Dear fellow Hanoverians:
One thing I absolutely love about writing “Around Town on the Web”
is how I see us pull together as a community…especially during
stressful weeks like this past week. Between Hurricane Irene and the
continued house breaks, nerves are fraying all over Hanover. But
instead of lashing out at each other, we are joining in and pitching
in to help our neighbors.
Before I go any further, I have one more National Grid power update
for those of you who are still without electricity. A reader (who also
happens to be a Selectman!) wrote in and let me know that individual
homeowners are able to get an estimate for when their particular house
will be back with electricity. Of course you have to use a smartphone
or borrow a computer and power somewhere to get this info, but it’s
pretty cool that it even exists, and I am sure there are some of you
out there who will use this info right away. So, go to this webpage:
https://www1.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/YourAccount/MultiLogin.aspx?where=OutageReporting
and follow the directions therein. You have to create an on-line
account (if you don’t have one already) and give some identifying
information, but you can both report an outage as well as get an
estimate for when your particular house will be back with power with
that system.
I also wanted to let you know that I have gotten several e-mails from
literally random but generous readers who wanted to offer their homes
and electricity and a home-cooked meal to anyone who needed it. While
I think that sort of thing is better handled by the bighearted
homeowner themselves; it sure was a nice gesture and I was happy to
make referrals if I knew of anyone in need. I also received several
pleas for unused generators and the like and referred residents to the
Hanover Emergency Management Agency as that is well within their
purview to assist with. Concerned residents who live near or far from
the break-ins wrote in with tips regarding alarm systems, dogs,
electronics inventories and the like. And I never cease to be amazed
by the strong women in this community who have been victims of a
house-break but who call or write to me with their news so that others
can be vigilant again.
I love helping to make connections and bring people together here in
Hanover. Have I mentioned lately that “together we make this town
great”???!!!!
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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