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The year 2012 marks AJ Penna & Son Excavating Contractors’ 65th anniversary. In 1947, Angelo Penna was discharged from the Army. His wife Margaret’s father worked in the construction business in Westport, Conn. Penna worked alongside his wife’s family for many years, learning a trade that would provide for his children for a lifetime. From Father to Son As is often the case in family construction work, after a time, Penna mastered the trade and In 2010, the company fixed a 36-in. (91 cm) main break in the vicinity of a pond. The job lasted about 72 ventured out on his own. His wife helped hours and added to AJ Penna’s emergency him through the years with the bookkeeping service expertise. and assisting with estimates and other office work for their new business — AJ Penna & time in 1964, he started to work for his dad. Son Excavating Contractors, located at 46 Both father and mother demanded that Vinny Indian Hill Road in Westport, Conn. The priwork hard, and he put in many long hours in order vately-owned and operated excavation and to learn every aspect of the business. utility company that continues serving In October 1983, Vinny Penna took over the Fairfield County area. business. Growth was slow within the company at “My father had health issues and Mom needed first. Employees would be hired from time to to take care of him, and they had faith that I would time. It hasn’t come fast, but, as operations be able to carry on the name,” said Vinny Penna. manager Irisel DeJesus said, “Anything that Vinny Penna took Additionally by this time, Vinny had acquired comes easy is probably too good to be true.” over the family busi- all his licenses, including sewer and plumbing, When son Vinny got old enough, some- ness in October 1983. see PENNA page 4
Big Dig Costs Pegged at $24.3B; Puts Choke Hold on Other State Projects By Bob salsberg ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON (AP) The cost of the Big Dig, including interest on borrowing, has mushroomed to nearly $24.3 billion, strangling the state’s ability to fund other critical transportation projects, a legislative oversight hearing was told on July 10.
The sobering message, delivered by high-ranking officials of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, came as lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration mull long-term options for financing roads, bridges and public transit around the state. Though the Big Dig — the nation’s costliest highway project — was essentially completed years ago, the state still see cosT page 6