Bulldozer-Ravaged Town Receives State Aid

Gov. Bill Owens announced $600,000 in state aid to help the town of Granby recover from last week’s bulldozer rampage by an armed man that virtually destroyed half a dozen buildings and badly damaged at least six more.

State officials also said they would help people who lost their jobs -- if not their workplaces -- with a “fast-response team” developed to help employees laid off from major corporations.

Owens, a Republican, said the state did not usually provide economic assistance to victims of crimes like vandalism, but the loss of two dozen jobs in a mountain town like Granby could devastate the local economy.