Resident Thanks Seymour Emergency Responders
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by | Sep 2, 2011 11:59 am | Comments (0)
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Thursday he heard a barrage of complaints about how utility companies reacted to Hurricane Irene.
Blumenthal toured the state’s battered coast line, then made stops in Seymour and Oxford.
“What I have been hearing, all around the state, is frustration, anger, outrage,” Blumenthal said.
by | Sep 2, 2011 12:11 am | Comments (0)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal was at Oxford Town Hall Thursday to hear about what Hurricane Irene did to town.
First Selectwoman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers, Oxford Ambulance Director Jerry Schwab and state police Sgt. Dan Semosky gave a frank rundown of how the storm affected Oxford, what the town learned from the experience — and how thoroughly underwhelmed they were with CL&P’s response to the storm.
In addition to a story, the Valley Indy videoed the meeting. Here are the highlights.
by | Sep 1, 2011 11:07 pm | Comments (0)
As flames shot 40 feet in the air on Jacks Hill Road in Oxford Sunday, town officials could not convince Connecticut Light & Power to come out and de-enegize a wire that had caused the fire.
The primary wire snapped during Hurricane Irene. It burned through several feet of pavement, rupturing an underground gas line and igniting the fire. The Oxford Fire Department evacuated several homes in the neighborhood,and supervised the burn while they waited.
“For three hours, at least, they wouldn’t shut the circuit off,” Oxford Ambulance Director Jerome “Jerry” Schwab told U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal Thursday, during Blumenthal’s tour of storm damage around Connecticut.
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by | Sep 1, 2011 8:36 pm | Comments (0)
Shelton will continue to distribute food, ice and water to residents without power on Friday.
The distribution center has been moved to the Echo Hose Ambulance headquarters at 100 Meadow St.
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by | Sep 1, 2011 1:53 pm | Comments (0)
In this episode of Navel Gazing, Jodie Mozdzer and Eugene Driscoll talk about the Valley Independent Sentinel’s coverage of Hurricane Irene — and how the Valley Indy Facebook page played a huge role in what we did.
by | Sep 1, 2011 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
Other than a call or two for disorderly conduct and a car crash during the height of the storm, police departments in Ansonia and Seymour didn’t receive reports of any major crime during Hurricane-Turned-Tropical-Storm Irene. Check out the map.
by | Sep 1, 2011 11:15 am | Comments (0)
Crews from CL&P and United Illuminating made significant progress Wednesday in the effort to restore electricity to thousands of residents in the Valley.
Hurricane Irene, which entered Connecticut late Saturday night into Sunday and quickly became a tropical storm, resulted in two deaths in the state and badly damaged houses on the state’s shoreline. At the height of the storm, 22,000 residents took refuge in shelters.
The biggest issue locally has been the restoration of power, which had seemed to have stalled by Wednesday morning.
by | Sep 1, 2011 10:55 am | Comments (0)
Some Valley towns have extended transfer station hours and scheduled extra curbside pickups to help residents cleaning up debris from the storm.
The following are notices we have received:
by | Aug 31, 2011 5:23 pm | Comments (0)
Click here for a list of places to take a shower in the Valley.
