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Wallace St. Rehabs Eye Renters, Strippers
Twenty-five apartments in a rehabbed historic carriage factory. A “Planet Venus” strip club with liquor service in a 1960s-era concrete warehouse.Both are planned for within a half-mile of one another...
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Rehab Crew Stumbles On AK-47, Mach 11
The developers of the new Clock Shop Lofts apartments recently stumbled upon a half-dozen high-power firearms buried beneath the floorboards of the former Hamilton Street factory complex.
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UI Faces Fair Haven
United Illuminating finally met with neighbors of its polluted former power plant — and offered a mix of news and no-news about its ongoing clean-up.
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A Happy Day For Ducks
Local waterfowl can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now, that a bill that would designate both the Quinnipiac River and the Mill River as wildlife refuges has won a key sign-off from a state...
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Beach Feud Fuels Factory Foreclosure
The city has moved to foreclose on a Mill River spaghetti sauce manufacturing plant due to unpaid taxes.Meanwhile, the plant’s third-generation owner owes over $430,000 to a Morris Cove neighbor whom...
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Builder: Strip Appeal Could Kill Clock Lofts
The developer of the Clock Shop Lofts told a judge his $38 million-plus renovation of an historic Mill River factory has a 50-50 chance of falling apart if a strip club doesn’t move out within a year.
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Builder: Strip Appeal Could Kill Clock Lofts
The developer of the Clock Shop Lofts told a judge his $38 million-plus renovation of an historic Mill River factory has a 50-50 chance of falling apart if a strip club doesn’t move out within a year.
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Judge: Strip Club Must Post $2.45M
A Mill River strip club’s owners have until Monday to put together $2.45 million in cash or collateral, or else the owners of a dilapidated former clock factory may proceed with an eviction to make way...
View ArticleLandlords Fined For Illegal Asbestos Removal On Wallace Street
A federal judge fined two Albanian-born landlords $9,500 each and sentenced each to one year of probation and 50 hours of community service for illegal and dangerous removal of asbestos from a Mill...
View ArticleLandlords Fined For Illegal Asbestos Removal On Wallace Street
A federal judge fined two property-owning brothers $9,500 each and sentenced each to one year of probation and 50 hours of community service for illegal and dangerous removal of asbestos from a Mill...
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Mothers Let Their Guard Down At M.O.S.S.
The mothers around the table at Briah Luckey’s art studio on East Street weren’t wasting any time. There were greetings and updates before they quickly got to the task at hand, grabbing large...
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Strip Club Scores In Latest Legal Round
A state appeals court has sided with Scores strip club’s argument that the latter should not be on the hook for $2.45 million. Even if its refusal to budge from a dilapidated clock factory torpedoes an...
View ArticleHarris Tapped For Ward 8 Alder
A longtime public-housing tenant leader is looking to bring her talents downtown to City Hall, at least for a while.
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New Strip Club Appeal Bond Set At $1.2M
A housing court judge has given a Mill River strip club eight days to post $1.2 million in cash or collateral to avoid immediate eviction from its dilapidated clock factory home.
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Strip Club Agrees To Leave Clock Factory
A Mill River strip club owner has reached a deal with a Portland-based developer to pay up to $40,000 in back rent, end its eviction appeal, and vacate its derelict former clock factory digs by May 20...
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Vegas-Style Strip Club Pitched For Mill River
The owner of a soon-to-close Mill River strip club is looking to open a “Las Vegas-style” entertainment complex just around the corner that will include a restaurant, a speakeasy-themed bar, and a live...
View ArticleIA: Bail Agents, Not Cops, Were At The Door
A family thought it was the cops bursting into their apartment late at night. It turns out cops weren’t at the door; bail enforcement agents were.
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Vegas-Stye Strip Club Proposal Has An Opponent
The owner of a local sign-making company does not want a proposed “Las Vegas-style” strip club to become his neighbor. And he stopped by the City Plan Commission to say so.
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Ed Board Eats Out —& Opens Up
Members of the Board of Education broke arancini rice balls — but no laws — at an informal dinner party.
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Homeless Youth Quest Prevails
A temporary housing facility for homeless youth won approval — and dodged a potentially contentious future public hearing — in its bid to build a 12 to 20-bed rooming house atop a single-story social...
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