Eastern Connecticut residents and municipal road crews were expected to spend much of Thursday digging out from under a massive nor easter that blanketed the region with nearly a foot of snow.
The storm, which began Wednesday night, was still dropping snow 14 hours later. Town and city highway workers hit the roads just as the first flakes began dropping and some expected to still be on the job into Thursday evening.
In Plainfield, a cadre of 10 plow drivers started work at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Acting Highway Department Supervisor John Ravenelle said: “We’ve been going non-stop – if you do stop, suddenly you’ve got several more inches out there on the roads,” he said. “The public thinks once the snow stops falling, the roads are clear. But we’ll be out for another six to eight hours after everything stops.”
PLAINFIELD - Police are investigating an early-morning break-in at Motorsports Nation in which a group of masked individuals stole two dirt bikes from the Plainfield business.
At approximately 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, officers were dispatched to the Norwich Road business after a commercial burglary alarm was tripped. Police said three masked individuals forced their way into a door on the north side of the building and stole the KTM bikes from the showroom.
The burglary took place in the midst of a massive nor easter that pelted the region with nearly a foot of snow. Capt. Mario Arriaga said it s suspected the thieves waited until the store s lot was plowed before breaking in.