Getting the home fires burning

Yikes!

That may be one of the more acceptable exclamations people are using when they receive their heating oil contracts from their suppliers.

For Ridgefield resident Jay Whelan, the cost estimate he received from his oil supplier this month was such an eye-opener that he did more than complain. He decided it was time to buy a wood-burning stove.

"Our oil bill for last winter ran between $2,000 and $2,500. This winter it would be over $4,500," he said. "That's a big difference. That was it."

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