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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Dec 5, 2024 12:30 pm
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Image from a Klarides Village Facebook page.
SEYMOUR – The town recently received a $20,000 anonymous donation to help businesses in Klarides Village damaged during the Aug. 18 flood.
Last the Seymour Board of Selectpersons, acting upon a recommendation from Seymour Emergency Management Director Chris Edwards, voted to divide the donation equally among the business owners in the plaza, which is off Route 67.
Fourteen of the plaza’s 16 businesses were damaged by the Aug. 18 flash flooding.
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Press Release | Nov 25, 2024 6:10 am
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(Left to right) Heather Marquis, Co-Interim CEO, Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut, and Lillian McKenzie, Development & Communications Manager, TEAM, Inc.
OXFORD– Following the August floods in Oxford, Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut (GWNC) rallied its team to support victims of the disaster. GWNC’s involvement began at Quarry Walk with boots-on-the-ground support in the days following the flood, handing out food and water, cleaning items, and distributing Goodwill gift cards.
Alongside Team Inc. and the American Red Cross, GWNC served as a support system for Oxford residents navigating a monumental disruption. This cycle of support for the Oxford community has now culminated in a donation of more than $13,000 through GWNC’s Round Up campaign.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Nov 6, 2024 5:19 pm
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Woodland Wine & Spirits in Seymour.
SEYMOUR – Most of the store owners in the flood-damaged Klarides Village Plaza said they hope to be back in business around Christmas.
Thirteen businesses in the shopping center on Route 67 have been closed since the freakish flash flood of Aug 18.
“We’re anxious for our tenants to reopen,” said state Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria, whose family owns the plaza through Klarides Family Associates. “These people are like our family and being out of business as long as they’ve been, and not making any money, it hurts us just as much as it hurts them. We can’t wait to see everyone open again.”
SEYMOUR — The section of the Waterbury branch washed out during the Aug. 18 flood has been repaired and service returned the morning of Oct. 28, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
The department posted on Facebook asking people to be aware of trains and to not walk on the tracks:
“Train service on the Waterbury Branch Line resumes today, Oct. 28. Please remember that using the tracks for walking, cycling, or vehicles is unsafe and against the law,” according to the post.
SEYMOUR – From a press release: “Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez joined CEOs and executives of major banks and credit unions from across Connecticut at a news conference in Seymour to announce partnerships between state government and the financial services industry to provide relief and critical information to individuals and businesses impacted by the Aug. 18, 2024, severe flooding in Fairfield County, Litchfield County, and New Haven County.”
A photo of the washed out section of railroad bed in Seymour.
SEYMOUR — The commuter train line for the Valley is scheduled to return Monday (Oct. 28) the state Department of Transportation announced on Friday (11:30 a.m.)
The Metro-North Waterbury line, which locally passes through Seymour, Ansonia and Derby, hasn’t been operating since being damaged during the Aug. 18 flooding. Buses have been picking commuters up at the train stations, and will continue to do so until Monday.
There were two washouts that undermined the tracks in Beacon Falls and Seymour.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Oct 16, 2024 4:40 pm
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Elizabeth Street at Route 34 (Main Street) in front of Derby City Hall.
DERBY – The completion date of the Route 34 widening project has been pushed to June 2025, officials from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) said on Wednesday (Oct. 16).
The state initially said the $18.7 million project would be done this month.
DOT spokesperson Josh Morgan said the delay is due to a damaged aqueduct under the road near Home Depot at 117 Main St. Route 34 is a state road called Main Street locally.
Morgan said the old, abandoned aqueduct did not show up on any of the construction plans.
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Press Release | Oct 14, 2024 7:41 am
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WETHERSFIELD – Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo announced that FEMA has authorized the agency to launch federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for those residents who experienced job interruption or loss due to the August 2024 flooding.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance is a federal program that supports workers whose employment was lost or interrupted by a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular state unemployment insurance benefits.
DUA covers workers, some residents who are self-employed, and the surviving spouses of heads of household who died due to the storm.
President Biden approved Connecticut’s major disaster declaration for the FEMA Individual Assistance Program for Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven counties, areas that experienced extreme rain and flooding on August 18 – 19, 2024. Governor Ned Lamont announced business recovery centers to help employers apply for federal aid.
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Press Release | Sep 25, 2024 7:18 am
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OXFORD — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it will open two Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) in Connecticut on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. at the Monroe Police Department in Monroe and the Oxford Town Hall in Oxford. SBA is opening the centers to assist Connecticut businesses with losses due to severe storm, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred on Aug. 18 – 19.
The disaster declaration covers Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs): Hartford, Middlesex in Connecticut; Berkshire and Hampden in Massachusetts; and Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester in New York.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Sep 23, 2024 6:14 am
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Seymour Fire Chief Chris Edwards
SEYMOUR – At a Board of Selectpersons meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 17), Seymour Fire Chief Chris Edwards gave his latest update of what’s been happening since the historic Aug. 18 flash flooding caused extensive damage along the Little River a month ago.
Edwards is also the town’s emergency operations director. He said:
