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Blocked roads, a police station without power and a lost dog: Four Danbury area towns take aim at Eversource s storm response
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The Fung family, John and Rebecca with Aviva, 9, left; Adina, 6, and Aaron, 12, lost their dog Buddy, who was electrocuted by a downed power line after Tropical Storm Isaias.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
John and Rebecca Fung headed to the basement of their Newtown home with their three children on the afternoon of Aug. 4. The hot, humid weather took a turn as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way through the area, knocking down trees and limbs, eventually cutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of Eversource customers around the state.
More COVID cases reported in Ridgefield schools
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RIDGEFIELD School officials said they learned of more COVID-19 cases Monday and late last week.
Monday morning, district officials said they learned a member of the Branchville Elementary School community had tested positive, according to a letter from Aaron Crook, the district’s COVID-19 health and safety compliance liaison. That person had last been in the building “while potentially infectious to others” on Friday, Crook said. Two staff members were instructed to quarantine for 10 days as a result.
Later that afternoon, another person at the school tested positive.
“In school transmission in this case cannot be ruled out,” Crook said.
Ridgefield High School reports 6 new COVID cases
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Ridgefield High School.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media
RIDGEFIELD School officials have reported six more cases of COVID-19 among the Ridgefield High School community, according to a message that went out to parents Wednesday.
“These individuals were not in the RHS building during a period of time when they were infectious to others, and no contact tracing is needed,” wrote Aarron Crook, the district’s COVID-19 health and safety compliance liaison and coordinator of nursing services.
Crook said he has spoken with Health Director Ed Briggs and Dr. James Ahern, the public schools’ medical adviser about the cases.