Stratford News: New Dog Park To Open

STRATFORD - The Town of Stratford’s new dog park will open for the first time on Saturday, Aug. 8, and the public is invited to a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at 10 a.m. co-hosted by the Town and Friends of Jared’s Dog Park. The park is located in Roosevelt Forest at 700 Peters Lane. The much-anticipated dog park, the first for Stratford, is one-and-a-half acres of fenced natural landscape for dogs to run free, exercise, play and socialize. It features water fountains and small obstacles for the dogs and benches for the dog owners. The open space is split into two areas -- a half-acre for smaller dogs and a full acre for larger dogs. “Jared’s Dog Park is a wonderful new…

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CT Green Bank Offers New Flexible Payment Options for Commercial Energy Upgrade Loans

The Connecticut Green Bank is offering flexible repayment options to new borrowers who use its Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing to make energy-saving improvements. C-PACE is an innovative program that helps commercial, industrial, and non-profit property owners access affordable, long-term financing for qualifying energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades. The projects are repaid through a voluntary assessment on the building owner’s property tax bill. The Green Bank has designed these new repayment options in order to provide relief to property owners impacted by COVID-19. The repayment options will provide borrowers with immediately increased cashflow by significantly reducing operating expenses in the near term and deferring all or a portion of payments until later. Building owners will also enjoy…

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Silver Alert

A Silver Alert has been issued for the following person: Kayfli Leondro, 14-year-old female, 5’-3”, 110lbs, black hair, brown eyes. Last seen this afternoon in Norwalk. Anyone who has seen her or has information about her whereabouts is asked to call 203-854-3113. Norwalk Police Tip Line: 203-854-3111 Anonymous Internet tips can be sent to Norwalk Police website at: www.norwalkpd.com Anonymous text tips can be submitted by typing "NPD" into the text field, followed by the message, and sending it to CRIMES (274637)  

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Broadband Access Funding

#Washington, DC – The House of Representatives passed a spending package designed to fund large portions of the government for the next fiscal year. Included in the package was the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Act, which contained $61 billion in emergency spending to expand access to broadband for underserved communities. In addition, Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that his administration is launching the Everybody Learns initiative: a $43.5 million investment in remote learning solutions to close the digital divide in Connecticut and empower students across the state to learn from home, especially as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues impacting the country. The governor said that the funding – which comes from the state’s portion of the federal CARES Act, the…

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EXECUTIVE ORDER STRENGTHENING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS IMPACTED BY COVID-19

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont announced that he has signed an executive order creating a rebuttable presumption that workers who contracted COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic contracted it on the job and are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.   “As I promised last week, I have signed an executive order providing workers who contracted COVID-19 during the early stages of the pandemic the straightforward opportunity to claim any benefits they are due through Connecticut’s workers’ compensation system. Our state owes a debt to all of the health care professionals, grocery store clerks, and other essential workers who served vital roles during the earliest and darkest stages of this public health crisis. I am thankful for the employers…

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Fairfield News: Tenant Takes Landlord’s Items, Leaves Her Daughter

2020-08-02@10:33pm--#Faifield CT-- A landlord in the 1100 block of Black Rock Turnpike had her tenant move out today.  The tenant took some jewelry and other items of the landlords but she left behind some drug paraphernalia and her 10-year-old daughter.  You just can't make this stuff up!   This news report is made possible by:   [caption id="attachment_83768" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Visit Fairfield AFC Urgent Care at:https://www.afcurgentcarefairfield.com/[/caption]

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