A falling limb knocked the service box off the side of a house at 30 Grace Ave. shortly before 6 a.m. At around the same time, a tree fell on 86-88 Broad St., damaging the service box and roof.

"We were all back up and running between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.," MLD Manager William Treacy said.

SKATED AROUND'

National Weather Service observer Dave Werner of Malone said the highest unofficial wind velocity he recorded was 52 mph from the southwest.

"It looks like it pretty much skated around us," said Franklin County Deputy Emergency Services Director Ricky Provost. "We have scattered power out all over, and it looks like one township, Duane, is without phone service.

"But other than that, it looks pretty good."

He said that starting about 3 a.m. the Enhanced 911 dispatchers received about 25 calls about power lines down or limbs and trees that had fallen across utility wires.

But no major damage was reported, Provost said.

SCHOOL CLOSED

Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department responded to several calls of trees and power lines down, with one broken utility pole on Route 30 in Paul Smiths.

Other trees fell along Route 30 in sections of Lake Clear, on Muzzy Road in Vermontville and on River Road near the dam at Franklin Falls.

But otherwise, property damage due to wind was minimal, with continued power outages reported at 1:30 p.m. in Lake Clear.

Bloomingdale Elementary School was closed Monday due to early morning power outages.

Tupper Lake lost power for a few hours early Monday morning.