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A developer is planning to build a gas station, car wash, convenience store and EV showroom off of East Cedar Street in Newington alongside the Berlin Turnpike.

The Newington Plan and Zoning Commission has withdrawn its application for a proposed cap on the number of retail and micro-cultivator cannabis establishments. A hearing on the proposed cap had been scheduled for July 27. Town Planner Renata Bertotti said commissioners decided to wait on imposing any cap on the number of permits until after the state begins issuing licenses for retail cannabis businesses. Newington’s cap was proposed after the state eliminated regulations limiting retail and m...

The Newington Plan and Zoning Commission will host a hearing later this month on a proposed cap on the number of retail and micro-cultivator cannabis establishments following a recent change to state regulations. The state had originally limited by density the number of retail and micro-cultivator units in towns to one per 25,000 people.  Town Planner Renata Bertotti said Newington’s proposal would limit the number of establishments to two, and it was triggered by the recent signing of Public...

A Pennsylvania company wants to build an apartment complex in Newington with 225 units spread across five buildings. The A.R. Building Co. of Seven Fields, Pa., proposed the development for 26 acres at 258 Deming St., and 35, 67 and 69 Culver St. The property is owned by RD Three LLC, whose principals are Russell Drachenberg of Bristol, Ronald Drachenberg of Prescott Valley, Az., and Robert DiNello of Lummi Island, Wa. The five apartment buildings would each have four stories.

Newington's Planning and Zoning Commission provided an initial greenlight to medical cannabis dispensary Fine Fettle, as it pursues expanding its license and selling to Connecticut's forthcoming adult-use market.

If state permitting approvals go as planned, the redevelopment of the former Eversource property at 3333 Berlin Turnpike could begin construction as soon as next spring, according to Newington Town Planner Renata Bertotti. “It’s a significant project,” Bertotti said Tuesday. “It’s beneficial on many levels. The project includes plans for 269 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, and ...