UPDATE: Power Restored at Point Boro HS

Power is now restored at Point Pleasant Borough High School where an outage had prompted an early student dismissal shortly before 12:30 p.m. today.

The power outage started at the high school at 12:02 p.m. and was restored at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday, said Gerry Ricciardi, JCP&L area manager.

The cause of the outage was a seagull had gotten in between two wires which shorted out the power and caused fuses to blow.

"We cleared the bird off the lines and then re-fused the service," Ricciardi said.

An instant alert from the school district had reported the following:

Power Outage & Phones Down Alert Type: High Importance Complete Message: Due to a power outage at Point Pleasant Borough High School district phones are not in service. The district is working with JCP&L to have power restored as soon as possible. In the meantime if you need to reach the district or schools please use the following alternate numbers:
For The high school please call (732) 908-9236.
For the middle school please call (848) 221-7491.
To reach Nellie Bennett, please call (848) 221-7501.
For Ocean Road please call (848) 221-7511.
And for the Superintendents Office, please call (848) 221-7502.
Please note that the power outage has also interrupted web service in the district, therefore the district and school websites are currently down. The power is currently out at the high school only. The school is currently on generator power. All other schools have power.
Thank you for your cooperation. We will keep you updated with any further developments.