MILLBROOK – Strong winds ripped through the region Friday night into Saturday morning, knocking down tree limbs and bringing down a power line near the intersection of Route 44 and Franklin Ave Saturday, May 30.
The downed line forced the closure of Sharon Turnpike from Hart Village Road to Franklin Ave from about 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, according to Millbrook Police Chief Keith Dworkin.
Emergency crews responded to the scene between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Millbrook Fire Department officials diverted traffic through downtown Millbrook, creating heavier-than-usual traffic in the area.
Dworkin said the police department did not receive any complaints about homes losing power, but suspected that a number of homes near Ciferri Place may have been affected.
As of 3 p.m., one fire official at the scene said she could not predict when the road would reopen.
“We’ve been here for more than three hours, and it could be another three,” she said. “We just don’t know.”
Crews from Central Hudson cleared the scene and opened the road around 4 p.m.
Bahr’s new space occupies about a quarter of a historic dairy barn in the hamlet center.Photo by Graham Corrigan 
Bahr shares her new space with fellow makers Veronica Tyson-Strait and J.Y. Lym. Photo by Graham Corrigan 
A group of English white cattle graze a pasture off of Downey Road in Millerton. The cattle are contained using “virtual fencing” technology that uses GPS-enabled electric collars rather than physical barriers.Photo by Nathan Miller
Heather Kading feeds a black angus cow at the former Kaplan dairy farm along Route 22 south of Millerton. Around the cow’s neck is a Nofence GPS-enabled collar.Photo by Nathan Miller
