Power and Phone Outage

All of Woodland Valley lost power, phone and internet last night from about 4:00pm until about 9:00pm. The valley was dark for everyone except those lucky enough to have generators. The cause of the problem was between Hank Bernstein's property at the end of High St and Romer Mountain Park (the old ski slope), where Woodland Valley Road begins. Harry Jameson said he heard a series of loud pops right before the power and phone went out. I drove into town to get some supplies and saw the wires lying on the side of the road. Several people told me a transformer blew but I don't have any confirmation of that report. NYSE&G, Verizon and Time Warner got right on the problem though and power was restored relatively quickly. So all is well in the valley again.