SUN JOURNAL • July 7, 2023
Preliminary estimates of damage to local roads and sewer lines from the June 29 torrential rainstorm is nearly $4 million, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. The rainfall June 29 was between 5 and 6 inches in a two-hour period. One resident on state Route 133 registered 9 inches in her rain gauge. The damage to a section of Whistle Stop Trail, a multiuse rail-trail owned by the state, is estimated now at $500,000, Brian Bronson, supervisor of the state’s Off Road Recreational Vehicle Program, said.