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When Donna LaFata describes A&D Equipment, she speaks not just as a president, but as someone who has lived and breathed excavation for more than 20 years. “Our background is in excavating and site work,” she said. “My husband’s family started an excavating company over 50 years ago — it’s a second-generation company. Over time, we looked for technologies to improve our own jobs, and there was a natural progression to start selling them. That’s how A&D Equipment was born 13 years ago.” Headquartered in Guilford, Conn., A&D Equipment has become a trusted name in excavator attachments. The company specializes in products that make contractors’ job sites more efficient, more profitable, and more self-contained, according to the company. “We sell a variety of attachment lines — Rotastar, Steelwrist, Indeco, Werk-Brau and MB Crushers,” LaFata said. “But our flagCEG photo ship is definitely the Rotastar screening With one of their Rotastar screening buckets are Donna LaFata, bucket.” president of A & D Equipment, and Anthony LaFata, president of see A&D page 14
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Work Begins to Rehabilitate Portions of Hartford’s 19th Century-Era Sewer System Construction began the first week of November 2025 in Hartford, Conn., to rehabilitate the city’s downtown sewers, a portion of which was originally built in the 1800s. Crews started the first of three phases of the sewer rehab project on Nov. 4, a process that the Hartford Courant noted was expected to last three weeks. Hartford’s Metropolitan District (MDC) said that the city’s historic Central Row is closed eastbound from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the weekdays and vehicular traffic is being detoured around the job site; however, adjacent businesses and sidewalks are remaining open for pedestrians. Normal traffic will return following each construction shift.
The city’s MDC is a non-profit municipal corporation chartered by the Connecticut General Assembly to provide potable water and sewerage services. The agency and its contractors, VMS Construction of Vernon, Conn., and Insituform Technologies, are working on all three phases of the sewer improvements, which are expected to be completed by spring 2026. During that time, crews will work in downtown Hartford on Central Row, Market Street and Main Street, but the Courant reported that no sewer service interruptions are expected. see SEWER page 22