• Charlie Garness Klauer posted on her Facebook page on Monday about her experience of the power outage in Blacksburg, Virginia. Storms hit that region of the country putting over a million people without power and temperatures soaring into 100+ degrees. On the third morning with no power or water, she wrote: "Morning three of no power/water. Thankful no trees on house or cars. Generator is buzzing in the woods to keep freezer/refrigerator running, solar shower on back deck, Coleman stove on picnic table and grill ready to fire for cooking. Looks like we will be living 'large' like this for a few more days as AEP is saying that they think we will have power on Wednesday."
• Charlie is the daughter of Leonard and the late Sheila Garness and is a Groton High School graduate.