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HURRICANE IRENE

Blumenthal and DeLauro Talk Housatonic River Flooding

by Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Oct 1, 2011 7:50 am | Comments (0)

Leaders from Housatonic River communities are banding together to address flooding problems along the river this past year. 

Representatives from nine towns and cities along the Housatonic River met with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. representatives Rosa DeLauro and Chris Murphy Friday morning at Oxford Town Hall. 

They talked about flooding — and what the leaders can do to prevent and respond to issues along the river. 

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FEMA In The Valley To Talk Hurricane Assistance

by Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Sep 16, 2011 2:12 pm | Comments (0)

FEMA reps were in Shelton and Oxford this week, spreading the word about federal disaster aid available after Hurricane Irene.

Clifton Burse, a community relations specialist from FEMA, said he was visiting homes and businesses to hand out fliers with information about the assistance.

He spent Friday afternoon going to different businesses on Route 67 in Oxford.

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Water Torture: Third Major Flood This Year For The Housatonic River

by The Valley Indy | Sep 9, 2011 12:59 am | Comments (0)

Residents in the Maples in Shelton and McConney Grove in Derby aren’t surprised when the Housatonic River floods.

Heck, residents at McConney’s are known to crack open a case of Heinekin and throw a flood party every time the Housatonic River spills over its banks and onto their yards.

But not on Thursday, when the Valley was pounded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.

After the third major flood in six months, even the heartiest folks along the river were crying, ​“Enough already.”

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Valley Officials Want Tree-Trimming Policies Re-Examined

by Eugene Driscoll and Tony Spinelli | Sep 7, 2011 7:37 am | Comments (0)

Officials at Connecticut Light & Power said they will review their tree-trimming policies in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which knocked out power for almost 1 million utility customers in the state.

The Hartford Courant reported Friday that CL&P President Jeffrey Butler doesn’t think his company’s policies were at fault, but they’ll conduct an internal review nonetheless.

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Oxford Man Charged With Trying To Steal Generator

by Tony Spinelli | Sep 6, 2011 2:57 pm | Comments (0)

An Oxford man faces larceny charges for the attempted theft of an electrical generator in the middle of a blackout.

Police said Richard D. Filo, 56, of Old State Road, was observed Wednesday night (Aug. 31) by a passerby attempting to take a generator from an AT&T utility pole in front of his house on Old State Road.

Filo declined to comment on his arrest Tuesday.

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Oxford’s Connelly Calls Out ‘Boneheaded’ State Ed Decisions After Irene

by Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Sep 2, 2011 2:41 pm | Comments (0)

If the state Department of Motor Vehicles can cut Connecticut residents some slack after the mess caused by Hurricane Irene, why couldn’t state education officials?

That was the question Oxford’s interim superintendent, James Connelly, had Friday during a pre-school-year pep rally for teachers and staff at Oxford High School.

Connelly briefed teachers and staff about the district’s late start because of power outages and storm clean-up — and he named winners and losers in the storm response. 

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