Community Corner
Power Starting to Come Back in Montville
Though the outage continues, here and there are lights and hot water
Some power on Route 163 and Route 32 has been restored, Fire Marshal Ray Occhialini reports this morning.
"Still, 96 percent of the town has no power," he says. The town is working with Connecticut Light & Power, and hopes to get power to Route 32, so gas stations and businesses there can open.
The showers at Montville High School will be open tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. You can also get water for drinking from the high school. Bring your own containers.
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More than 100 people used the community showers Monday night, Occhialini said, and many people brought containers to be filled wi
The town is working to continue to clear debris and open roads.
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Occhialini says that residents can drop off brush and tree limbs and branches in the field at Route 163 and Oxoboxo Dam Road. Please do not bring any other kind of refuse. The brush collection is for tree-related things only.
The East Lyme Community Center shelter is open for anyone needing shelter.
Occhialini also says that Oakdale Pizza and the Great Wall are open, and running on generators. Before the storm, the owner of Friendly Pizza said he intended to stay open, as well.
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