Windham County

Judith Stein, founder and executive director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy in Windham's Willimantic section, has been empaneled on the Bipartisan Long-Term Care Commission, authorities say.

Killingly specialty-products maker Rogers Corp. says its December sales plummeted amid customer uncertainty over the U.S. “fiscal cliff'' budget affair, forcing it to lower its fourth-quarter revenue outlook.

The pilot program Solarize Connecticut has doubled the adoption of residential solar installations to 2.3 megawatts in its four participant communities in the first five months of the initiative.

Plainfield will use a $500,000 state grant to rebuild and repair Green Hollow Road, a key commercial artery bisecting the eastern Connecticut community.

Waterbury workforce developer Industrial Management & Training Institute graduated 11 students from its solar technician program.

The Travelers Championship PGA tournament announced on Tuesday the 2012 event generated $1.15 million for more than 100 charities around the region, the highest since the insurer took over title sponsorship in 2007.

Massachusetts health insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has submitted a license application with state regulators to start a nonprofit health plan in Connecticut that will offer coverage in the individual, commercial, and Medicare markets, HartfordBusiness.com has learned.

The Sterling biomass facility operated by New York-based ReEnergy Holdings has diversified its fuel sources to take debris from Hurricane Sandy to burn for electricity.

A Connecticut teen is the first juvenile adopted under a new state law that expands the family court's role in such matters, authorities say.

Rogers Corp. got a tax break that enabled the Killingly manufacturer to overcome lower third-quarter sales and operating earnings and post net income that was slightly better than Wall Street expected.