NORWALK, Conn. Some Norwalk announcements for you:
A South Norwalk detour
Eversource: Don’t be swindled
Woodward Avenue pedestrian upgrade
Sidewalk work is resuming on Woodward Avenue, and with it a detour between Meadow Street and Burritt Avenue.
That stretch of South Norwalk roadway will be one-way northbound between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Norwalk Communications Director Josh Morgan. Other traffic will be detoured. This, every weekday until the project is completed. The work was scheduled to begin Thursday; NancyOnNorwalk visited Thursday and found no detour.
A Woodward avenue sidewalk, looking north from the intersection with Meadow Street.
The City approved new Woodward Avenue sidewalks in July, a move that was hailed as long overdue. Mayor Harry Rilling called the sidewalks “horrible” and said, “You can’t expect a mother with a stroller or somebody who has a walker to navigate that. This is going to be a really great thing for that area.”
New Scam Tactics Targeting Utility Customers: Eversource Patch 5 hrs ago
CONNECTICUT Scam artists are aggressively targeting utility customers, officials at Eversource Energy said this week.
Eversource officials are waring customers to be on the lookout for new tactics with scammers now fine tuning their techniques to including phony caller IDs that display Eversource and scripts that sound like a legitimate company representative threatening to disconnect electric or gas service because of an unpaid bill. Unfortunately, these scammers sound legitimate, and, with a phony caller ID. they re even more convincing. So we all need to have our guard up more than ever,” Eversource Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Penni Conner said. These scam artists sound sophisticated and are ruthless. That’s why we re reminding customers to beware. If they get a call and the caller s message doesn’t look or sound right, don’t panic and don’t pay.
Business Briefs: April 16, 2021
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$2.2M grant to help businesses use artificial intelligence
WESTBOROUGH The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) has awarded Northeastern University a $2.2 million grant for the AI Jumpstart Program, a pilot program to assist Massachusetts firms interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their businesses.
According to a MassTech press release, the program will incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and techniques into businesses across a range of industries, including: process an
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Eversource is warning Connecticut customers about a business and residential scam. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)
CONNECTICUT A classic utility scam is back and has even targeted Connecticut businesses, officials from Eversource Energy said Thursday.
The scam typically involves a caller threatening to disconnect a customer s electric or gas service because of an unpaid bill, Eversource spokesman Mitch Gross said.
The callers then demand immediate payment, Gross said.
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In the case of a Plainville-based company, scammers posing as Eversource employees have continued to target the business and have threatened to shut off its power unless an immediate payment was made.