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Historic Litchfield County Bridge Reopens After Sustaining Severe Damage Historic Litchfield County Bridge Reopens After Sustaining Severe Damage
Historic Litchfield County Bridge Reopens After Sustaining Severe Damage One of the last covered bridges in Connecticut has reopened to traffic after suffering severe damage when a person towed a backhoe through it.  Earlier Report - One Of Last Covered Bridges In CT Severely Damaged By Backhoe The West Cornwall Covered Bridge in Litchfield County, located in West Cornwall by the intersection of Route 128 and Route 7, reopened to traffic on Tuesday, Jan. 17, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.  The bridge was originally closed on Friday afternoon, Dec. 23, when someone towed a backhoe through the structure, severely damaging several wood…
Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut: Here's Latest Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut: Here's Latest
Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut: Here's Latest Thousands in Connecticut are still without power a day after thunderstorms and possible tornadoes ripped through the East Coast. As of 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, 19,464 of Eversource’s 1,281,459 Connecticut customers were still reporting outages, while United Illuminating crews were responding to 330 outages impacting another 14,155 customers. Related story - Eversource Says It's Ready For New Round Of Severe Storms With Damaging Winds Among the hardest-hit municipalities was Branford, which lost power to nearly all Eversource customers. “Our crews were prepositioned throughout the st…