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The Glastonbury Board of Education is asking the Town Council to approve $1.19 million to improve HVAC systems and air quality at five of the town’s schools, including Glastonbury High School. Board of Education Chair Doug Foyle said the town has the opportunity to improve the air systems in the schools, and that the state would reimburse one-third of the cost, if it acts quickly. The HVAC ...

Led by a chorus of residents in support, Glastonbury’s town council this week agreed to pursue buying a Nye Road property for $3.4 million as the site for an affordable housing complex.

Glastonbury residents will have one more opportunity to voiced their objections or support for a proposal for the town to buy a 10.86-acre property at the end of Nye Road for partial redevelopment with an affordable housing complex.

The town of Glastonbury is considering buying a 10.86-acre property at the end of a cul de sac off House Street for $3.4 million in order to build an affordable housing complex. The Town Council voted unanimously earlier this month to hold a public information hearing on the proposed purchase at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. The property at issue is at the end of Nye Road, a short distance north of Salmon Brook and the multi-use trail the town has built along it. There are two office buildings on the property — street Nos. 50 and 55.

Glastonbury voters are set to decide on whether the town should borrow an additional $3 million for the town’s land acquisition and preservation fund for both municipal and preservation purposes in a referendum this November.