Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the snowy owls home.
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- Amy Nachbar
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Blue Hills Trailside Museum is an educational, entertaining day trip for families and individuals who want an adventure, want to explore nature and want to learn. Located at the base of Big Blue, families can spend a full day walking through the museum, visiting the animals in the small zoo or hiking up, down and around the miles of trails. Hurricane Sandy hit hard when she toppled over a large tree which was uprooted and smashed onto the Snowy Owl cage collapsing it right in the center. Luckily the two owls were not injured but they are now living inside in close quarters compared to their outdoor cage in the zoo. Funds are needed to repair their cage and also have another cage as a back up in the event something of this nature …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The concert will benefit Hurricane Sandy victims, via the Robin Hood Foundation.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Some of the biggest names in music take the stage at Madison Square Garden for the live 12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief. While thousands of people fill the arena, billions are watching live on a variety of screens worldwide. The concert is streaming live on television networks, movie theater screens and on the Internet, including right here on Patch. The pre-event coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. EST and the concert is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. The all-star lineup includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The Who, and Paul McCartney, with other artists to be announced. Every penny sold from ticket sales will go …
Monday, November 26, 2012
"There's nothing that I can compare to what I saw down there," said one of the 25 troopers that helped out after Sandy devastated nearby states.
Before Hurricane Sandy's full scope of devastation in New York and New Jersey was even known, 25 men and women from the Massachusetts State Police were on their way to assist those who had been displaced from their homes. "When I reached out to ask if the state police would be willing to field a group of 25 people, I already knew the answer," Undersecretary for Homeland Security and Director of MEMA, Kurt Schwartz said in a press conference in Framingham Monday afternoon. "The answer was a resounding yes." One of the troopers was Brian Dunn, who works out of the South Boston barracks. "There's nothing that I can compare to what I saw down there," said the 28-year veteran of the force. "We were there when they came home for the first time…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Massachusetts bracing for another storm with effects from Sandy still being felt.
First Sandy, and now a Nor'easter. Massachusetts is in store for more wild weather this week as a Nor'easter heads our way today and into Thursday morning. According to WHDH meteorologist Chris Lambert, the area can expect to see the storm hit between 2 and 4 p.m. "What I've noticed over the last few model runs is a track farther east," Lambert said on his blog."If that's the case, our wind stays more out of the NNE rather than going east, and that means colder weather gets locked in. It also means that dew point levels stay low. That's important because with dew points running near 20 and actual air temperatures tomorrow afternoon running near 40-45, a process called evaporative cooling can occur which allows rain to turn to snow. What …
Monday, November 5, 2012
The New York Red Cross offers ways you can help friends and family devastated by the storm.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
The New York Red Cross provided the following information with suggestions for helping those affected by Sandy's impact.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The storm's wrath caused widespread damage throughout the Commonwealth. Did it disrupt your trick-or-treating plans this year?
As crews continue to restore power and clean up damage left in Hurricane Sandy's wake across the Commonwealth, the storm may have inadvertently placed a bit of a speed bump in Halloween for some this year. Uprooted trees, downed wires, snapped tree limbs and other damage lined the roads of neighborhoods throughout much of the state, though Massachusetts was able to avoid much of the destruction and devastation seen in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere along the East Coast this week. But even one downed wire or hanging limb can be enough to cause safety issues . . . especially for youngsters looking to hit the roads on Halloween night for trick-or-treating. So, today, we're wondering - did Hurricane Sandy, and the damage the storm …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Check out photos from Patch sites from New Jersey to New Hampshire.
Portions of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast earlier this week. Patch sites up and down the coast reported the unfolding story and aftermath. Local editors and Patch users uploaded photos of the destruction. Here are just some of the Hurricane Sandy photos that ran on Patch sites from New Jersey to New Hampshire this week. Flip through to see how Sandy affected the Northeast.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Power lines, trees down and toppled fences.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy left a path of fallen trees, live wires, toppled fences, loose shutters and newly bare trees across the streets of Canton on Monday. The Canton Fire Department said that a large tree fell on top of two cars Monday night at 61 Maple St, though no injuries were reported. Have photos from the storm's damage? Submit them here!
More than 600 were without power as of Tuesday morning.
Update (2:50 p.m.) - According to NSTAR's power outage map, approximately 700 customers in Canton were without power as of 2:50 p.m. Original Story -- The strong winds may have died down, but many in Canton are still feeling the wrath of Hurricane Sandy. As of 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, 629 NSTAR customers were still without power, according to NSTAR's outage map. Is your neighborhood without power? Let us know in the comment section below.
A roundup of Monday's coverage during the storm and updates for MBTA service.
It was anything but dull in the area on Monday, as Hurricane Sandy made landfall and caused a headache for residents througout the Commonwealth, including those in Canton, with several hundred reported to be without power through much of the day (1,487 were still without power in town as of 9:12 p.m. Monday). Residents weighed in throughout the day Monday with reports of power outages in their neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Sen. Scott Brown bowed out of the final senate debate due to the storm. To check continuing updates and coverage of the storm's wrath from around the state, check out the Patch Live Blog. MBTA service was shut down as of 2 p.m. Monday. Regularly scheduled commuter rail service will resume on all lines for the start of …
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8:13 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Still no power on Dedham st- when are they going to cancel school JFK has no power! more ›