Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands In Fairfield County
Thousands of Fairfield County residents lost power as wind gusts reaching upwards of 65 mph sent power lines flying.
As of 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, Eversource was reporting dozens of outages impacting 12,406 of their 1,278,540 Connecticut customers.
Danbury was hit the hardest, with 2,759 customers reporting outages, with more than 100 outages reported in New Canaan, and Newtown. Outages were also reported in Greenwich, Redding, and Westport.
A total of 288 United Illuminating customers are also without power, led by Shelton with 76.
Eversource said that complete restoration may not be r…
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
The following school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Wednesday, Dec. 11 due to the storm.
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Fairfield County
Bridgeport Public Schools, closed
Bethel Public Schools, three-hour delay
Brookfield Public Schools, three-hour delay
Danbury Public Schools, three-hour delay
Darien Public Schools, two-hour delay
Fairfield Public Schools, two-hour delay
Greenwich Public Schools, two-hour delay
New Canaan Public Schools, two-hour delay
Newtown Public Schools, three-hour delay
Norwalk Public Schools, two-h…
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Man Arrested For Kicking Jaguar During Road-Rage Incident
A Redding man was arrested following a road rage incident with another motorist in Sandy Hook.
Nicholas Knapp, 32, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 23, after he allegedly became violent and kicked another vehicle that had almost hit his vehicle on Wasserman Way, said Newtown Lt. Aaron Bahamonde.
An investigation by Newtown Police found that Knapp, who was driving a 2012 Kenworth T800 construction vehicle for KTI Utility, and another motorist who was driving a 2004 Jaguar X-Type sedan, engaged in a dispute after the sedan almost hit the Kenworth, Bahamonde said.
During the dispute, Knapp all…
