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Virginia Community Ranked Third 'Best Place To Live For Families' New Fortune Report Finds
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It's no secret to Fairfax County residents, but Fortune made it official, naming Chantilly the third "best place to live for families" in a newly released ranking, citing it as "a serene escape" from the DC craziness.
Researchers cited Chantilly's proximity to the city (24 miles), as well as Dulles International Airport, which is approximately seven miles away and is "convenient for family vacations."
"The community is largely residential, with just over 25,000 people, but there’s plenty to do," they said. "Along Route 50 you’ll find a number of…
New Isaias Outage Update: Latest Breakdown By Town In Fairfield County
Power has been restored to thousands in Connecticut, but more than 30,000 are still waiting for crews to make repairs a week after Tropical Storm Isaias struck Fairfield County.
As of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 30,634 of Eversource’s 1,281,332 Connecticut customers were still waiting to have their power turned back on. An additional 174 United Illuminating customers were also dealing with outages.
In Fairfield County, Eversource customers were still reporting outages in:
Danbury: 4,617 (12.32 percent of customers);
Ridgefield: 3,244 (29.52 percent of customers);
Newtown: 2,271 (19.82 pe…
Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange
Hundreds in Rockland and Orange County remain without power nearly a week after Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc on the East Coast.
As of 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, crews from Rockland & Orange Utilities was still responding to 417 reported outages, which were impacting 1,345 of their New York customers.
In Orange County, 705 of the company’s 104,130 customers were still reporting outages, while 628 of their 117,244 Rockland County residents were still in the dark.
During the storm, more than 200,000 Rockland & Orange customers lost power due to the high wind gusts and rain …
Isaias Outage Update: Latest Rundown Of Most-Affected Towns In Litchfield
Eversource has been making progress restoring power to customers in Connecticut who lost after Tropical Isaias barreled through the region.
A total of 240,590 of 1,281,259 Eversource customers (18.8 percent) are still without power as of 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8.
Here's the latest breakdown of active power outages in Litchfield County, according to Eversource:
New Milford: 6,427 (46 percent of customers)
Winchester: 2,783 (45.3 percent of customers)
Woodbury: 2,337 (45 percent of customers)
Torrington: 1,893 (10 percent of customers)
Litchfield: 1,616 (34.2…
