Many Still Without Power After Strong Storms Rip Through Fairfield County
Hundreds in Connecticut are still without power following a spate of strong thunderstorms that struck the area.
As of 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 375 of Eversource’s customers were still without power, while 424 of United Illuminating customers were reporting outages.
On Monday, more than 5,000 outages were reported throughout Connecticut.
In Fairfield County, outages were still reported in Brookfield, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, Newtown, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Shelton, Straton, Weston, and Westport.
Gusty winds, rain, thunder and lightning rocked the region during the storm, includin…
These Are Most Wikipedia'd People In Fairfield County, Rest Of CT
The most Wikipedia'ed people in Fairfield County and all of Connecticut include famous authors and actors, a wrestler and president.
A United States map on visual storytelling website The Pudding illustrates the famous people by replacing place names with their names, either people born in or who lived in the place, or are connected to it.
The most Wikipedia'ed people in Fairfield County:
Mark Twain, Redding, Writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
Chloë Sevigny, Darien: Actress, director, model, and fashion designer.
Jonathan Brandis, Danbury: (April 13, 1976 – November…
Power Outage Update: Latest Numbers From Fairfield County After Sunday's Devastating Storms
Hundreds remain without power in Fairfield County after severe storms tore through the region.
As for 9 a.m. on Monday, July 1, 1,387 of Eversource’s 1,274,935 customers in Connecticut remained in the dark, while 190 of United Illuminating’s 334,788 customers were still without power, due to 25 reported outages.
Norwalk was hit the hardest, with 514 customers still reporting outages on Monday morning. Other communities hit in the area include Westport (399 outages); New Canaan (130); Stamford (110) Weston (39); Darien (27); Wilton (16); Ridgefield, Redding, and New Fairfield.
On Sunday, Ju…
Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Fairfield County
This story has been updated.
Thousands of residents in Fairfield County are without power after a quick moving round of isolated thunderstorms swept through the area, bringing down trees and tree limbs on Sunday afternoon, June 30.
In addition, a stretch of southbound I-95 is closed in Darien due to a downed tree.
Norwalk has the most customers without power with 1,898 just before 4 p.m., followed by Westport with 1,262 and Stamford at 1,099.
Darien is reporting a total of 1,014 outages, Ridgefield 262, Weston 210, New Canaan 166, Bethel 104, Fairfield 19 and Greenwic…
Governor Expands Economic Development Team To Attract, Retain Businesses
This story has been updated.
Gov. Ned Lamont has attracted some international heavy-hitters to his Economic Development team including former top executives from PepsiCo and IBM.
That's good news for a state that has not recovered from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
This month, Lamont added two more board members, Donald Kendall, Jr., co-founder and chair of Social Venture Partners Connecticut, and R. Adam Norwitt, president and CEO of Amphenol Corp., to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc., a nonprofit that promotes business growth.
“There is nobody better to s…
These Fairfield County High Schools Among Nation's Best In U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Where does your high school rank nationally?
Now, you can find out.
More than 17,000 schools nationwide are numerically ranked, up from last year's 2,700 schools in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best high schools in the nation.
The six factors weighed in the rankings were graduation rates, number of AP courses offered, college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, and underserved student performance.
"Our mission with the Best High Schools rankings has always been to educate families about the schools in their district," said Ani…
A Life Well-Lived: Mary E. "Polly" McDermott, 87, Of Chappaqua, Weston
Mary E. McDermott, known to everyone as “Polly,” died peacefully with her daughters at her side at the age of 87 on Feb. 27, 2019 at Broad Creek Care Center in Hilton Head, SC. She is survived by her two daughters, Megan McDermott (Steven Schafer) and Morna McDermott McNulty (Leonard), and four grandchildren: Merrill Hersam, Maren Hersam, Conor McNulty and Molly McNulty.
Polly was born in Philadelphia to Fred and Thelma Bright. She was the middle of three children and had an older sister, Gloria, and younger brother, Freddy, both of whom pre-deceased her.
Polly traveled the country extensiv…
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