A North Attleborough couple experienced a home heating oil spill on their property earlier this year. They assumed the expensive cleanup would be covered by their insurance policy. They were wrong.

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The Grunderville landfill officially closed in 2022, but its potential lives on.

Since the site’s closure county officials have been discussing recreational uses due to its location on Grunderville Road next to the Allegheny River. This site is owned by the Allegheny National Forest but leased and maintained by Warren County.

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According to a comprehensive market research report titled "Environmental Testing Market Size, Share, Forecast, & Trends Analysis by Products (Mass Spectrometers, pH meters), Sample, Contamination, End User (Agriculture & Irrigation, Government and R&D Laboratories, Industrial Product Manufacturers), and Geography - Global Forecast to 2032", the environmental testing market is projected to reach $17.1 billion by 2032, up from an estimated $9.6 billion in 2025, growing at a robust CAGR of 8.6% during the forecast period.

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ARANAC LAKE — After weeks of stalled progress, work on the Saranac Lofts apartment complex is again in full swing, according to Mike Drew, the new project superintendent for developers Kearney Group.

Drew attended Monday’s village board meeting at the request of village Code Enforcement Officer Zacharia Peltier to update the board and the community on the much-anticipated housing project.

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RENSSELAER — Officials in this city on the east bank of the Hudson River have a new tool to potentially weed out blight.

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WEST HARTFORD — The town is among about two dozen municipalities in the state to receive grants in the latest round of funding from the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s Brownfield Remediation and Development Program.

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Some former industrial and commercial contaminated sites that could pose risks to the public’s health and safety have languished in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP), according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit examined the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) management of the program and found it must be strengthened to ensure private parties follow through on the timely remediation of their contaminated sites.

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The construction of a Transit-Oriented Development project on New Park Avenue and assessment of expansion space for Park Road businesses have both received significant support from the state following the announcement by Gov. Ned Lamont on June 12 that West Hartford was awarded two grants through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation and Development Program.

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Real Estate Collaborative, LLC, has acquired Carlisle’s historic Frog Switch & Manufacturing site with $10.2M in state funds to transform the industrial property into an engine of local redevelopment. 

Ownership of the 27-acre former Frog, Switch, & Manufacturing (Frog Switch) industrial complex was transferred recently to Real Estate Collaborative (REC). The transaction comes just weeks after REC received a $10.2 million award to transform the site, the second largest award in the commonwealth. 

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A long-awaited environmental restoration study for the Harlem River is officially moving forward, following the Friday announcement of a $1 million funding agreement between the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and federal partners.

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