Here's How Many Are Still Without Power Two Days After Rain, Wind Storm Here's How Many Are Still Without Power Two Days After Rain, Wind Storm
Here's How Many Are Still Without Power Two Days After Rain, Wind Storm More than 1,000 Connecticut residents are still without power two days after a series of storms ripped through the region, flooding the area, downing trees and power lines. As of just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, about 48 hours after the storms began, Eversource was still working to repair outages that continue to impact 1,035 of its 1,279,556 customers. United Illuminating was also still working on one outage in Woodbridge that was affecting three customers. Multiple outages were still being reported in: Ashford, Barkhamsted, Bethel, Brookfield, Colchester, Columbia, Dari…
State Police Nab Man Accused Of Trying To Video Child In Bathroom State Police Nab Man Accused Of Trying To Video Child In Bathroom
State Police Nab Man Accused Of Trying To Video Child In Bathroom A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to videotape a juvenile as he changed his clothes in a bathroom. Jeremy Renaud, of Brooklyn, Conn., was arrested on Sunday by Connecticut State Police following an incident that took place on Sept. 4, in the Town of Killingly in which a teen, who entered a bathroom to change noticed a cell phone propped up with the video recorder running, state police said. A lengthy investigation was conducted which revealed that Renaud had attempted to capture a video of the minor changing in the bathroom, state police said. He was arrested on a war…
Seen Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop Seen Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop
Seen Him? Alert Issued For Suspect In Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop Have you seen him?An alert has been issued for a suspect for a reported bank robbery on Saturday. Connecticut State Police say that a white male suspect between 25 and 30 years old showed a teller a note demanding cash at the People’s United Bank at 1092 Killingly Commons Drive in Killingly just before 4 p.m. The suspect fled the store after receiving an undisclosed amount of money, police said. He is described as being 5-foot-10, with a medium to large build and was wearing a red and white sweatshirt, jeans, dark glasses and a white baseball hat. Anyone with information is asked to call …
Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure
Connecticut House OK's Presidential Popular Vote Measure The Connecticut House of Representatives narrowly voted on Thursday, April 26 to approve a bill directing the state to join a compact committing its seven electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, according to multiple news reports. The compact would not take effect until states representing 270 electoral votes sign onto a compact that would undo a 200-year-old element of the U.S. Constitution. If approved by its state Senate, Connecticut would bring the tally to 11 states and 172 electoral votes. The candidate with the most votes should win, a standa…
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource has invested $80 million in tree-trimming projects across 4,000 miles of electric lines in Connecticut this year. That money will help the company remove hazardous trees to make the Eversource service more reliable to customers, the utility said in a news release. In addition to safety and power reliability, Eversource cited another reason to trim the trees: The company says it plans to get rid of problematic trees that were ravaged by gypsy moth caterpillars and emerald ash borers beetles. “The drought plaguing the region over the last several years may have ended, but the effe…