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Lewis Tree Service crews, contracted by National Grid, clear tree limbs off power wires in Mineville and Witherbee Monday so power can be restored to those areas of Moriah. National Grid said it had 200 crews working in Essex County, including almost 40 doing only tree removal from lines.
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A snowplow clears County Route 7 in Moriah after the ice storm this weekend. Downed lines can be seen at right.
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Vehicles navigate County Route 7 in Mineville after the weekend-s devastating ice and wind storm. Trees are hanging on power lines at right
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Sections of Moriah's Witherbee and Mineville hamlets were still without power Monday, and National Grid crews were working to get them back on.

Parts of south Ticonderoga were also without electricity, Dedrick said.

Ticonderoga Central School was closed Monday because of the outage.

In Mineville, tree-trimming crews have been removing limbs from lines, followed by National Grid repair crews who put the wires back up. About 20 power poles in Moriah were snapped off by the ice and wind storm that came through early Sunday morning.

National Grid spokesman Patrick Stella said 335 line and tree crews are working in the Northeast.

"The storms wrought havoc on trees and equipment, resulting in more than 100 broken poles, 300 sections of wires down and 1,000 separate locations where trees or tree limbs came down under the weight of heavy snow and ice combined with strong, gusty winds."

Villages and major hamlets have had power restored, he said, with work progressing to back roads.

"The crews have faced multiple challenges, including rugged terrain, extreme cold and wind and damaged equipment in very remote areas. In a few of the hardest-hit locations, crews are only able to gain access to damaged equipment on foot."

More than 30,000 National Grid customers had no service Sunday after the storm hit.

TUPPER LAKE OUTAGE

Ice and freezing rain shut down power to much of Tupper Lake Saturday, with power and cable lines down under branches laden with ice. The storm's severity caused officials to declare a state of emergency early Sunday, a situation they anticipated would last through 6 p.m. Monday, with emergency shelter available in the Knights of Columbus Hall.

The Tupper Lake Police Department said about 300 people remained without power Monday morning, a number reduced closer to 100 by the end of the day, as crews from Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Massena worked to repair lines.

No accidents occurred due to power outages or the ice storm, police said, though the phones in the Village Offices and Police Station rang nonstop.

Tupper Lake Central School was closed Monday, but most downtown Main Street businesses remained open.



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