Only a few individual homes in East Providence remain without power
EAST PROVIDENCE — As of about 9 a.m. Monday, only a small handful of homes remained without power due to Winter Storm Nemo according to National Grid. Grid listed 17 houses still lacking electricity. The target time to return power to these residences is just prior to midnight tonight. “The problem now is that they [...]
Read More →Little Compton power nearly restored
LITTLE COMPTON — Fire Department Chief Rick Petrin said Monday morning that power has been restored to “most of the town,” and that only “a few isolated places” don’t have it. He said he would be conferring with National Grid representatives early Monday for a more complete run-down of Little Compton outages.
Read More →Less than 200 remain without power in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Another check of National Grid Sunday evening, Feb. 10, found less than 200 East Providence residents without power a little over 24 hours after Winter Storm Nemo departed the area. Exactly 168 city customers did not have electricity at that time, mostly residents in Riverside with a couple of pockets in East [...]
Read More →Much of East Providence regains power, rest of East Bay still in the dark
EAST PROVIDENCE — Just in time for what is expected to be a bone-chilling night, much of East Providence regained power around 7 o’clock Saturday, Feb. 9. National Grid’s latest update showed about 3,000 city residents still without electricity as of 7:30 p.m., down from over 17,000 for much of the day as the area [...]
Read More →Governor Chafee gives update on power outages during press conference
CRANSTON — During a 5:30 p.m. press conference Saturday, Feb. 9, at the state Emergency Management headquarters, Governor Lincoln Chafee and other officials offered an update on the status of power outages and travel in Rhode Island in the wake of winter storm Nemo. The Governor noted most main thoroughfares around the state have been [...]
Read More →National Grid issues winter storm preparedness guide
PROVIDENCE — With a severe winter storm on the way that some weather forecasters already are calling a storm of historic proportions, National Grid has started preparing for widespread, prolonged power outages that could result from the predicted blizzard-like conditions. Although the path of the storm is still being monitored, we are taking steps to [...]
Read More →Power company removes trees; Barrington may replant
A stump nearly three feet in diameter is all that remains of a mammoth maple tree that used to stand near the intersection of Middle Highway and Federal Road in Barrington. Years ago, officials from the state deemed the tree valuable enough to preserve during a sidewalk installation project along Middle Highway. They designed the [...]
Read More →Post offices remain closed, some still don’t have power in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rumford and Riverside United States Post Office branches remain closed and a handful of residents in the city are still without power some four days after Hurricane Sandy blew through East Providence. Though the city suffered little damage in comparison to its neighbors in the East Bay and especially in the [...]
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