Most in Orleans County have power restored after powerful storms
145 remaining without electricity; Yates has most without power
Photos by Tom Rivers
SHELBY – Crews work to restore power to a home on Oak Street in Shelby at about 6 p.m. The crew had the power back on and was headed to its next assignment.
During the peak of Wednesday’s power outages, there were 2,150 National Grid customers in Orleans County without electricity.
As of 6:29 p.m. today, there were 155 waiting for electricity to be restored. National Grid reports those remaining outages by municipality include: 38 in Barre, 4 in Clarendon, 1 in village of Medina, 24 in Ridgeway, 24 in Shelby, and 54 in Yates.
There were two different crews working in Shelby near the intersection of Chestnut Street and Oak Street. The Town of Shelby Highway Department also was busy in this neighborhood today cleaning up fallen branches.
