POWER OUTAGES

Despite the slick roads, most schools remained open in Essex County, with many on shortened schedules ahead of Thanksgiving break.

There was a one-hour delay at Minerva Central School, which had a full school day scheduled Tuesday.

School receptionist Lynn Green said the delay was due to weather and power outages.

About 450 National Grid customers in Minerva and Johnsburg, just over the line in Warren County, were without power Tuesday as heavy, wet snow weighed down lines and tree limbs.

BUSY DISPATCHERS

Police dispatchers received a steady stream of accident reports as the day wore on.

Shortly after noon, a jeep collided with a logging truck on the Newcomb-North Hudson town line on the Blue Ridge Road, but town officials said ambulance calls were canceled. A one-car rollover occurred about 1:30 p.m. on Interstate 87 southbound, north of exit 30, leaving one person injured. Elizabethtown-Lewis Ambulance Squad responded again.

At the same time, a car went off the road on Route 73 near the twin bridges in Keene.

State Police are investigating the accidents.

QUIET ELSEWHERE

In sharp contrast, the mix turned to rain in Clinton County.