David Preka, who has successfully completed restoration of several downtown buildings, plans to turn a vacat South Water Street building into a hotel and
With COVID-19 restrictions falling away, Bristol’s venerable Mum Festival is a “go” for this year along with the Apple Harvest Fest in Southington, South Windsor’s Strawberry Festival and the Oyster Festival in Norwalk. But others among the state’s big-name gatherings are canceled: There will be no Sailfest in New London or Irish Festival in North Haven this year, and the organizers last week .