City council members present at last night’s council meeting unanimously approved a waterfront infrastructure funding plan that has proven to be controversial at recent meetings. Mayor Ed Johnson, Deputy Mayor John M. Loffredo, Councilwoman Sue Henderson and Councilman Kevin Sanders all voted in favor of the ordinance enacting the plan. Councilman James Bruno was absent. The […]

The city is borrowing about $850,000 to fund several projects that were previously approved by the council. These costs “had not [been] provided adequate liquidity or cash,” Kaplan said at the Dec. 5 council meeting. One ordinance was to fund the new senior center, built in the Springwood Center on Springwood Avenue. That project cost […]

Construction at the Vive townhome site may recommence soon, as the city and waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial are close to finalizing an infrastructure agreement for the city’s entire waterfront area. The Vive project is linked to waterfront infrastructure because in arbitration between the city and iStar, it was decided that for iStar to retain its […]