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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.

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Deer Lake: Another round in the battle between conservation and sprawl

Avatar photo by Tom Condon June 5, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 20, 2022 @ 10:55 pm

Attempts to preserve a Killingworth Boy Scout reservation offer a window into the state’s hit-or-miss pattern of open space conservation.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

With trash plant closing, CT rethinks waste policy

Avatar photo by Tom Condon May 3, 2022 @ 5:00 amJune 6, 2022 @ 1:52 pm

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon April 14, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 20, 2022 @ 10:56 pm

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon March 27, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 20, 2022 @ 10:57 pm

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon March 6, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 20, 2022 @ 10:57 pm

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon January 30, 2022 @ 5:00 amJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:27 pm

CT’s efforts to address racial profiling by police have improved, and new legislation could soon change how police approach traffic stops.

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Best of 2021: It has been slow to arrive, but high speed rail could be coming

Avatar photo by Tom Condon December 30, 2021 @ 4:59 amDecember 21, 2022 @ 5:07 pm

A high-speed rail concept has been germinating, one that would go inland through Connecticut instead of along the shoreline.

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Best of 2021: There’s a new plan for realigning Hartford’s highways. Is the third time the charm?

Avatar photo by Tom Condon December 26, 2021 @ 5:00 amDecember 21, 2022 @ 5:07 pm

The plan would remove the I-84/I-91 interchange downtown and cap I-91 with a new road, expanding river access.

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Relics of CT history with a new twist: ‘County Equivalents’

Avatar photo by Tom Condon December 12, 2021 @ 5:00 amSeptember 26, 2022 @ 3:58 pm

Connecticut’s planning regions, or councils of government, could soon become “county equivalents” for data-collection purposes.

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With trash plant at death’s door, is it time for state leadership?

Avatar photo by Tom Condon October 19, 2021 @ 5:00 amJune 30, 2022 @ 5:01 pm

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon September 5, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 3, 2022 @ 4:07 pm

Train service from New Haven to Boston via Hartford, Springfield and Worcester could have a “transformative effect” on the economy.

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Getting back to the river: A tale of two Connecticut cities

Avatar photo by Tom Condon July 18, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:00 am

One postwar planning mistake was situating highways so they blocked cities from their waterfronts, as happened in Hartford and Middletown.

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Canton board rejects Route 44 development plan

Avatar photo by Tom Condon June 17, 2021 @ 6:39 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:01 am

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon June 16, 2021 @ 12:42 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:00 am

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

Avatar photo by Tom Condon May 31, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:53 am

Government and nonprofit entities are stepping up with COVID relief and recovery, including the Boston Fed and CT’s community foundations.

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