2011 In Review - August

In this final week of 2011, Enfield Patch is looking back at the stories that were read most often during the year. Twice a day through Saturday, we are re-publishing the top story of each month, plus including links to the next three most-read news stories, a sports story and a feature piece.

We continue the retrospective with an article from August 28:

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Several town roads are closed as high winds and heavy rain caused a number of fallen trees and power lines in Enfield Sunday morning.

Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said the town's Emergency Operations Center opened around midnight in preparation for the effects of Hurricane Irene. Heavy rainfall began in the overnight hours, and continued as of 11:15 a.m.

The first road closing took place around 7:15 a.m., when falling tree branches brought down a live power line on First Avenue, off Brainard Rd. About an hour later, a tree fell across Theodore St. in the Southwood Acres section of town.

Shortly before 10 p.m., a large tree fell across Cottage Rd., adjacent to Shaker Pines Lake, bringing power lines down across a truck and into the roadway.

No roads were closed due to flooding, a problem which has cropped up a number of times in recent years.

"We haven't seen widespread disaster as we have in previous years as it pertains to flooding," Sferrazza said. "I think credit for some of that goes to the way the town prepared for this. They opened the floodgates at the pond in the center of town way early, and DPW did a great job of checking out the normal flood spots, making sure the sewer grates were cleaned out."

As of late morning, about 600 to 700 CL&P customers in Enfield were without power, Sferrazza said.

Other Top Stories in August

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Sports

Feature

On Friday, check out the top stories from September and October.