NEWS & EVENTS
Discover Valley Falls
On Friday, June 13 from 6-8 p.m. come visit Valley Falls for a walk around the park to see what it has to offer. There will be free hot dogs, snacks and refreshments available. Also don’t miss your opportunity to enter our raffle to win prizes that include: a free session at Valley Falls Nature Camp, or a Family Season Pass Swim Pass. Games and activities will be held as well as open swim. If there are any questions call the Vernon Parks and Recreation Office at 860-870-3520. Click here for Flyer
Rehab Work On 8 Vernon Homes To Resume In June
Hartford Courant 05/29/2008
Final work on eight vacant homes on Village and Orchard streets is scheduled to begin next week. The Vernon Non-Profit Housing Development Corp., which took title to several vacant and distressed properties a decade ago and has struggled to rehab the homes, has signed a contract with BRD Builders LLC of Hartford to complete the work. The project cost is $1.53 million. Read on
Stream Assessments to be Conducted in the Tankerhoosen Watershed
Journal Inquirer 05/27/2008
A visual assessment of the Tankerhoosen River and several of its tributary streams will take place June 3rd through June 5th between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Two field crews comprised of two to four individuals will walk sections of stream corridors of the Tankerhoosen River, as well as Clark Brook, Tucker Brook and Gages Brook. Read on
A Smart Plan To Revive Rockville
Hartford Courant 05/11/2008, Page C04
Rockville, the former city that's now a borough of Vernon, is perhaps best known as the boyhood home of the late and brilliant pop singer and composer Gene Pitney. Some local leaders want to capitalize on the connection to the late Rockville Rocket and bring a proposed Connecticut Music Hall of Fame to town. A committee created by the legislature is studying the idea. Read on
Battle Looms Between CRRA, Towns That Sued Over Enron Deal
By DAN UHLINGER - Courant Staff Writer
Yet another legal battle is looming between the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority and the 70 towns that sued the quasi-public agency over its $220 million failed energy agreement in 2001 with the now-bankrupt Enron Corp.
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Roosevelt to get its bond funds
VERNON- At first, Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy didn’t believe it when he was told that Gov. Jodi Rell was on the phone for him. He quickly found out it wasn’t a joke. The governor was personally calling McCoy to tell him the town would be granted $1.2 million in grant-in-aid funds so it can make good on its end of the pre-closing agreement made with Loom City Lofts, LLC for demolition work and cleanup/remediation work at Roosevelt Mills. Read On
Reconstruction Grant
BY JESSICA CIPARELLI Staff Writer ReminderNet
VERNON- Mayor Jason McCoy has announced that on Jan. 31, Gov. Jodi Rell awarded the town of Vernon $500,000 in Small Cities grant funding to be utilized in the reconstruction of 1,700 feet of High Street in the Rockville section of Vernon. Vernon was one of only 28 towns to receive a portion of the $13,245,000 in funding. The project funding will include extensive improvements to the drainage system, the replacement of the sidewalks and the repaving of the street.
