Community Corner

All of Stratford Almost Back on the Grid

Tumultuous weather overnight makes for a messy morning.

Updated 12:05 p.m. Thursday

At this time the percentage of those without power in town is down to 0.14 percent, which equates to 32 customers.

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High winds overnight caused downed wires throughout Stratford prompting school officials to close school Thursday and leaving thousands without power.

As of 10:16 a.m., 9.16 percent of Stratford, or 2,113 customers, was in the dark, according to United Illuminating.

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To report an outage, call the utility at 800.722.5584 (800.7.CALL.UI).

"Our automated outage reporting system will record and report your outage," says UI. "We will restore your power as quickly as we can."


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