Don Stacom

Bristol

Reporter at Hartford Courant

Bristol and New Britain CT reporter for The Hartford Courant. Connecticut transportation news: @Stacom_Transit

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Articles

Tax abatements could save CT apartment developer money while generating new taxes for city

6 days ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

A proposed tax abatement deal for the 150-unit Commerce Center apartment complex would save The Simon Konover Co. at least $5.2 million over the next eight years but also generate as much as $2.3 million in new taxes, according to the town’s analysis. Once the eight-year abatement ends, Konover would pay full taxes on the project and the town of East Hartford could expect to take in more than $1 million a year, the analysis said.
CT company under fire. This time for quarry expansion plan near neighborhoods.

1 week ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

Tilcon Connecticut, the company that was at the center of a major controversy eight years ago over gravel quarrying in central Connecticut, has come under fire from Plainville residents for its newest quarry expansion proposal. The company wants to rezone more than 80 acres of woodlands near Metacomet Road and Pinnacle Rock in Plainville to allow gravel mining.
One of CT’s few remaining independent hospitals axes jobs but posts first surplus in years

1 week ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

One of CT’s few remaining independent hospitals axes jobs but posts first surplus in years
One of CT’s few remaining independent hospitals axes jobs but posts first surplus in years

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Don Stacom

The Connecticut hospital is cutting 60 administrative and clerical jobs — about a third of them through layoffs — but has been able to finish the first five months of the new fiscal year with a modest surplus instead of continuing a two-year pattern of losses that topped $30 million.
Well-known and family-owned CT garden center is on the move. Here’s why and where it’s headed.

1 week ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

Well-known and family-owned CT garden center is on the move. Here’s why and where it’s headed.
State to decide aid requests for mall redevelopment, Connecticut River facilities

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Don Stacom

Several months after providing $6.5 million to advance the planned Konover apartment complex in East Hartford, the state is expected to provide $1.5 million on Friday for improvements on the city’s waterfront. The new funding is part of a concentrated drive in the past few years to revive the once-thriving industrial town as developers look to infuse it with a series of modern apartment and mixed-use projects.
East Coast developer plans 153 apartments as part of expansion into central CT

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

The Pittsburgh-area company that's been approved to build more than 200 apartments in Newington is seeking permission to put up 153 in Rocky Hill. A.R. Building Co. wants to clear a wooded lot behind the Sheraton and put up three four-story apartment buildings. Originally Published: April 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM EDT
After 20 years, a central CT property could finally end up with new housing

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

A CT municipal inspector says he reported building violations. He claims he was fired because of it.
More than 200 apartments proposed along I-91 in central CT town

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

A CT law that just was not enforced. It cost residents and the state.
As CT towns plan their budgets, some anticipate huge tax increases. Here’s why

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Don Stacom

While most Connecticut communities are proposing relatively modest tax increases of 1 to 4% and a few plan no change at all, several are warning of heftier hikes and at least two are looking to cut jobs and reduce services. Wallingford is by far the most extreme case so far, blaming revaluation and other factors for creating the possibility of a 19% tax increase.