Volume 15, Number 20
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Friday, August 7, 2020
Lamont declares state of emergency Motorists travel past a fallen tree along South Broad Street in Meriden during Tropical Storm Isaias on Tuesday.
Gov. Ned Lamont declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to widespread power outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias. Meanwhile, Eversource officials warned customers should be prepared for lengthy outages. Lamont’s declaration authorizes the governor to order certain actions that will help expedite the response.
Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
“With more than 700,000 customers experiencing power outages, we need to take several emergency steps that will facilitate restoration,” Lamont said. “I remain in consistent communication with municipal leaders and utility officials so that we can move resources to where they are most needed at this time.” As of noon Wednesday, Eversource reported 618,970 outages. “Eversource crews are working closely with community and public safety officials to clear roads and assess the extensive damage,” the utility said in a statement posted to its website. “Ensuring the safety of our communities and our crews while this work happens is our top priority. With the extensive damage, customers without power should be prepared to be out for ex-
A fallen tree and wires on a vehicle on Cook Avenue in Meriden Tuesday.
tended periods of time. We will provide more specific timeframes as the damage is assessed.” United Illuminating reported 92,242 outages as of Wednesday afternoon, including 2,885 in North Haven. “We appreciate your patience as we follow our process to keep our crews, customers and communities safe. In anticipation of this weather event we See Emergency, A2
CIAC lays out plan to play fall sports By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff
Last Friday at noon, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference put out a new plan for fall sports. The packet provided a new timeline for athletes and coaches to compete and safely deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
gin on Sept. 11 and then all programs can start regular-season action on Sept. 24. Cross country, field hockey, soccer, girls’ swimming and diving, and volleyball squads will be allowed to play 12 regular-season games, while football teams are being limited to six. Football programs can play once a week, while the other sports will be allowed to compete twice.
Oct. 29. Remaining sports will have an extra day. If post-season tournaments can be run safely, contests will run from Oct. 31 through Nov. 15. There will be no football played on Thanksgiving this year.
All schools are asked to come up with a regional schedule between The season will have a three-week just CIAC programs. Regional play conditioning period, starting with was chosen to limit and mitigate the athletes coming together in cohorts Cross country teams are asked to possible spread of the coronavirus. of 15 on Aug. 27. With full teams and end their regular-season schedule by There will be no out-of-state games. contact, the first scrimmages can be-
The CIAC also wants schools to come up with a COVID-19 Advisory Committee to address health and safety issues. At practices and games, coaches and athletes are being advised to self screen themselves for signs of an illness. For fan attendance, the CIAC is giving school districts the opportunity to make a plan for their venues and follow the guidance from the state of Connecticut.