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West Hartford Center restaurant to close
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (161+ words) A restaurant in West Hartford Center has announced plans to close on Saturday. In a Facebook post earlier this week, the owners of Union Kitchen and Bar at 43 Lasalle Road cited rising real estate costs as the reason they decided…...
Lamont lays out education priorities as Blue Ribbon Commission gets underway
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (667+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont's Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding and Accountability has officially launched. The 23-member commission is chaired by Lamont's deputy chief of staff, Natalie Wagner, and includes a mix of bipartisan state and local elected officials, union leaders,…...
West Hartford investor pays $5. 2 M for Essex retail plaza as part of shift from multifamily
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (157+ words) Michael Puffer joined the Hartford Business Journal in 2021 as a staff writer. He enjoys stories of business owners building their companies through gumption and grit. He worked for The Republican American newspaper in Waterbury for 15 years, as well as newspapers…...
CT opens investigation of Erin Stewart and New Britain charity
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (668+ words) Connecticut's attorney general and commissioner of consumer protection opened an investigation Wednesday into former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart's handling of charitable assets for the Mayor's Trophy Charitable Fund, the latest blow to a politician whose career imploded last month....
Can CT make big debt payments while boosting towns, services?
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1700+ words) The budget caps that have radically constrained how Connecticut funds education, town aid and other core services for nearly a decade can't be overhauled for two more years because of contractual pledges to bond holders. But many officials and advocates…...
New Haven beverage manufacturer leases 20, 000 square feet in North Haven
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (222+ words) Greg Bordonaro is the editor of the Hartford Business Journal. He joined the editorial team in May 2008 after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a degree in journalism and history. He also has an MBA from the University of…...
New Jersey company buys East Windsor universal waste recycler NLR Inc.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (129+ words) Hartford Business Journal "New Jersey company buys East Windsor universal waste recycler NLR Inc. A New Jersey recycling company has acquired East Windsor-based NLR Inc. , a regulated waste recycler that operates Connecticut's only state-approved lamp recycling facility. Terra Cycle Commercial,…...
Fires in Hartford have displaced almost 3, 000 people since 2020
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (126+ words) Hartford Business Journal "Fires in Hartford have displaced almost 3, 000 people since 2020 At a Hartford city council meeting on Dec. 8, Ryan Pirre recalled the night he thought he was going to die. "Every time I hear a multi-truck response when I'm…...
Former Stamford food hall property trades for $1. 93 M
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (187+ words) Michael Juliano joined the Hartford Business Journal in February 2025 as a staff writer covering Fairfield County. He has been a journalist since 1998, having worked as a US correspondent for Trade Winds, an international shipping newspaper, and as a business reporter…...
Leasing begins at new 237-unit Hartford apartment building; RMS eyes next phase of North Crossing development
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (355+ words) Stamford-based RMS Cos. has begun leasing its nearly completed 237-unit apartment building near Dunkin" Park in downtown Hartford. RMS Founder and CEO Randy Salvatore said about a quarter of the units in The Portrait, at 1143 Main St. , are ready for…...