police officers in district schools. The public comment was part of a meeting of the Middletown School Resource Officer Exploratory Committee, which was formed in March to evaluate...
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...state’s attorney in Middletown, Michael Gailor, has been investigating the case and has taken too long to complete and publish his report. Public confidence in the police requires much quicker accountability. Governor Lamont should see to it. —– Chris Powell is a columnist for the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut....
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HARTFORD — A proposal that would have sent millions of dollars to some public schools beginning next year through a change in state funding meant to further equity between Connecticut school districts has been postponed for further study. It’s a proposal that would have given $6.2 million to Middletown, $9.4...
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...as East Haddam, Warner said. Ann Faust, a Haddam resident and executive director of the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Middletown, said she raised her children in Haddam, and when they and their friends tried to move back to Haddam, they couldn’t find a place to live and moved...
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...history of racism and slavery in the area.” Weeks earlier in a news story published by the Middletown Press, he made similar claims. In response to a query, Neviaser replied, “No. It is not correct. We have no association with Mr. Jungkeit.” One member of the Lyme-Old Lyme Board of...
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Off-peak buses could be running between Old Saybrook and Hartford by Aug. 22 if a proposed transit plan is approved. The proposed schedule for the weekday Middletown-Old Saybrook Express [921] bus includes the same four morning trips from Old Saybrook to Hartford and adds two afternoon trips, which would leave...
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...April 7 meeting, the region’s board of education approved a contract of no more than $30,000 with Vinal Technical School in Middletown to build a classroom at Mile Creek Elementary School in the form of a 15 foot by 30 foot gazebo. The Vinal Technical School students will construct and...
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...before seeds start to drop around August. Wentling said that last year the conservancy’s pulling efforts focused on the Mattabassett River in Middletown, Vinton’s Millpond in South Windsor and Keeney Cove in Glastonbury. The DEEP funding is meant to increase efforts in those areas, but having additional staff should help...
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MIDDLETOWN – Despite council members’ objections to plans to build a new natural gas-fired turbine at a Middletown power plant, efforts to end a tax agreement with the plant’s owner have been put temporarily on hold. Mayor Ben Florsheim said during the Common Council meeting Monday night that Princeton, New...
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...Drug Store in Norwich The Yale New Haven Health Clinic at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville The Middlesex Health Shoreline Medical Center in Westbrook The Community Health Center Clinic at Wesleyan University in Middletown Cross Street AME Zion Church in Middletown Middletown Housing Authority locations at Maplewood Terrace and Traverse Square...
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MIDDLETOWN — Soon Middletown property owners willing to complete at least $15,000 of restoration work on a historic structure could qualify for up to 10 years of full or partial property tax abatements. The Middletown Common Council last week voted unanimously to approve the program. Middletown Director of Planning, Conservation...
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The Middletown Common Council voted unanimously on Monday night to purchase four properties as part of its long-term plan to develop the waterfront. The purchases, which are valued at $2.55 million, are part of a larger $55 million bonded project to develop properties and improve public infrastructure in Middletown’s downtown...
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...law, would allow lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes for incidents during the last year. State Senator Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, who supports the legislation, praised the governor for not extending immunity, but said the he disagreed with the grant of immunity from the start. “I think that it was...
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...of their lives. Jacqueline LeBlanc Middletown, CT Here are some helpful links that provide more insight into how this issue is actually affecting transgender youth: Journalist Sam Levin interviewed kids across the U.S. about the Republican bills targeting their rights for The Guardian. Many have faced these attacks for years...
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...developments in Essex, have so far not attracted people from Connecticut’s cities. At H.O.P.E. Partnership’s newly opened Lofts at Spencer’s Corner, for example, the 17 affordable units attracted one family came from Middletown and one from East Haddam, but the other units were rented by local families with children already...
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...begin to take steps to fix it and people who see those problems and don’t. — Tucker McLean Salls, Middletown … One size does not fit all. Please leave Planning, Zoning, and Development up to the individual towns and cities. The local residents and property owners know best what fits...
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...protect jobs in the state. Susan Halpin, a lobbyist for the Connecticut Association of Health Plans, which represents the insurance industry, echoed this. “[The public option] puts us out of business, if you take it down to its full conclusion,” said Halpin. Concerns State Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, co-chair of...
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...of the 2019 lawsuit State Rep. Quentin Phipps, D-Middletown, said this could mean a loss of funding in the prisoner’s district of residence, where the prisoners often have relatives. “We have members of our community that are entitled to resources and support and assistance and care, and those resources will...
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MIDDLETOWN — City Hall and Russell Library will provide free, public WiFi networks as part of a statewide initiative to bring reliable internet access to underserved communities, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday morning. In a press conference in Middletown, Lamont said that these locations will be the first of 200...
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...talks about the fact that he was the youngest legislator, the youngest African-American legislator, that he would be the first Latino mayor. The mayor of Middletown is 27, and if Aundré gets elected he’ll be 26, so then he’d be the youngest mayor in the state. To me, this is...
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...site, and have some creative uses for it in the future,” Florsheim told his Facebook audience. Middletown voters overwhelmingly approved the $5 million open space bond in 2019. It is Middletown’s fourth open space bond since voters approved the first in 1989 – a $5 million package that allowed the...
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MIDDLETOWN — NRG Energy, a New Jersey-based energy company, announced on Monday that it was selling 4.8 gigawatts worth of “non-core fossil assets” to a subsidiary of Boston-based ArcLight Capital Partners for $760 million. An NRG spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the sale includes all four of the company’s power plants...
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MIDDLETOWN — A gas-fired power plant that drew controversy over plans to build a new turbine was among the fossil fuel plants NRG Energy is selling, Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim said Monday night. NRG announced Monday that it was selling 4.8 GW of fossil fuel generating assets to Generation Bridge,...
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...of the farmers. Farmers can use the website to upload inventories, and let shoppers browse the produce. For pick-up, Ostfeld also runs two Saturday pop-up markets in East Lyme and Middletown. She said that all of the farmers she partners with are committed to sustainable practices — rotating crops, composting...
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...a big supporter of legalization, but from what I’m reading, people still have a lot of concerns with this proposal from an equity standpoint, but I’m confident those will get ironed out. I think Middletown would be a great location for a dispensary. There is a medical dispensary right over...
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...to move backward.” State Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, said he thinks these measures will be important for people who can’t get to the polls on election day — individuals who work multiple jobs, for instance. But allowing for early voting and no-excuse ballots would require a statewide referendum and an...
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MIDDLETOWN — A plan to replace two aging turbines on a Middletown natural gas-fired power plant will wait at least another year after the project failed to secure funding through the regional energy market this week. Princeton-based NRG’s plans to replace two gas-fired turbines built in 1958 and 1964 at...
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...around Killingly in that way, this far in the process,” Needleman said. Needleman said he has similar concerns about efforts to stop the replacement of two decades-old turbines at a gas-fired plant along the Connecticut River in Middletown. “We all want to move away from fossil fuels,” Needleman said. While...
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