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....
CEG - Thu May 18, 2023
Conn.'s Zlotnick Construction Tackles Projects Large, Small, In-Between
George Zlotnick started his company, Zlotnick Construction Inc., in 1948 after returning from World War II. He was a member of the Elite 17th Airborne Division that jumped behind enemy lines on March 24, 1945, in Wesel, Germany, as part of Operation Varsity....
CEG - Thu May 18, 2023
Sales Auction Company Holds 14th Annual Spring Auction
Sales Auction Company held its 14th annual two-day spring auction Friday, May 5 and Saturday, 6, 2023, in Windsor Locks, Conn. Friday's auction featured a timed sale and Saturday's auction featured an onsite/live sale....
UConn Today - Thu May 11, 2023
University of Connecticut to Head Off Flooding, Stormwater Concerns at Mirror Lake
The University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs is redesigning its project to improve Mirror Lake to address flooding and stormwater runoff concerns, holding off for now on dredging efforts that the college had planned to deepen the lake by removing decades' worth of built-up muck....
