Bridgewater was among three Litchfield County towns rejected for FEMA reimbursement to help cover municipal costs related to the May 15th storm because the County as a whole did not have enough damage to qualify.

First Selectman Curtis Read says FEMA is trying to get an exception for New Milford and Bridgewater, but it sounds unlikely in the near term.  Towns in Fairfield and New Haven counties will be receiving about 80-percent of storm related clean-up costs.  Read said he was disappointed by the denial because the Town crew and contractors quickly opened roads and filed all the necessary paperwork accurately and quickly. 

Bridgewater was seeking about $100,000 in FEMA funding.