Otsego County Waste Management and Recycling Coordinator Kyle King has announced that the Southern Transfer Station will be closed on Tuesday, March 18 to assess damages that resulted from the storm on Sunday night, March 16.…
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NYSEG crews and support personnel continue to remain vigilant with the current winter storm, officials said. Westerly winds will remain strong on Monday and increase this evening. Hazard gusts of up to 55 miles per hour are expected in some areas.…
NYSEG said it expected to restore the majority of its remaining impacted customers in those divisions by 11 p.m. on Sunday. As further damage information has been received, NYSEG has updated estimated restoration times to reflect the remaining work to be completed.…
The latest estimates have Binghamton Division outages around 7,700, Oneonta Division outages around 21,800, Liberty Division outages around 9,400, and Ithaca Division outages around 6,600. NYSEG has line workers in these areas fully engaged in restoration efforts.…
Field crews continue to assess and repair damage, and restoration estimates will be posted as soon as possible for all areas still without power, officials said. The company has onboarded additional resources to expedite restoration efforts and the latest estimates expect most areas to have service restored within the next 24 hours. …
For the safety of work crews and the public, NYSEG reminds customers to stay away from downed or damaged wires and to refrain from approaching work crews.…
Heavy Winds Knock Out Power To Pittsfield PITTSFIELD – Sixty-six people in the Pittsfield/New Lisbon area are without power due do high winds that continue through 7 p.m.today, according to Rob O’Brien, Otsego County 911 director.…
103 Without Power County-Wide COOPERSTOWN – 63 households in Pittsfield and 103 across the county are without power following last night’s snowstorm, according to NYSEG. Six inches of snow fell in the Richfield Springs area, with temperatures currently around 32 degrees. In Jordanville, all 38 NYSEG customers are without power. In Cooperstown, five households remain without power, and in Springfield Center, 10 homes.…
CHECK NYSEG REPORTS POWER OUT FOR 20 HOURS, MORE At of 1:46 p.m. today, NYSEG was reporting 3,392 local customers were still out of power after the heavy rainstorms, accompanied by thunder and lightning, that swept across Otsego County last evening. As of 2:01, that had dropped to 626, so the outages are expected to be resolved today. A drive south on Route 28 from Cooperstown during the early afternoon showed a pocket of outages beginning just south of the…