Don Stacom

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

In a town where more than 10 new residential complexes are already under construction or approved, a nonprofit formally opened the first phase of a $100 million project that will replace 213 outdated apartments for low-income and disabled senior citizens while adding 89 new ones. State officials called it the West Hartford project symbol of what other Connecticut communities should be doing to ease the housing shortage while also helping lower-income senior citizens remain in the state.

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

As e-bikes become more popular, a few Connecticut towns report growing conflicts between riders and pedestrians, motorists and even traditional cyclists. Rail trail users in some communities along with sidewalk pedestrians in larger cities say they’re having more encounters lately with reckless riders — sometimes speeding on large, heavy e-bikes that can resemble dirt bikes or small motorcyles.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Don Stacom

As e-bikes become more popular, a few Connecticut towns report growing conflicts between riders and pedestrians, motorists and even traditional cyclists. Rail trail users in some communities along with sidewalk pedestrians in larger cities say they’re having more encounters lately with reckless riders — sometimes speeding on large, heavy e-bikes that can resemble dirt bikes or small motorcyles.

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

Despite a company’s assurances about using only modern technology, its proposed trash-processing plant in Connecticut hit a wall of public opposition when residents recently voted 10-1 against the idea. The non-binding Plainfield referendum doesn’t stop the Smart Technologies LLC proposal, because the state government — not the town — has authority over it.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Don Stacom

Armed with $8 million in aid from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration, town leaders are looking to the day when earthmovers and dump trucks will begin clearing the wreckage of a burned, abandoned mill that’s been stood as a derelict eyesore for two generations. Restoring the InterRoyal mill property in Plainfield is more than another brownfield cleanup, they say, because the 16-acre site could become the heart of an energetic, thriving town center that Plainfield has never had.