Friday, November 2, 2012
Members of the Middlesex County Sheriff's Community Work Program were working in town this week.
Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian was in town yesterday to visit inmate workers that have been in town this week lending their efforts to the post Hurricane Sandy clean-up effort. Four members of the Middlesex County Sheriff's Community Work Program were at Chestnut Hill Cemetery the past couple of days to help remove debris, clean up the cemetery and help discard downed trees. "This is a great program," Koutoujian said. "It benefits the local taxpayers and it benefits us. It's a win-win for everyone." Koutoujian explained that the work provided is free for the communities in which it is performed. Following Hurricane Sandy his office contacted local towns and offered assistance and Burlington was one to accept. He said the …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Fire Chief Steven Yetman said most major roads are now open though some areas still have downed trees blocking traffic.
Fire Department, NSTAR and Department of Public Work crews continue to work the cleanup effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy today. Fire Chief Steven Yetman and Department of Public Works Superintendent John Sanchez both said that trees, downed limbs and wires have been cleared from the major roadways. This morning the departments tackled a downed tree at the Cambridge Street and Wilmington Road intersection and another on Skelton Road. Roads that still have debris and/or wires include Luther Road, Bassett Avenue and Bradford Road. There are also problems on Gloria Circle off of Francis Wyman Road. Yetman said that during Hurricane Sandy yesterday there were no calls of injuries. Yetmans also said crews are out working to restore …
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Emergency crews are responding to calls of downed wires.
Burlington emergency crews are busy clearing debris from the roads and supporting utility crews in restoring power this afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Patterson of the Burlington Fire Department said Irene caused wide-spread power outages and took down trees and tree branches in various parts of town. "It’s been pretty crazy," he said. "We estimate we have received about 50 calls for service since 6 a.m. this morning." Patterson said the majority were arching wires and downed trees affecting power lines. There have been both incidents of limbs tearing service lines off of homes and taking down main power lines. There were also four calls of downed trees and branches damaging homes. However, despite the damage from the heavy …
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J. Parker
2:02 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Perhaps NY could use some of these men since the "Union's" are not allowing anyone that doesn't belong to a "Union" to help out !!! What a disgrace ! more ›