City Backs Wonderland of Ice Expansion With More City Funds
Park Commissioners approved phase two funding for the Wonderland of Ice renovation citing rising costs beyond initial estimates. City plans to add funds in next year’s budget to cover added costs while the board may reshape plans to complete the project. A hockey cup trophy was approved for a local high school team and $20,000 was transferred for Wardin Park development as part of the West Side Two Neighborhood Development Plan. The board discussed new tennis courts and skating rinks as part of Barnum Field improvements near Seaside Park.
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PT. Baroum
NDP
F.T. Bargim
Urbart Renewal Agency
McBride
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Superin Barnum
Seaside Park
Elas
R I Builder Awarded EB Expansion Job
General Dynamics announced a 14 million contract to expand the Electric Boat EB facility at its Groton shipyard. Gilbane Building Co of Providence RI won the bid. The Navy had announced new submarine construction contracts bringing EB’s total orders to eight submarines at over 1.1 billion.
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Gilbane Building Co
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Navy
Connecticut General Wins GM Group Dental Contract
Connecticut General will insure about 20,000 General Motors employees and dependents under a new dental program, adding roughly 1.5 million covered lives and expanding CG offices nationwide to support claims and liaison services. The deal, worth an estimated several hundred million annually, is CG’s largest single contract in two decades.
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November Tax Receipts Drop in Hartford AP report
State tax receipts for November excluding the sales tax fell by more than 490000, with total month collections at 40.4 million. Sales tax receipts are quarterly and not included since the second quarter ends December 1. For the first five months of the fiscal year, receipts rose by over 800000, driven by inheritance, corporate and fasoling taxes and first quarter sales tax receipts.
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Hartford
Blind Protest Targets NAC Policies at New York Meeting
About 100 delegates from the National Federation of the Blind, representing 20 states, protested the National Accreditation Council’s standards for services to the blind in New York. Federation leaders charged NAC with democratic deficits and paternalism while pressing to attend today’s NAC board meeting. NAC officials defended accreditation and outreach efforts to all blind groups.
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National Federation of the Blind
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Hlind Parsons
Prince George Hatel
NAC Board of Directors
Fndertion
NAC
Ralph Sanders
Little Rock, Ark
Don Morris
Des Moines
Laws
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Morris
Federation
Washington
Richard Bleeker
NAC sét_national eda
BAC
Eatcker
Gecka
MTL
Bobby Darin admitted to Cedars as heart trouble history noted
UPI reports singer Bobby Darin, known for heart problems, checked into Cedars of Lebanon Hospital at his own request. Hospital spokesmen declined to specify the nature of the ailment but said Darin is in good spirits. He entered Tuesday and underwent open-heart surgery on February 17.
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UPI
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