{"id":296,"date":"2018-03-07T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/07\/201837snow-causes-hamden-closures\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:48:07","slug":"201837snow-causes-hamden-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/07\/201837snow-causes-hamden-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow causes Hamden closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Grace Manthey<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the many trees knocked over by the wind at QU after Wednesday’s storm.<\/div>\n
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Photo by Bill Ruocco<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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A tree down in an HQ Press reporter’s road <\/div>\n
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Photo by Rob McGreevy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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HQ Press reporter Rob McGreevy couldn’t make it to class today because of this tree<\/div>\n
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Photo by Rob McGreevy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rugby coach Becky Carlson’s driveway in Guilford, CT<\/div>\n
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Photo by Becky Carlson. Her dog could get out of her driveway, but she had to cut the trees with a chainsaw.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As the snow picked up Wednesday morning, officials in Hamden closed \u201cnon-essential\u201d offices as of 12 p.m on March 7. These include the government center, the memorial town hall and libraries, according to the <\/span>Town of Hamden Facebook page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamden Public Schools Superintendent Jody Goeler announced on <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> that the district closed all schools at around 5 a.m. Wednesday morning. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Hamden Public Schools are closed today, Wednesday, March 7th. Editorial note: I hate March. Stay safe.<\/p>\n

— jody ian goeler (@SuperHamden) March 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n