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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.
State offers incentives but Danbury-area towns struggle to build affordable housing
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Republican State Representative Steve Harding, left, in a 2018 file photo.Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media
Danbury-area towns could reap millions for future school construction projects if legislation before the General Assembly to expand affordable housing becomes law.
Several proposed bills seek to raise the state’s contribution to school projects by 10 percent or 20 percent if a community increases its affordable housing stock to 10 percent of all housing.
The only problem: None of the towns in the region New Milford, Brookfield, Bethel nor New Fairfield meet that 10 percent threshold.