• Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) announced that Suffield High School is the winner of “Live Green — Win Green,” a competition designed to encourage high school students to conserve energy and protect the environment. As the winner, Suffield High School will receive a $20,000 grant from CL&P to implement “green” initiatives proposed in its contest submission. CL&P also awarded $5,000 to schools recognized as honorable mentions. The schools are: Daniel Hand High School, Madison; East Lyme High School, East Lyme; and Mercy High School, Middletown.
• Connecticut River Community Bank reported that net income after tax was $419,701, or $0.28 per share for the year ended Dec. 31, 2008 as compared to a net loss of $7,254, or $0.01 per share loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 2007. The results for 2008 constitute record operating earnings since the bank’s opening in November 2002.
• Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that unemployed Connecticut residents who have exhausted their 20 weeks of federally extended jobless benefits are now eligible for 13 more weeks of compensation. The governor said the 13-week extension applies to those jobseekers who have exhausted their initial 26 weeks of state unemployment insurance and the 20 weeks of federal benefits. Under federal guidelines, the 13 additional weeks are being made available to states experiencing unemployment rates of more than 6 percent over a certain amount of time.
• The law firm of Robinson & Cole was recently recognized as one of the top copyright litigation firms in the nation in the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac. The recognition is based on the number of times the firm was retained as counsel for copyright litigation matters during 2008.
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