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 its adjoining free-standing buildings at 300 Main Street and 400 Main Street in Stamford, CT. These two buildings total 125,560 square feet (SF) of office space…
Month: June 2022
Connecticut Governor Lamont and Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker announce investments to support aspiring educators
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker last week announced new investments to defray certification-related testing costs for aspiring educators in Connecticut. A total of $2 million dollars of federal, state-level reserve American Rescue Plan Act, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) funding is being dedicated over a two-year…
WCSU’s Sabrina Marques wins campus-wide and system-wide BOR teaching awards
DANBURY, CT – The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) — which governs the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system — has named 17 CSCU faculty members as recipients of the annual 2021–22 Board of Regents Faculty Awards. The awards — both campus-based and system-wide — recognize faculty for excellence in teaching or…
We need a federal gun reform, now! Meanwhile here’s how technology should help
Our country is a place of unlimited possibilities. Our society allows people to accomplish things no one could even imagine. But imagination can go both ways. Unfortunately, the unimaginable is not always good. Once again, a deranged man with a military-like AR-15 style assault rifle massacred 19 elementary school kids and 2 teachers in Uvalde,…
GasBuddy: Average gas prices in CT rise 20 cents in past week
Average gasoline prices in Connecticut have risen 20.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.86/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,540 stations in Connecticut. Prices in Connecticut are 62.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.79/g higher than a year ago. The price of diesel has risen 11.5…
WCSU M.F.A. original artwork to be shown in New York art gallery June 21-July 9
DANBURY, CT — Western Connecticut State University’s 2022 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition will have a second showing on June 21-July 9 in New York City at Blue Mountain Gallery, 547 West 27 St., Suite 200. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. The gallery is…
Fairfield County Bank continues partnership with CRA Partners Senior Crimestoppers
Ridgefield, CT – Fairfield County Bank joined with CRA Partners to help vulnerable seniors by funding the Senior Crimestoppers program to protect those who live and work in Augustus Manor in Stamford and the Bridgeport Elderly Apartments. CRA Partners, powered by the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation, is a national organization that offers banks federally…
Governor Lamont announces the application period for the 2022 Connecticut Child Tax Rebate is now open
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the application period for the 2022 Connecticut Child Tax Rebate is now open. The rebate, which was created as part of the budget bill that the governor signed into law last month, provides taxpayers with a state tax rebate of up to $250 per child for…
Alive@Five in Stamford announces its opening bands for the concert series this summer
STAMFORD, CT – Stamford Downtown announced today the opening bands for its iconic Alive@Five this summer. The popular four-week concert series will be presented this year on the Pure Life Stage in Mill River Park in partnership with Reckson & BevMax. The kick off concert is on July 14 at 5pm with All-American Rejects, followed…