Published July 27. 2021 4:35PM
Melina Khan, Special to The Day
North Stonington The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center, Ledge Light Health District and North Stonington Volunteer Fire Company are among the beneficiaries of the first allocation of the town s American Rescue Plan funds.
The finance and selectmen boards agreed last week to distribute roughly $220,000 of the more than $768,000 the town is receiving from the rescue plan this year. The second half of the town s $1.5 million in relief will be received in June 2022.
The largest allocation $165,000 will be given to the town s volunteer fire company to hire additional per diem staff over a three-year period.
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Groton City resident Bryon Niemann remembers going to Thames Street regularly as a child to buy comic books and candies.
The shops on the street catered to the neighborhood during a time when most households only had one car, if that, he said.
But like in most places in the country, many of those businesses gave way to big-box stores and malls, which then gave way to the internet, he said. Now, Thames Street has massive traffic but hardly anyone stops, and if they do, they find it hard to find a parking spot, he said.
Niemann, who has lived near Thames Street on and off for 60 years and has seen the street in its many forms, was among about a dozen city residents who gathered outside during a workshop the city held Thursday evening at Thames View Park to share their perspectives on Thames Street and ideas for the corridor s future.
Montville examines COVID impact before spending fed relief funds
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Montville, Connecticut, home to the Mohegan Sun Casino, has formed a committee to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic before local officials spend federal relief money.Portland Press Herald / Getty Images
MONTVILLE Officials looking to spend nearly $5.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds have established an ad-hoc committee tasked with investigating the many ways the pandemic altered lives and government operations in this eastern Connecticut town.
The home of the Mohegan Sun and hundreds of workers whose jobs rely on that casino and nearby Foxwoods Resort, Montville experienced an increase in food insecurity during the pandemic that caused the town to spend more on social services, according to Mayor Ronald McDaniel.
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As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.