Week in Review

Patch has complied a list of the top stories affecting the residents of Rocky Hill this past week.

The bids are in for the Silas Deane Highway streetscape project and the Town Council is expected to approve a contract for it later this month. The project would improve the area on the eastern side of the Silas Deane Highway and the Route 160 intersection and would add benches, a clock tower and new landscaping.

The Rocky Hill Police Department held a promotion ceremony at Town Hall Monday morning to promote Brian Klett and Mike Norman to the ranks of lieutenant and sergeant respectively.

Backup officers from Portland, Rocky Hill, the state police and Cromwell were called in to help quell the "chaos" that erupted early New Year's morning when Titanium closed.

The 2012-2015 Rocky Hill Teachers’ Association Contract went into effect after the Town Council took no action after a discussion in executive session at their  at on Monday night.

About 20 “Track One” candidates were interviewed at the first-ever Connecticut Manufacturing Job Match event at the . Congressman John Larson was one of the guest speakers.

Nine members of Girl Scout Troop 10211 made and delivered cookies with help of their leaders to the residents at the on Dec. 16.

After a black bear was shot and killed in Windsor, the Rocky Hill animal control officer explained that there have been no recent bear sightings in town. He also gave helpful tips on dealing with bears.

Cherry Hill Construction, Inc., the , spent this week installing a silt sock, which is used for erosion and sedimentation control, on the former Foundry property, according to an attorney for the developer. Asbestos must be removed from several buildings on the site before the demolition can begin.