Welcoming job seekers to learn about well-paid, in-demand manufacturing positions and celebrating the past, present, and future of Connecticut manufacturing. BRIDGEPORT, CT – Friday, October 7, 2022, is National Manufacturing Day, and Connecticut is celebrating makers large and small with an exciting, free event open to all those pursuing careers in modern manufacturing. Come to…
Average gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 14.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.53/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,540 stations in Connecticut. Prices in Connecticut are 55.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 35.8 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price…
STAMFORD, CT – First County Bank awarded Stacey Karipides of Stamford, $1,000, as she is the latest winner of the FirstPrize $avings account drawing. When Maria Bivona, the Branch Manager at First County Bank’s Springdale-Stamford branch called Ms. Karipides to tell her that she had won, “Ms. Karipides was pleasantly surprised to hear the good…
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) Secretary Jeffrey Beckham on Wednesday sent the attached expenditure and revenue estimates to State Comptroller Natalie Braswell regarding the state’s General Fund and Special Transportation Fund for Fiscal Year 2022. This is the final budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2022. According to the latest monthly…
NEW HAVEN, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today joined state agency officials, legislators, and environmental stakeholders on the New Haven Green to highlight the enactment of Public Act 22-25, a landmark new law that includes a number of actions that will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector, improve air quality and…
Wethersfield, CT – On Thursday, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released June jobs data showing continued positive economic growth in the state. The unemployment rate fell 0.2% to 4.0% and state employers added an estimated 1,700 jobs, making June the sixth consecutive month for job growth. Additionally, May job numbers were revised…
NORWALK, CT – Choyce Peterson, Inc. (www.choycepeterson.com), a commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm, announced that Twenty Lake Holdings (www.twentylake.com) has appointed Choyce Peterson, Inc. as the exclusive listing agent representing Soundview Plaza, its free-standing building at 1266 E. Main Street in Stamford, CT. This 181,610 square foot (SF) office building has available individual…
GasBuddy, a PDI company, released on Thursday the results of its annual summer travel survey revealing that even with record-high gasoline prices, 58% of Americans intend to road trip this summer, a rise from last summer, when gas prices were nearly $1.50 per gallon lower. While the high prices may not stand in the way…
The supply portion of electric bills for customers of The Connecticut Light and Power Company, d/b/a Eversource Energy (“Eversource”) paying the Standard Service supply rate is scheduled to increase on July 1, 2022, as approved by the Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) on May 10, 2022, as follows: CL&P/Eversource Standard Service Rates 7/1/21 1/1/22 7/1/22 …
Norwalk, CT – Connecticut Humanities has awarded a $4,999 Quick Grant to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in support of a new exhibition titled, Making It Last: Sustainable Fashion in Victorian America, which will open to the public on May 19, 2022. Dr. Jason Mancini, executive director at CT Humanities said, “Congratulations to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion…