Town and Villages Start to See the Light
After Saturday's violent storm, which left thousands without services, Larchmont and Mamaroneck residents are beginning to recover.
Larchmont and Mamaroneck are continuing to recover from last Saturday night's storm, as hundreds in the area have had their power restored and are returning to life as usual. The storm, which left thousands without power and caused extensive damage throughout the tri-state area, stands as one of the worst on record. Now down to 24,000 customers with outages in Westchester, hundreds of Larchmont-Mamaroneck residents started to see the light at the end of the storm tunel as of late Tuesday, and municipal and Con Edison crews have cleaned up much of the debris, but a few hundred remain in the dark. This morning, Con Edison reported that the Town and Village of Mamaroneck have 47 customers without power, down from just under 1,000 in the …
Sandra Larriva
12:05 pm on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Thanks, Sara. The option of installing transformers underground came up at last night's VOL Board of Trustees meeting. It doesn't seem to be a viable option because of the amount of space it would require and the costs involved, but some officials want to look into this further. I will post something later on about this. more ›