Attempts to preserve a Killingworth Boy Scout reservation offer a window into the state’s hit-or-miss pattern of open space conservation.
Tom Condon
Tom writes about urban and regional issues for CT Mirror, including planning, transportation, land use, development and historic preservation. These were among his areas of interest in a 45-year career as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer for The Hartford Courant. Tom has won dozens of journalism and civic awards, and was elected to the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2016. He is a native of New London, a graduate of The University of Notre Dame and the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is a Vietnam veteran.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
With trash plant closing, CT rethinks waste policy
With the Hartford trash-to-energy plant closing, the state is moving to reduce the waste stream with new technologies.
Posted inCities & Towns
Is CT embracing more regionalism? And 19 other questions for Lyle Wray
The retiring head of the Capitol Region Council of Governments talks about the potential of regionalism with CT Mirror’s Tom Condon.
Posted inGovernment
CT welcomes Afghan evacuees with open arms — and driver’s licenses
More than 700 Afghans have come to CT since September, more than double the original target, thanks to partnerships and public support.
Posted inJustice
CT film icon Fredric March tarred by tenuous tie to the Ku Klux Klan
March’s name was removed from two theaters because he belonged to a Ku Klux Klan honor society in 1919. But that’s hardly the whole story.
Posted inJustice
After a poor start, CT’s anti-racial profiling effort is making progress
CT’s efforts to address racial profiling by police have improved, and new legislation could soon change how police approach traffic stops.
Posted inNews
Best of 2021: It has been slow to arrive, but high speed rail could be coming
A high-speed rail concept has been germinating, one that would go inland through Connecticut instead of along the shoreline.
Posted inNews
Best of 2021: There’s a new plan for realigning Hartford’s highways. Is the third time the charm?
The plan would remove the I-84/I-91 interchange downtown and cap I-91 with a new road, expanding river access.
Posted inCities & Towns
Relics of CT history with a new twist: ‘County Equivalents’
Connecticut’s planning regions, or councils of government, could soon become “county equivalents” for data-collection purposes.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
With trash plant at death’s door, is it time for state leadership?
The uncertain fate of MIRA, the region’s trash-to-energy facility, has some wondering whether it should be run as a utility.
Posted inTransportation
Would Hartford gain from a Boston train? Advocates are all aboard
Train service from New Haven to Boston via Hartford, Springfield and Worcester could have a “transformative effect” on the economy.
Posted inEconomic Development
Getting back to the river: A tale of two Connecticut cities
One postwar planning mistake was situating highways so they blocked cities from their waterfronts, as happened in Hartford and Middletown.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Canton board rejects Route 44 development plan
The wooded traprock ridge that greets westbound motorists entering Canton is saved, for the moment.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Canton controversy highlights statewide land use challenges
For many Canton residents, the gateway to town is a wooded ridge over Route 44. But it is now jeopardized.
Posted inEconomic Development
Boston Fed and CT community foundations fight for inclusive recovery
Government and nonprofit entities are stepping up with COVID relief and recovery, including the Boston Fed and CT’s community foundations.