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Haddam and East Haddam Residents Left in the Dark on Halloween
As of Monday morning, many residents across the state of Connecticut are still without power in the wake of a freak October snowstorm.
Thousands of residents in Haddam and East Haddam are left in the dark on Halloween in the wake of an un-seasonable snowstorm that dumped inches to a few feet of heavy, wet snow across New England. As of 8:30 a.m., 33% of Haddam residents and 24% of East Haddam residents are still without power.
The widespread power outages come just two months after more than 800,000 state residents lost power during Tropical Storm Irene. It took more than a week for power to be restored to the entire state.
In a press conference over the weekend, Malloy said he did not know how long restoration efforts could take this time around.
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“It is impossible to tell,” he said. “…there are an extremely high number of outages.”
Due to the power outages, both East Haddam and the Haddam-Killingworth school district (RSD 17) have cancelled school and after school activities for Monday.
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Project Safe Halloween in East Haddam is still on from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, but has been moved from the elementary school to the high school. The town is also asking residents to report any blocked roads in their area to the East Haddam Emergency Operations Center at 860-873-5036.
The HK Middle School Shelter will open Monday morning as of 8:00 a.m. for showers, water supply, and battery charging.
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