Newtown

Wallingford's Masonicare Corp. has agreed to sell its Newtown skilled-nursing and assisted-living senior care facilities to a Farmington-based operator for $13.1 million, according to documents filed with the state Department of Public Health.

The Connecticut Green Bank said it has selected a New York renewable energy financier and developer to help it spur approximately 20 megawatts of commercial-scale solar in the state.

Tier ONE Machining and Assembly said it has completed the installation of a 292-kilowatt solar array on the roof of its Newtown facility.

A Newtown psychiatrist has agreed to a $422,641.70 joint federal-state settlement and will enter into a compliance program to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims for payments to Connecticut's Medicaid program and to Medicare, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

About a dozen Connecticut towns stand to benefit from a bill changing the state's virtual net metering program to help them complete solar projects that will save municipalities and their taxpayers money.

Tom Wiley, the new publisher and CEO of the Hartford Courant Media Group, is an adept media sales executive, staunch defender of journalism as the fourth estate and fan of fast cars.

Offering a positive work-life balance has become a major recruitment tool, particularly in attracting younger, Millennial workers who crave a lifestyle that doesn't make their career the No. 1 priority.

Gun owners may not like it when President Obama talks about guns. But gun investors certainty do.

A pair of Essex firms are accused of scamming $17 million from consumers. A federal court has temporarily shut them down to sort it all out.

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture this week seized several animals in Newtown and Cornwall, alleging cruelty by the owners.