March 25, 2019Edition

Q&A talks to Patrick O'Neill, COO of JouleSmart, an Oregon-based provider of smart-building energy technology, which recently installed its system at three Highland Park Market grocery stores in Glastonbury, Manchester and Suffield.

The Connecticut Airport Authority is eyeing growth opportunities beyond Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.

When Sal Luciano took a job as a social worker with the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services in 1980, he quickly saw gaps in what was expected of employees there, and the resources provided to them.

For many of us, the strategic-planning process is akin to a “black hole.” Meetings occur, and at the end, magic happens and a three-ring binder is crafted or, worse yet, a plan is never formalized and stays in someone's head.

It's that time of year again … tax season. And in preparation, you gather the documentation of your charitable contributions.

Robinson+Cole celebrated National Wear Red Day in support of Go Red For Women, the American Heart Association's national movement to end heart disease and stroke in women. Participating lawyers and staff made contributions to AHA in order to wear jeans along with an article of red clothing, raising over $700 to support the cause.

To the editor: Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tony Sheridan is correct when he writes (“Killingly Energy Center a boon to clean energy, economic development”) that the proposed Killingly Energy Center will have many benefits for the town of Killingly and Connecticut. I should know. I am the Mayor of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, where NTE Energy built and now operates Kings Mountain Energy Center.

Savings Institute Bank & Trust employees recently partnered with Hall Communications to collect coats to benefit three organizations in the Willimantic area that help those in need throughout the year. WAIM, Safe Futures and Killingly Community Store each received over 125 coats.

Tickets are now available for Hartford Business Journal's first-ever Tax Reform Summit in downtown Hartford on Wednesday, April 24.

Electrical Energy Systems Corp. recently presented a $11,500 check to Make-A-Wish Connecticut. Employees and guests raised the money during the company's golf tournament last fall. Pictured (from left) are: Jim Nasuta, Electrical Energy Systems Corp.; Diana Maynard, Make a Wish CT; and John Taylor, Electrical Energy Services Corp.

When you're making heat, why not also make electricity? That's the idea behind Enviro Power, a Hartford-based startup seeking to give a green upgrade to the billion-dollar heating industry.

Competitive concerns are driving the debate to offer free community college in the state, but financial restraints could limit the impact.

Business leaders, policymakers and others were stunned recently when Connecticut labor officials announced that a major revision had cut in half the true number of jobs the state's economy added in 2018.

Alexander Williams graduated from Fordham University with a degree in environmental science in 2013, the same year Blue Earth Compost, which he now leads, was founded.