Greta Jochem

BRO MX, has two months to come in compliance with conservation restrictions — like hiring a botanist to evaluate the conservation area on the property and put up required signage around it — after a Conservation Commission vote.

Five students from McCann Technical School will be going to the SkillsUSA national competition in Atlanta, Ga., next month to compete against other technical school students in their areas of study. 

Previously a Holiday Inn, new owners purchased it more than a year ago, renamed it and worked on changes inside the building.

“At this point we don’t foresee any change in the shopping center," said David Burns, general counsel for First Hartford Realty Corp which is managing the property.

The former police chief alleges in a suit filed earlier this month that the city breached his employment contract and is asking to be reinstated as chief.

Tina Marie Leonesio, previously the assistant city clerk, was promoted by a unanimous City Council vote on Tuesday. There's been a lot of turnover in the job, but Leonesio wants to bring consistency to the position.

It will continue to be closed until the owner submits an engineering report to the city ensuring it's safe, or the building's wall is removed, according to Building Inspector Bill Meranti.