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Electrical Fire Damages Milford Home
The fire department has handled over 700 calls for service during the last month.

Chris Rhatigan is a local editor for Connecticut Patch and Massachusetts Patch. In Connecticut, he covers Milford, New London, Stonington-Mystic, and Groton. In Massachusetts, he covers Andover, North Andover, Tewksbury, Burlington, Reading, Wilmington, and Wakefield.
He began his journalism career at The New Haven Register, where he covered city government and schools for the Milford bureau. He has also written for publications such as The Iowa City Press-Citizen, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, and Connecticut Magazine.
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The fire department has handled over 700 calls for service during the last month.

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