Brass Mill Center Mall set to open in Greater Waterbury
Seven weeks remain until Brass Mill Center opens on the former Scovill Brass Works site. A 120-foot walkway links East Main Street to the parking area as a 5,800 space lot and rivergreenway surround the 900,000 square foot regional mall. Anchors include Fi lene's Sears and JCPenney with 150 specialty stores and a 12 screen theater. More than 2,600 full time jobs expected. mall already 70 percent leased with names like Aerosoles Arby's Brookstone Finish Line and Claire's among lessees.
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Waterbury
Mad River
Scovill Brass Works
Filene’s
Sears
Jcpenney
William Fox
General Growth Properties Inc
Aerosoles
Arby’s
B. Moss Clothing
Bank of Boston
Bath and Body Works
Bertucci’s
Brookstone
C&c Unisex
Carlton Cards
the Children’s Place
China Shop
Cinnabon
Claire’s
Champs
Electronic Boutique
Eye World
Fan Wear
Finish Line
Footlocker
Lady’s Foot
Naugatuck seeks cave-in rescue equipment to protect crews
Fire Chief Kerry Flaherty says a 500 pound boulder burial that killed a man last year spurred a bid to buy trench rescue gear valued at 7900 dollars. The plan asks the Fire Commission to approve four by eight foot panel units from Shipman's Fire Equipment to aid cave-in rescues and allow safe debris removal.
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Naugatuck
Kerry Flaherty
Shipman’s Fire Equipment
Waterford
Flaherty
Board of Mayor and Burgesses
UPS Strike disrupts nationwide logistics impact
The UPS and Teamsters Union launched a nationwide strike at midnight halting many parcels. Postal service centers like Naugatuck handle up to four parcel post packages under 70 pounds while Priority and Express mail proceed. Federal Express reports altered pickup times as deliveries surge amid the walkout.
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United Parcel Service
Teamsters Union
UPS
United States Postal Service
Federal Express
Naugatuck
Jack Holzer
Waterbury
Holzer
Local business preps for UPS strike disruption
Nutmeg Eyelet & Stamping Co. Inc. and Radio Drive Inc. acted to avert shipping problems as UPS strike actions loom. President Peter Giraldi said the firm warned customers before the announcement and shifted some orders to trucking firms or Federal Express. He expects temp changes to be temporary despite strike length.
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Nutmeg Eyelet & Stamping Co. Inc
Peter Giraldi
UPS
Giraldi
Borough to offer tax breaks for businesses
Naugatuck officials plan to join the Valley Enterprise Corridor Zone with Beacon Falls Seymour Derby and Ansonia. The pact offers 80 percent local property tax abatement for five years and a 25 percent corporate tax credit in 10 years plus $750 per new full time position. Grants coordinator Krista Grella expects state approval soon and Rubber Avenue New Haven Road and the Naugatuck Industrial Park to be included. Local firms including Delevan Process Instruments and Peter Paul Hershey have submitted preliminary applications for the incentives.
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Naugatuck
Beacon Falls
Seymour
Derby
Ansonia
Krista Grella
Peter N. Elles
Grella
Rubber Avenue
New Haven Road
Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce
Marciano
Delevan Process Instruments
Lewis Engineering
Peter Paul Hershey
Brooklyn men tied to no Hamas link say officials
Three days of intensive investigations failed to prove a direct link between Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer and Safi Khalil and Hamas or wider plots. FBI and NYPD, with international agencies, pursue any possible connections as Jerome Berger and Netanyahu debate the broader terror menace.
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Israel
FBI
Sandy Berger
Clinton
CBS
Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer
Safi Khalil
Brooklyn
Jerusalem
Berger
Mideast
Hamas
Associated Press
Amman
Jordan
Washington
The
Khalil
Abu Mezer
United States
James Kallstrom
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Queens
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu
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