Winchester

The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development awarded $3.8 million to 21 communities to investigate specific site ripe for brownfield remediation.

Attorney General George Jepsen said he filed an agreement Monday in Hartford Superior Court that would revoke the pension of a former Winchester finance director convicted of stealing $2 million from the Litchfield County town.

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection in November honored 23 businesses and individuals with its GreenCircle awards.

Middlebury connector and cable assembly maker Winchester Electronics said it has acquired SRC Cables Inc. in Santa Rosa, Calif., for an undisclosed amount.

Gov. Dannel Malloy's office said 169 schools in the state will share $5 million for school security infrastructure improvements made in the wake of the December school shooting in Newtown.

Several Connecticut cities will receive grants ranging from $200,000 to $350,000 from the federal government to clean up contaminated sites, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

West Hartford, Fairfield, and Glastonbury were among the 11 winners of Connecticut's first Power of Change awards, honoring innovative approaches to energy use.