People in West Hartford love to be "in the know" about happenings in town, especially the openings — and closings — of local businesses. We hear things all the time, and some of them turn into big stories. But sometimes we don't have enough news to write an entire story, even though the information is definitely newsworthy. For a while we ran a "Visions for Vacancies" feature on Sundays, but it was getting to be difficult to find vacancies every week.
Every Sunday we'll highlight the business stories you may have missed during the past week, and give you the scoop on the other news you may not have heard about. And if you have tips about businesses opening or closing, please include them in the comments or send an email to ronni.newton@patch.com.
- Happy Mother's Day! We hope you have been out patronizing West Hartford's businesses to find that special something for mom!
- South Main Wine & Spirits has opened its doors in the spot formerly occupied by the AT&T store at the northwest corner of South Main and New Britain Ave. It's right next to Jake's Wayback Burgers.
- The Pepe's Pizza build-out has begun! The Puppy Center's contraction to created space for Pepe's in Elmwood has been completed, and construction is underway for the arrival of New Haven's iconic pizza which is scheduled to open in July.
- West Hartford-based Bluefoot Entertainment took home an Emmy along with ESPN at the Sports Emmy Awards last week in New York City. The production company's award was in the category of "Outstanding Sports Journalism" for the E:60 episode on soccer team Beitar Jerusalem. Bluefoot owner Tim Horgan edited the piece, which was produced by ESPN's Beein Gin, narrated by Jeremy Schaap, and written by Beein Gim, Michael Baltierra and Jeremy Schaap. Click here to watch.
- Blue Back Square has been sold! The sale was announced last week, and the new owner is investment giant Starwood Capital Group. The purchase price, according to the real estate records in the West Hartford Town Clerk's office, was $104,900,000.
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