Mohegan Sun signs a three-year deal to host the Miss America competition
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Officials with Mohegan Sun Casino have signed three-year deal to keep the Miss America beauty pageant at the Uncasville resort.
Terms of the agreement between the casino’s corporate parent, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, and the Miss America Organization were not released. The 100th anniversary of the Miss America competition will be broadcast live from Mohegan Sun Arena in December 2021
“Following the success of the Miss America 2020 competition at Mohegan Sun, we knew we had created something very special here in Connecticut, and we’re thrilled to be able to host Miss America events and competitions for the next three years at our destination,” Jeff Hamilton, president and general manager of Mohegan Sun said in a statement. “Miss America will now become one of Mohegan Sun’s largest annual events in terms of size, scope and reach.”
Healthcare services company to close North Haven office
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Daniel Greenleaf is the chief executive officer of ModivCare.Contributed photo /
A Colorado-based company that provides non-emergency medical transportation, home healthcare and nutritional meal delivery is closing its North Haven office in June and laying off 59 people.
ModivCare is closing its office at 127 Washington Avenue in North Haven on June 1 when its lease expires, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing the company made with the Connecticut Department of Labor on Friday. Of the 59 people who will lose their jobs, 39 work as call center customer service representatives.
Until January of this year, the 20-year-old company was known as Providence Service Corp. It was first based in Stamford and then moved its headquarters to Atlanta before relocating once again to Denver in March of last year.
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Putnam Reservoir in Greenwich, Conn., photographed on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Former farmland could turn into the next big thing for Branford
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The former Bittersweet Farm property in Branford photographed on April 1, 2021. At far right is the Army Reserve Center.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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The former Bittersweet Farm property in Branford photographed on April 1, 2021. In the background at left is the United Methodist Church, Branford property.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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BRANFORD A pair of local developers who own more than 120 acres of the former Bittersweet Farm are stepping up efforts to sell the property.
The Belfonti Cos. and A. Secondino & Son have signed an exclusive listing agreement with Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut. The two partners originally purchased part of the property from the CuraGen Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, in 2005 and the remaining piece from a Pakistani investment group a few years later.
Interim Foxwoods head selected as president and CEO of casino
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Jason Guyot of Stonington is Foxwoods Resort Casino s new president and chief executive officer after having led it on an interim basis since last April.Contributed photo / Foxwoods Resort Casino
Jason Guyot, who has led Foxwoods Resort Casino as interim chief executive officer through nearly all of the changes associated with COVID-19, has been chosen as the gaming center’s new president and chief executive officer.
Officials with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced Guyot’s promotion in a press release Tuesday eveving. Guyot has nearly 20 years of resort management experience as a gaming and hospitality executive, according to tribal officials, who said his work leading Foxwoods through the pandemic was one of the reason he was appointed to his new role.