BERLIN — Nearly $900,000 is headed the town’s way to aid in the demolition and remediation of an old industrial building located near the proposed new police station.The money will come to the town via two brownfields grants.The Town Council has authorized Town Manager Denise McNair to enter into the grant agreement with the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
Mayor Adam Salina said the grants were secured by the town last year, but due to a delay in their execution, the council had to reaffirm the resolutions.
LITCHFIELD — Construction of a long-awaited new dam on the Bantam River outlet is one step closer to beginning after the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday endorsed an intermunicipal agreement dictating how Litchfield and Morris would manage the dam.The board's nod came one day after the Bantam Lake Authority, which operates the rudimentary dam the new dam would replace, voted to support the agreement.
OXFORD — A Seymour-based company is proposing to use a temporary crusher to help redevelop a quarry off Route 67.Oxford Town Center at 32D Progress Lane, has filed an application for a special exception excavation permit before the Planning and Zoning Commission for a temporary crusher to perform major excavations on five different parcels on Oxford Road and one on Echo Valley Road, said Anna Rycenga, zoning enforcement official.