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Police reports covering Newtown, Conn., for the period of August 4-10, 2020.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of August 6 to August 12, 2020.

The director of Public Works for the Town of Newtown has announced the schedule for the debris clean-up following Tropical Storm Isaias.

A 12-year-old Lab named Buddy was killed last weekend after it encountered downed wires that were still electrified four days after Tropical Storm Isaias.

The next Newtown Bee Diversity Discussion takes place August 18; public input is invited via e-mail.

After the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Isaias resulted in a high volume of power outages in Newtown, the Legislative Council canceled its regularly scheduled meeting on August 5. The council opted for a special meeting via teleconference on August 12, to proceed with the August 5 agenda.

Eversource officials miscalculated restoration efforts following Tropical Storm Isaias, which moved across the state on August 4. For eight days in August, during a pandemic and a heat wave, hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents were left without electricity in its wake.