By James Lomuscio
Westport Fire Chief Andrew Kingsbury said tonight that power is slowly returning to Westport with less than 20 percent of the town’s more than 12,000 Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) customers still off the grid.
While good news for some, it is sure to draw a different kind of “boo” this Halloween night from those still in the dark, as well as the town’s children who were advised by town officials not to trick or treat in the wake of Saturday’s nor’easter that left downed wires and felled branches.
Kingsbury noted that while outages were spotty throughout town, homes along the shoreline fared much better due to a warmer climate compared to those north of the Merritt Parkway where many leafy branches had snapped under the weight of snow.
“We recently had power restored to the Redcoat Road and Hermit Lane area,” he said.