Next 24 Hours Critical as Hurricane Sandy's Winds, Storm Surge Hit Connecticut
Hurricane Sandy's impact on Connecticut will intensify during the next 24 hours as the storm turns west into New Jersey. Winds will gain velocity and may gust, some forecasters said, up to 90 mph. The...
View ArticleObituaries: Falbo, Riggles
Catherine "Tina" (Torre) Falbo, 93, of Enfield, entered into the fullness of eternal life on Thursday, October 25, 2012. Marguerite (DesRosiers) Rose Riggles, 92, of Enfield, passed away on Tuesday,...
View ArticleEnfield Firefighters Commended For Outstanding Work at Fatal Blaze (with audio)
Town firefighters are receiving high praise from fire and government officials for the outstanding work they did at a major structure fire last Wednesday. Responders from all five Enfield fire...
View ArticleEnfield Police Blotter: Oct. 26-28
The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of October 29, 2012. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch...
View Article[Updated, 9:45 a.m.] Enfield Outlines Plans For Continued Storm Coverage
Update, 9:45 a.m. The Transfer Station will be open today for residents to dispose of any storm debris. 340 CL&P customers are reported to be without power. Update, 5:45 a.m. Three road closures...
View ArticleMalloy: We're Halfway Through Hurricane Sandy
There are some 200,000 people without power right now and another 52,000 will join them shortly when United Illuminating shuts down three power substations in Bridgeport that will go under water soon...
View ArticleMalloy Issues Hurricane Sandy Executive Orders to Assist Residents
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office issued the following press release tonight related to Hurricane Irene: Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed four executive orders designed to assist Connecticut’s...
View ArticleThousands Along Shoreline May be Trapped by Hurricane Sandy's Flood Waters
Thousands of people are trapped in their homes, in a possible Katrina-like situation, along Connecticut’s shoreline tonight, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging them to stay in put and move to higher...
View ArticleWhat's on Tonight (If You Have Power): Raising Hope, New Girl, The Mark Twain...
Raising Hope, 8 p.m., FoxHow’re we doing? Power? Dry or wet basement? More importantly, cable? I hope so because so far the new season of Raising Hope has been hilarious. Last week with the marriage...
View ArticleIn Hurricane Sandy's Wake, 2 Dead in Connecticut, 600,000 Without Power
A Mansfield woman was killed by a falling tree and an Easton firefighter died when a tree fell on his truck as Hurricane Sandy ravaged Connecticut's shoreline Monday night and left more than 600,000...
View ArticleTravel Ban Lifted in Connecticut
The closure of the state's limited access highways to all non-emergency vehicles has been lifted, effective immediately. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday at 8 a.m. that Connecticut's highways...
View ArticleMalloy, Utilities, Begin Damage Assessments
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and utility officials are traveling the state this morning, assessing the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy and determining which areas were hardest hit and need the most help...
View ArticlePower Restoration Underway; CL&P Not Giving Time Estimates Yet
Connecticut Light & Power said it couldn’t yet give an estimate of when power will be restored for customers who lost it during Hurricane Sandy, but that thousands of people have already had power...
View ArticleCL&P Power Outages at 417,328 or 33% [UPDATED, TUES., 6:43 p.m.]
Statistics as of 6:43 p.m.: ANDOVER 1398 587 41 ASHFORD 2169 2168 99 AVON 8692 4093 47 BARKHAMSTED 1744 1123 64 BEACON FALLS 2669 431 16 BERLIN 9624 31 0.32 BETHANY 2314 1658 71 BETHEL 8330 5290 63...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - Caronna's Fine Wine & Spirits
Many of you may not know this, but there are descriptions and photos of nearly 900 businesses and organizations on Enfield Patch. Under the "Directory" heading at the top of our home page, you will...
View ArticleWeather Causes Revisions to This Week's Scholastic Sports Schedule
The loss of two school days this week has caused some shuffling of scholastic sports schedules. Here is the revised varsity schedule for Enfield and Fermi high schools and Kennedy Middle School sports...
View ArticleEnfield Police "Most Wanted" List - Oct. 30
The Enfield Police Department is looking for the public's help in locating more than a dozen suspects wanted in connection with various crimes. A tab on the department's web site entitled "Enfield's...
View ArticleFlight Operations Slowly Get Back to Normal at Bradley International Airport...
Flights at Bradley International Airport resumed on Tuesday after they were all canceled on Monday because of Hurricane Sandy.The first commercial arrival was a Delta flight from Atlanta, airport...
View ArticleEmergency Operations Winding Down in Enfield
Enfield was one of the lucky towns that avoided most of the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. Schools will re-open Wednesday morning after being closed for two days in anticipation of potential...
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