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Foxborough Power Outage

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Week in Review: Power Outage, Parking Ban, Jake N’ Joes and More

A recap of this week's headlines from Aug. 19-24.

Miss anything in Foxborough this week? Here's your chance to sit back and catch up on some Patch. Below is a recap of this week’s biggest headlines on Foxborough Patch: Over 1,000 Lose Power in Foxborough Friday Morning Over 1,000 National Grid customers in Foxborough woke up to no power Friday morning after arcing wires caused a “circuit to pop” on Main Street, according to Foxborough Fire Chief Roger Hatfield. “National Grid was on scene and it sounds like [the arcing wires] popped the circuit,” Hatfield said. The power outage took place at 6:29 a.m., according to National Grid’s website and affected 1,021 customers in the area of Main Street. Estimated restoration, according to National Grid was 8:45 a.m., but Hatfield informed …

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Over 1,000 Lose Power in Foxborough Friday Morning, Jake N’ Joes Eyes November Opening in Foxborough, Piccadilly Pubs Close Their Doors, and 10 more ›

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Back to Business in Foxborough

Local businesses getting back on their feet after Tropical Storm Irene causes power outages.

Life goes on at the ‘Life Is Good’ retail store at Patriot Place, and business is going well too, even after the powerful winds of Tropical Storm Irene blew through the region and left most of Foxborough at a dead stop. Power was restored to Route 1 area businesses early Tuesday morning, but as of Wednesday afternoon, many businesses were still operating without power, phone or internet service. Victor Rodriguez is the manager at the Foxborough ‘Life Is Good’ location, and says that, although the company was grateful to have the electricity restored, operating without internet or phone lines makes any business much more difficult for employees to conduct. However, Rodriguez said business was about as steady as usual in the days following …

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