Killingly

The Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development has started accepting applications for $20 million in brownfield remediation grants and loans.

Electric utility Connecticut Light & Power will start work in the coming weeks on its $218 million transmission line through the eastern portion of the state, in order to improve power reliability in southern New England.

Killingly electronics manufacturer Rogers Corp. said strong sales in the cellular market, particularly in China, helped drive its fourth-quarter profits up 125 percent.

Killingly manufacturer Rogers Corp. grew its net sales by 11 percent in its third quarter, fueled in particular by sales of variable frequency drives used in energy-saving applications and clean energy products, the company reported.

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.

Connecticut awarded $11.9 million in grants to provide or ugrade affordable housing and boot-strap economic development in 26 communities, authorities say.

A new research center at Northeastern University in Boston will bear the name of Killingly materials and components maker Rogers Corp., the company announced.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials announced Thursday that 14 communities would share just under $5 million in grants to improve pedestrian access and attract business in their commercial districts.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay will be breaking ground on a compressed natural gas station at its Killingly facility, along with other locations across the country after unveiling its first in Beloit, Wis.

Killingly technology-products maker Rogers Corp., under pressure to get arms around costs, is losing Luc Van Eenaeme as vice president and managing director for its Europe division, effective on or around June 30, a regulatory filing shows.