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Route 34 Across Stevenson Dam In Monroe Reopens To Traffic After Flood Damage Repairs Route 34 Across Stevenson Dam In Monroe Reopens To Traffic After Flood Damage Repairs
Route 34 Across Stevenson Dam In Monroe Reopens To Traffic After Flood Damage Repairs Part of a busy roadway carrying traffic across a dam in Connecticut has been reopened after being damaged by severe flooding, officials announced.  Route 34 in the Fairfield County town of Monroe and New Haven County town of Oxford between Route 111 and Coppermine Road has been reopened after suffering damage from flooding on Sunday, Aug. 18, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday, Aug. 27.  The stretch of road carries traffic over the Stevenson Dam on Lake Zoar.  Although traffic can now cross the dam, Route 34 remains closed between Coppermine Ro…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed In Connection With Alleged Theft Of Four Personal Watercraft, Newtown Police Say Man Nabbed In Connection With Alleged Theft Of Four Personal Watercraft, Newtown Police Say
Man Nabbed In Connection With Alleged Theft Of Four Personal Watercraft, Newtown Police Say A 31-year-old area man turned himself in to police after learning he was wanted on a warrant in connection for allegedly stealing four personal watercraft earlier this year. Jerrysan Rohena, 31, of Waterbury, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 6, for the alleged thefts of the four vehicles worth more than $50,000, said the Newtown Police. The thefts were in September and October of this year along Lake Lillinonah, Lake Zoar, police said. After the thefts, a long investigation led to Rohena, who was charged with four counts of larceny, which is a felony. He was processed and released on a $…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Deer Rescued After Getting Stuck On Lake Zoar Deer Rescued After Getting Stuck On Lake Zoar
Deer Rescued After Getting Stuck On Lake Zoar Firefighters helped save a life on Sunday, of a deer, stuck on the ice. The incident took place around 11 a.m. when members of the Stevenson department received a call about a deer stuck on the ice on Lake Zoar in Monroe, the fire department said on Facebook. The deer, who was about 500 feet out, or halfway across the lake when rescuers arrived on the scene, had fallen and could not get back up after trying repeatedly. Concerned bystanders called the Monroe police, who then contacted the Stevenson Fire Department. During the rescue, one firefighter hooked a tether and pulled his way o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Neighbors
Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch
Journey To The Past: Monroe Through Time II To Be Unveiled At Sunday Lunch MONROE, Conn. -- A new illustrated paperback capturing the rich history of Monroe will be unveiled at a luncheon at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library on Sunday. The luncheon will introduce "Monroe Thought Time II," which chronicles such little-known chapters in the town's history as: A Ku Klux Klan rally in 1924 that drew 1,100 America-Firsters to a site where a Goodwill Store stands today. A neighborhood popularly called Punkups that disappeared when Lake Zoar was created in 1919. The unsolved mystery of Captain Nathan Seeley, who was found dead in his barn in 1890 with a noose…

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