Abigail Brone
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Nearly 300-year-old Middletown home spared after Chick-fil-A plans rejected (opens the original)
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A single-family home built in 1739 on Washington Street in Middletown will stay in place for now, after city officials recently rejected plans to replace the home with a Chick-fil-A. The Partridge Southmayd House, a colonial saltbox, is located at 797 Washington St., the site of a proposed Chick-fil-A that was voted against last week by Middletown’s Planning and Zoning Commission. The historic home is currently vacant, with the owners looking to have it deconstructed and relocated. Middletown re
CT new home construction impacted by 50% tariffs on Canadian wood, supplies (opens the original)
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Pres. Donald Trump’s administration recently imparted tariffs of up to 50% on home construction materials from Canada, and it’s impacting Connecticut housing developers. The tariffs extend to several types of supplies, including steel, aluminum, appliances, electronics, wood, pulp and paper products, according to Rep. Rosa DeLauro. Canadian lumber accounts for about 85% of the softwood imported into the U.S., and a quarter of all U.S. supply, DeLauro said. “This trade war, these challenges, will
How to make Litchfield County homeownership affordable? Project aims to do it one house at a time (opens the original)
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Homeownership in Litchfield County isn’t a reality for many middle- and low-income families in western Connecticut. But efforts are under way to make new homes more affordable. The latest example is a brand-new Cape Cod-style home, which was sold for $280,000 – far below the average price in the area. The Washington Community Housing Trust helped make it happen. The house is the eighth of 10 in the works in western Connecticut as part of an affordable housing effort spearheaded by the Litchfield
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