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900 Lose Power in Stoughton Wednesday Morning

National grid is reporting about 7.5 percent of the town lost power the morning of August 15. The outages were contained to a pocket of neighborhoods in the north and south sections of Stoughton.

About 900 people lost power in Stoughton Wednesday morning, August 15, National Grid spokesperson Charlotte McCormack confirmed.

The outage was reported at 11 a.m., McCormack said, knocking out power to 894 of the approximate 12,000 National Grid customers in town (about 7.5 percent of the total number of customers).

According to the National Grid outage website, areas of Park Street (from Prospect Street to Turnpike Street), Turnpike Street (from Park Street to Pleasant Street), Central Street (from Lincoln Street to Route 24) and Page Street near the Avon line lost power.

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The signal lights were also out or just blinking at busy intersections like Lincoln at Central and Turnpike at Central, as a result.

The cause of the outage is unknown, McCormack said, although she said there were unconfirmed reports of a downed wire.

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The Stoughton Fire Department didn't report any accidents or incidents which would have caused the outage.

Power was restored to the area by 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 15, according to the National Grid outage website. 

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