With 70 new apartments freshly on market and 50 more under construction, the project in the heart of town is driving a revival of the surrounding neighborhood, local officials say.

Tucked away in Connecticut’s northeastern “Quiet Corner,” Putnam offers a retirement paradise where your nest egg stretches further and brick-lined streets lead to unexpected joys around every corner.

Cromwell holds a gentle kind of charm that reveals itself the longer you linger. The Connecticut River shapes the landscape ...