Connecticut Technical Education and Career System - Wed August 02, 2023
Construction Ramps Up at New Technical High School in Bridgeport, Conn.
Construction is rapidly progressing on Bridgeport, Conn.'s Bullard-Havens Technical High School almost two months after ground was broken on the project. The new school is being built to serve the Bridgeport community and surrounding towns for generations to come....
CT Post - Tue August 01, 2023
Hartford, Conn.'s XL Center Arena Undergoing Extensive $100M Renovation
Getting hungry at a concert or a game? Pull up an app on your phone, order, and pick up your food without standing in line. And we're not talking just hot dogs and burgers. Many of today's arena patrons can choose from a menu of cuisines including Filipino, Senegalese and Thai....
CEG - Thu July 13, 2023
H.O. Penn Machinery Holds Celebratory Open House
One hundred years in business is a major milestone. H.O. Penn Machinery has been marking its centennial anniversary by hosting celebrations at each of its facilities, the latest of which was held at its Newington, Conn., location....
Sheila Capetta – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 13, 2023
Sales Auction Company Holds Retirement Auction in Connecticut
Sales Auction Company was onsite June 28, 2023, at Milton C. Beebe & Sons Inc., located at 12 Beebe Lane in Storrs, Conn., to conduct a retirement and closing sale. Since 1947, founder Milton and wife Doris and their sons, Ron and Wesley, daughter, Natalie, and family have supported the community and state, from services offering foundation excavation and expanding to large-scale site work contracting....
CEG - Thu June 29, 2023
Tobacco Road in Connecticut? Enfield Is Home to One of Oldest, Largest Farms in U.S.
Tobacco growing is a big deal in Connecticut, but unless you live in the Connecticut River Valley, you probably would never know. If, however, you're driving through the area and see long, rectangular barns that are 200 to 300 ft....
CEG - Thu June 29, 2023
From Part-Time Gig to Full-Time Biz, Conn. Firm Continues Success Streak
M. Provost Trucking & Landscaping Products was founded approximately 30 years ago by Mark Provost as a part-time gig to pick up some extra revenue. From its start, it was primarily a trucking company making deliveries every night after work until dark....
Connecticut Post & Michaels Organization - Thu June 22, 2023
Developer Proposes Using Mass Timber for New Apartment Complex in Hartford, Conn.
A developer presented plans for a high-end apartment complex built with compressed wood "mass timber" for a parcel in the Bushnell South area of Hartford, Conn., on June 15 to upgrade both the area's housing stock and environmental bona fides....
Hartford Courant - Wed June 07, 2023
Connecticut Port Authority Wants Help to Pay for State Pier's Cost Overruns
The Connecticut Port Authority announced May 29 that the cost of redeveloping the New London State Pier into a launching point for offshore wind turbines has skyrocketed by more than $47 million, driving the overall price to more than three times the original estimate for the project....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu June 01, 2023
Yonkers Contracting to Perform Bridge Slide On I-95 in Connecticut
Interstate 95 continues to be one of the most important transportation corridors in the country, extending from south Florida to northern Maine. Transportation planners and contractors in Connecticut are shoring up a section of this vital roadway in Norwalk....
Connecticut Public Radio & Hartford Courant - Thu May 25, 2023
Connecticut Leaders Tout Efforts to Increase Housing Stock at Newington Building Site
Connecticut's top officials spoke recently about their full-court press to increase the state's affordable housing inventory at a construction site for a new affordable housing apartment complex in Newington....
