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GRAFTON, Mass.-- The number of Grafton residents without electricity has dropped sharply, with only 33 homes left to restore.
According to the National Grid power outage map, there are 29 houses off Providence Road near Avalon Way that are still dark, but National Grid said they expect everyone to be back by tomorrow night at the latest.
Tree clearing has continued since yesterday. A large branch that was hanging over power lines on Milford Road is cleared.
Follette Street, which had downed poles to contend with is also back online. According to Matt Pearson from the Grafton Water Department, a pumping station, which is located in the area, is off its propane generator.
“The numbers have been going down steadily all day, and we’re ahead of where we expected to be,” said Jackie Barry, a spokeswoman for National Grid during a press conference. “We’re trying to make a big push.”
Even in hard hit communities like Northborough and Southborough, the numbers have declined sharply. Northborough has 66 homes without power as of Thursday morning, and Southborough 88. Two days earlier those numbers were in the thousands.
Worcester County is still the hardest hit in the state, with 3,539 customers still waiting for power.
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I too thank all the hard-working men and women who busted their butts to restore power during this storm, and also last year for Irene and the October snowstorm. Lots of folks out there (cough! Martha Coakley) like to complain and levy fines and punishments for some perceived lack of response. I for one challenge ANY state agency to come even close to doing as good of a job as nStar, National Grid, and the rest. If it was up to the .gov, there'd be a heck of a lot more than 29 homes in Grafton still without power.
These guys (National Grid) CREWS have been doing a great job. The night of the storm those guys were out in the buckets during the wind gusts doing they're best. They by now are beat and just plain exausted. Stay safe and
Thank You Guys