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New London — The state has put a $235.5 million overall price tag on the project to redevelop State Pier into an offshore wind hub. The figure represents the actual cost of the redevelopment, with $204 million for the construction project and an additional $31 million for “soft costs,” Office of Policy and Management Deputy Secretary Konstantinos Diamantis said during a State Bond Commission meeting Friday. During the meeting, the State Bond Commission approved $55 million toward redeveloping and upgrading the pier, which Connecticut Port Authority Executive Director John Henshaw tol...

Medway MPs call on council to reverse proposed changes to crematorium services amid claims it is "cashing in on Covid"  |  Updated: 19:10, 28 January 2021 A group of MPs have written to their local council urging it to reverse a decision to change crematorium fees, amid claims they are "cashing in on Covid". Medway Council is understood to be streamlining services run from its crematorium in Robin Hood Lane, Blue Bell Hill. Medway council plans to increase the cost of is crematorium services Currently it charges £710 for a 50-minute service and £482.50 for a 20-minute slot. Both inclu...

Gravesend's oldest resident, Ivy Woolcock, passes away aged 109  |  Tributes have been paid to Gravesend's oldest resident, who has died aged 109. Surrounded by her friends at the Orchard Care home in Gravesend, Ivy Woolcock passed away peacefully in her sleep earlier this month. Ivy Woolcock has passed away, aged 109 Originally from Sittingbourne, Ivy had been a resident of the Old Road East care home since 2005 and had lived in Gravesend for 90 years. She was born on March 5, 1911 – a whole year before the Titanic sunk – and became Gravesend's oldest resident after turning 109 t...