"""Steven Farrelly has asked officials to extend his years-long tenancy by 2½ months at the New London State Pier through March 15 – so he can sell his last 85,000 tons of road salt from Egypt, brought in by ships and piled in a 60-foot–high mountain behind him. He says the time extension is the only way he'll avoid going broke after 21 years in business, and save his 11 employees' jobs. """"We just need this winter,"""" he said on Wednesday, Nov. 18. """"All I want to do is break even."""""""