Connecticut
Hamden Awarded $8.69M In State Funding For Housing Development
HAMDEN, CT — Hamden has been awarded $8.69 in state funding for the Affordable Housing Development on State Street following the approval by the State Bond Commission on Friday.
The funds will help build 64 units of affordable rental housing at 2980 State St.
One-quarter of the units are designated for disabled, unhoused persons, or people with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving support from the Mid-State ARC, according to a news release.
The approved funds will also be used for a Community Hub facility and pedestrian and streetscape improvements around 2980 State Street.
State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D-New Haven, Hamden) said “Hamden has made great strides in offering affordable housing options, and it’s one of the Top 12 towns in Connecticut that has increased its stock of affordable housing between 2011 and 2022.”
“This grant will only accelerate Hamden’s success,” said Looney, who is co-chair of the CIF Board.
The funding is part of approximately $74 million in state money disbursed to support 27 projects in 18 towns and cities, and the fourth round of grants under the Community Investment Fund 2030.
The state grant fund was created in 2022 to support economic development in historically underserved communities across Connecticut.
“The lack of affordable housing in Connecticut is a real problem, and we need real solutions,” state Sen. Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) said. “Hamden is a part of that solution, and that’s what this grant will help us do – create more than five dozen additional units of affordable housing in town.”
Three Rocky Hill firefighters were honored Monday night for their part in a rescue on the Connecticut River in March.
Emergency crews responded to Ferry Park in Rocky Hill on March 23 in response to a report of a vehicle in the river.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a Jeep about 35 feet out from the riverbank.
Crews broke a window and pulled the woman to safety after about 10 minutes, according to fire officials.
The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Monday evening, Captain William Kelly, Captain Roberto Leone, and Lt. Travis Gerace-Hicks were awarded the fire department’s valor award for their rescue efforts.
ROCKY HILL — A man from South Carolina is facing charges after cutting down light poles along the highway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut State Police said.
Lamont Carlson Tucker, 62, of Myrtle Beach, is charged with first-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree larceny, police said.
Police said troopers responded to reports of “an individual cutting light poles” around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Tucker was released on a $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at state Superior Court in New Britain June 12, police said.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
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