Hurricane Sandy - Important Information

Final Update October 31, 2012 at 4:30PM

We are NOT serving dinner tonight (Wednesday) but urge you to dine at the Bridgewater Congregational Church which is offering a Baked Ziti dinner tonight from 5:30 - 6:30pm.  And then hang around town and see "our kids" in their Halloween costumes walking around for Trunk and Treat.

We WILL be open our regular hours on Thursday, November 1st from 10:00 to 2:00  and on Friday, November 2 from 10:00 to 4:00.  Poker and Canasta are on the agenda.  Monday, November 5 we will have Flex Appeal 11:00 to 11:45 and then at noon the center will be closed so they can set up for the elections.

Update October 30, 2012 at 12:30PM

The Senior Center is open as an Emergency Shelter. A light supper will be served this evening.
Currently over 500 residents are without power and internet & phone service. The Senior Center has full power service from the generator but the Charter Internet is out.

Crews are out on Closed roads:
Skyline Ridge Rd- Tree down Est completion to open- 2 PM today.
Curtis Rd-               Tree down Est completion to open- 1 PM today.
Second Hill Rd- Tree & Wires down Est completion to open- 5 PM today.     

Other Information:

		30-Oct		31-Oct
Location:		Open		Open AM
Town Hall		No		Yes
Burnham School		No		No
Post Office		Yes		Yes
Union Bank		Yes		Yes
Village Store		Yes		Yes
Mobil Station		Yes		Yes
Roads:
Route 133		Yes		Yes
Route 67		Yes		Yes

Update - and last e-mail 10/28

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SENIOR CENTER   8:09 PM (42 minutes ago)			Reply
to bcc: me

The Senior Center wil be open as of 9:00 a.m. Monday for anyone 

who wants to come BEFORE the storm really hits. Please alert  your 

friends and neighbors who do NOT have e-mail of the availability of 

us being  open as an emergency shelter. 

Thank you all.

The town has requested that this Notice be Posted for those Seniors who are not on the town e-mail.  Important notices like this, cannot repeated too often  Be safe, keep in touch with us.    We are there for YOU!!.  

From: Susan Branagan <sbranagan023@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Subject: Fw: Hurricane Sandy preparations
To: Bridgewater Senior Center <bwscseniorcenter@gmail.com>

From: Anne Marie Lindblom
Sent: Oct 26, 2012 12:21 PM

Subject: Hurricane Sandy preparations

In the event of a long term power outage, the Senior Center, located at 132 Hut Hill Road will be opened as an emergency shelter.  If you need assistance or are unable to get to the senior center on your own, please call Bill Stuart at (home) 860-355-0012 or (cell) 203-788-2122 or you can call your Emergency Management Director, Justin Planz at 203-648-6691. 

I would encourage everyone to sign up for the CT Alert system by clicking on the following link: http://www.ct.gov/ctalert/site/default.asp  

You will receive updates regarding emergency situations via email, home phone, and/or cell phone. 

As always, in an emergency, call 9-1-1

Other important phone numbers and websites:

Bridgewater Senior Center/Emergency Shelter                                       860-355-3090

Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and 

Public Protection                                                                                             1-860-685-8190

www.ct.gov/demhs

Connecticut Department of Public Health                                                1-860-509-8000

www.ct.gov/dph/prepare

Red Cross                                                                                                         1-877-287-3327

www.redcross.org

For more information visit www.ct.gov/hurricane  or dial 2-1-1

Anne Marie Lindblom

Assistant to the First Selectman

Town of Bridgewater

PO Box 216, Bridgewater, CT  06752

Phone:  860-354-2731

Fax:        860-350-5944

alindblom@bridgewatertownhall.org

Emergency Preparation