CODE RED: First Selectman to Lift Emergency Declaration Tonight

The following is a Code Red notification was sent to residents by the Monroe Police Department and Monroe Emergency Management:

• The Town's Emergency Declaration will be lifted by the Selectman as of 5 pm tonight.
• If a resident is out of power they should call CL&P at  1-800-286-2000.     There are 8 line crews and 10 tree crews working with CL&P in addition to our town's Highway Department and Parks and Recreation personnel.
• All schools in Monroe will be open tomorrow on their regular schedules.
• Voting on Tuesday will be at the scheduled times and voting locations.
• The Shelter at the Senior Center will close today at 5 pm and programs at the Center will resume tomorrow on their regular schedule.
• Showers are available at the Wolfe Park Pool until 7:30 tonight only.
• The Edith Wheeler Memorial Library will be open today from 12 Noon to 4 pm and will resume its normal schedule tomorrow.
• Drinking water is available at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library and the Senior Center.
• Non-potable water is still available at the back parking lot of the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library and at Stevenson Station `2.    You will need to bring your own containers.
• Free tickets will be available at Town Hall for the disposal of spoiled food at the Trumbull Transfer Station during normal business hours.    Free tickets will also be available for brush disposal at the Garder Road Landfill on Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Residents are asked to be patient with road crews as they are still in a make safe mode in a number of locations in town.