...and needed improvement.” At the state level, State Rep. Kathleen McCarty, R-Waterford, a ranking member of the Education Committee, said expanding the mandates on school districts right now is just not realistic. “We just spent the last couple years putting out high school requirements, so my voice I think is...
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...pump station, wastewater will travel north along Portland Avenue to Route 156 and east through East Lyme and Waterford to the wastewater treatment plant in New London. Timothy Griswold, First Selectman, said the town negotiated with Frank Maratta, the principal of Long Island Sound Properties, which owns the two properties,...
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After a steep rate hike on July 1 by Eversource Energy was met with outrage from customers across Connecticut, the company – New England’s largest energy provider – responded by blaming the Connecticut legislature for forcing it into a long-term contract subsidizing Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford. A bipartisan...
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...expected,” said Frischling. Donations can be brought to the Montville Fire Co #1, Mohegan Fire Company, Chesterfield Fire Company and Oakdale Fire Department. Blais Transportation LLC in Salem is providing a driver team and trailer to ship the materials, and Shipman’s Fire Equipment in Waterford will be covering travel-related expenses....
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...Cafe in Waterford, sees it differently. “I think that if people work, and work hard, they should be paid for it,” he said. He believes that if businesses can’t afford the minimum wage hike, then “we just have to be smarter about our business model.” Buscetto has been in business...
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...to rent facility space from Waterford. But, it’s not unreasonable to assume that additional staffing and care for detainees will cost the town more money yearly, than negotiating a partnership with regional police departments. 30 months has passed since that letter was written, 18 since the referendum. In that time...
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...addressing their social and emotional development. Jason Adler, a counselor at Waterford High School and president of the Waterford Federation of Teachers, alluded to a practical challenge to dealing with student’s emotional needs: the fact that the mandatory masks will cover up facial cues that teachers use to recognize how...
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...in 1897, died in 2002,” White said. “And my grandfather was very conscious of history. He lived from 1861 to 1952, he spanned from Lincoln to Eisenhower.” White’s grandfather, father and brother are well-known painters. George White founded the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford in 1964. White said that...
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...in the greater Groton, Stonington and maybe Waterford areas where you basically are in pretty tight proximity to major employers that are having kind of a housing crunch. These things are going to be more effective in those places where people want to move because of employment or a combination...
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...stand followed a series of difficult decisions brought on by COVID-19 that included shutting down the Waterford farmers market, which Schacht said he and his wife managed with their neighbor Hazel Secchiaroli. “When we got to see the state’s guidance on how to operate the markets, we realized there was...
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...weekly during the summer at beaches in East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New London, Old Lyme, Stonington, and Waterford. It started sampling on May 20 this year, and conducts weekly tests from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Advisory levels are set by the state: 104 colonies of enterococcal organisms per 100...
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...North Stonington, Stonington and Waterford. The consultations and treatments are free to all residents in the eight towns. According to Philip Armstrong, a virologist and medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, neither of these types of treatments are necessarily helpful in preventing Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE. “These...
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...Stonington, 25%; and Waterford, 22%. The data, developed for AdvanceCT, is as of 2017, when 16% of the state’s population was age 65 or older. The State Plan draft goes on to explain, “the population shift broken down by age creates a dramatic depiction of the Connecticut population. Between 2010...
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WATERFORD & DEEP RIVER — Architect Chris Arelt stood barefoot on the polished concrete floors of his client’s house and pointed to the tiny square lights that were set flush with the living room ceiling. “These tiny LED fixtures with no trim are hugely important,” he said. “They add up...
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...districts would be required to reopen classrooms in the fall. State Rep. Kathleen McCarty, R-Waterford, ranking member on Appropriations, asked whether the state could fulfill its obligations to ensure equitable education given this flexibility. “Is there going to be an equity issue across the state then since we know in-person...
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...told his town’s Board of Education at a Thursday night Zoom meeting. “We’ll figure out something in the next couple of days. We’re going to see how the weekend goes. Beaches around us from both sides — Waterford and Old Lyme — have closed. The state’s [beaches and parks] are...
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Municipal governments across Connecticut have until Saturday, April 25 to choose one of two local tax leniency programs mandated by Governor Ned Lamont in executive orders signed on April 1 and April 9. The two options, one a tax deferment program and the other a low interest program, would apply...
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...Food Bank at 488 Town Street in East Haddam When: 10am to 11:50am and 2:30pm to 5:25pm on Tuesdays What: Pre-bagged groceries Who: Anyone How: Just show up! Where: Chester, Deep River and Essex Elementary Schools, East Lyme Public Schools, Waterford Public Schools, Old Saybrook Public Schools and Stonington Public...
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...according to statements from Waterford First Selectman Rob Brule and Stonington First Selectman Danielle Cheesebrough. Waterford has canceled all of its board and commission meetings for the rest of March, Stonington has canceled all meetings deemed “non-essential,” and Lyme’s First Selectman Steven Mattson ordered all board and commissions meetings either...
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The Siting Council has canceled the March 31 public hearing for a solar project on Oil Mill Road in Waterford due to statewide measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. In a March 12 memo to parties and intervenors, Melanie Bachman, executive director of the council, said a new...
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NEW BRITAIN — The Siting Council has set March 31 for a field review, hearing and public comment concerning a reopened application for a 15.3-megawatt, 75-acre solar array project on 117 Oil Mill Road in Waterford. Melanie Bachman, executive director of the council, led a pre-hearing conference at the Siting Council...
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...Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at the farm. Schacht said the farm will sell produce at the Waterford farmers market on Saturdays and the Chester farmers market on Sundays once the season begins in June. The farm also has a CSA program for families in need. Once the season...
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WATERFORD — The Connecticut Siting Council voted Thursday to reopen a solar project slated for 117 Oil Mill Road in Waterford and will hold a public hearing on the matter at a date to be determined. “The reopened matter will be entitled, “Petition 1347A” and as soon as we are...
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...frequently partners with Waterford and East Lyme’s centers in organizing bus trips, in part to ensure that there are enough participants signing up to fill a bus. Several senior centers around southeastern Connecticut share a website, and their professional staff meet on a regular basis during the year, said Gould. ...
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...In Waterford, the opposite it was the opposite. Apartments grew in value while residential and commercial assessments saw a slight decline. Waterford has about twice as much residential and commercial assessed value as New London, while New London has more than ten times the assessed value for apartments as Waterford....
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...2016. Locations providing breakfast in the Waterford-Groton-New London area “There was a major federal push in the years preceding 2016 with summer meals, but since then there has been a national dip with the decline in publicity. The USDA holds a lot of weight in promoting the program,” Frassinelli said....
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...free and reduced meals after Medicaid data factored into determinations — an increase of 10.8 percent in Westbrook and Region 4, a 10.5 percent increase in Lyme-Old Lyme, a 7.3 percent increase in East Lyme, and 9.3 percent increase in Waterford. In comparison, in New London — where more than...
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...has 39, Waterford has 49, and Branford has 53. Spera said that in recent years the Old Saybrook police department has reduced its number of senior-level officers and increased its number of patrolmen. “I came in with a vision and a desire to trim down the top and boost up...
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...happened last season and what to plan for in 2020. According to CAES, mosquitoes testing postive for EEE in 2019, were found in Bethany, Chester, Darien, Groton, East Lyme, Haddam, Hampton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lyme, Madison, Middlefield, Monroe, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Plainfield, Shelton, South Windsor, Stamford, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford....
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...New London’s intention to renegotiate the tri-town sewer agreement will significantly impact costs for Sound View, Waterford or East Lyme residents (the chartered communities have locked in agreements). With newly-elected First Selectman Tim Griswold taking on the never-ending negotiations for a ‘fair’ division of costs between Sound View residents for...
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