Josh Michtom: Hartford needs investment in real public safety
Hartford has just eight housing inspector positions, some of them vacant — less than half of what we once had, and far fewer than we need.
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Hartford has just eight housing inspector positions, some of them vacant — less than half of what we once had, and far fewer than we need.
In the ongoing, years-long saga over the construction of Dunkin’ Donuts Park, the state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ordered a new trial concerning the city of Hartford’s termination of the original developers in 2016 for allegedly not finishing the ballpark on time.
A commercial complex at the pivotal corner of Trumbull and Pratt streets in the heart of downtown Hartford — including almost all of the storefront space along the north side of Pratt — is being put up for sale.
After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various firehouses.
The city of Hartford has 1,500 properties that don’t have to pay real estate taxes.