Friday, November 2, 2012
The company is moving its resources down to Connecticut to assist a partner company with outages there.
The lights are back on for NSTAR customers across the state who lost power during and after Hurricane Sandy, NSTAR reports. "After a remarkable repair and restoration effort by all of our employees and contractors, we have returned every town in the NSTAR service territory back to normal operations," NSTAR spokesman Mike Durand said in an email Friday morning. As of 9 a.m., the company's online Outage Map showed 84 Needham residents without electricity, along with other outages in surrounding towns, but Durand said those issues are not related to the storm. "Please remember our online outage map is a real-time reporting tool and therefore includes outages not related to Hurricane Sandy," he said. NSTAR customers who are still without power…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
An announcement posted on the town website Wednesday evening outlines a few options for those whose electricity is out after Hurricane Sandy.
Needham residents still without electricity after Hurricane Sandy are being offered assistance by the town and by the Charles River YMCA. According to a message posted on the town website and sent out through the town's Swift Reach 9-1-1 system, local residents who are still in the dark are invited to come to the Needham Free Public Library to charge their cell phones and other electronic devices. Refreshments will be available at the library from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 and from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. Regular library hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. The Charles River YMCA is offering Needham residents the use of the …
42.28027
-71.2336
YMCA
863 Great Plain Ave, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-residents-without-power-invited-to-charge-at-library-shower-at-ymca
153533
/locations/8087170
42.28751
-71.23489
Needham Free Public Library
1139 Highland Ave, Needham Heights, MA
/articles/needham-residents-without-power-invited-to-charge-at-library-shower-at-ymca
154531
/locations/8087171
More than 1,000 NSTAR customers in town were still without power as of Tuesday night.
Though crews throughout town worked Tuesday to clean up after Hurricane Sandy, more than 1,000 NSTAR customers in Needham were still without power as of 9 p.m. Among those without power for most of the day were several businesses along Highland Avenue near the Needham Heights Common—Starbucks, Café Fresh Bagel, CVS and Brookline Bank all were closed on Tuesday, and the traffic lights at West Street and Highland were out, with temporary stop signs set up to control traffic. Throughout the day, Needham residents posted on Facebook and Twitter about which areas were still without power, including businesses in the Crawford Street and Kearney Road area and homes on South Street at Livingston Circle and Elmwood Road. In many neighborhoods, …
42.293271
-71.235516
Heights Common
Highland Ave & West St, Needham Heights, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
1832534
/locations/8083962
42.29314
-71.23521
West St & Highland Ave, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083963
42.28462
-71.25268
1035 Central Ave, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083964
42.279443
-71.251424
43 Brackett St, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083965
42.296403
-71.254517
75 Clarke Rd, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083966
42.29728
-71.25624
Clarke Rd & Clarke Cir, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083967
42.293156
-71.235211
Starbucks Coffee
910 Highland Ave, Needham Heights, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
153479
/locations/8083968
42.30627
-71.22712
Crawford St & Kearney Rd, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083969
42.26928
-71.21847
South St & Livingston Cir, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-continues-hurricane-sandy-cleanup
/locations/8083970
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
NSTAR is working to restore electricity around the region following Hurricane Sandy.
More than 2,200 Needham residents remained without power at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning following Hurricane Sandy. About 18 percent of NSTAR's customer base in town are still experiencing outages after the storm brought down trees and limbs all over town, according to NSTAR's Outage Map. NSTAR's Outage Map does not go into detail about where outages are. Needham Public Schools closed for the day because there are still so many without power and there is still much cleanup to be done on local roadways. Residents are encouraged to report all weather-related issues to the town by calling 781-455-7550 and selection Option 2, then Option 1 to connect to the Department of Public Works administration. To report a power outage to NSTAR, call 800-…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Trees into houses, blown transformers and downed wires were among the calls local emergency crews responded to on Monday.
[UPDATE, Tuesday, 5:30 a.m.] The number of local homes without power as of early Tuesday morning was down to about 1,097, or 9 percent of the NSTAR customer base in Needham, according to the company's Outage Map. About 23 percent of NSTAR customers in Needham—about 2,814 households— were without power as of 9 p.m. Monday evening, as Hurricane Sandy continued to pound the region with strong winds and rain. That number had been steadily climbing since about 2 p.m., as tree limbs and, in some cases, entire trees, came down on homes and power lines around town—causing transformers to blow in several locations, according to Needham Fire Chief Paul Buckley. By about 7 p.m., Needham Police and Fire had received more than 100 calls related to the …
42.291477
-71.235099
Citibank
1000 Highland Ave, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-handles-100-calls-during-hurricane-sandy
154391
/locations/8081232
42.277972
-71.236064
Needham Police Department
99 School St, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-handles-100-calls-during-hurricane-sandy
154397
/locations/8081233
42.27869
-71.23719
Needham Fire Department
88 Chestnut St, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-handles-100-calls-during-hurricane-sandy
154444
/locations/8081234
42.30251
-71.229695
170 Gould St, Needham, MA
/articles/needham-handles-100-calls-during-hurricane-sandy
/locations/8081235
Follow the track of the storm as it blew through town on Monday as local residents provided updates, asked questions and shared news via social media.
More than 2,700 Needham residents lost power at some point on Monday, but that didn't stop many of them from taking to the Internet to talk about—what else—Hurricane Sandy. From Facebook status updates to Twitter pics to news reports to tons of teens tweeting late into the night about why school should be closed, there was lots to talk about in Needham on Monday. Check out much of the action in the Storify feature above, which offers a timestamped look at how locals reacted to Sandy. Got something to add to the conversation? Tweet your message or photos to @NeedhamPatch or leave a note on our Facebook wall. Want to know what was going on outside Needham? Check out Patch's Massachusetts-wide live blog, with updates from all over the …
Our live stream will keep you informed on the latest as it happens. We're following Patches, public officials and trusted public safety accounts to keep you up to date.
- NEWS
-
Monday, October 29, 2012
Looking for solid information about Sandy's impact in and beyond Needham? Our live stream will follow Patches across the state, public officials and agencies, trusted public safety Twitter users and a few others. Cut through the noise and get the best information available in real time.
Hurricane Sandy continues to cause outages around the region, according to NSTAR.
[UPDATED Monday, 10 p.m.] Power was slowly being stored to Needham residents late Monday night, as the number of households without electricity dropped to 2,482 by 10 p.m.—about 20 percent of the local customer base. [UPDATED Monday, 9 p.m.] About 23 percent of NSTAR customers in Needham—about 2,814 households— were without power as of 9 p.m. Monday evening. [UPDATED Monday, 6:40 p.m.] With Hurricane Sandy still making its way up the coast toward New England, about 22 percent of NSTAR customers in Needham were reporting power outages at around 6:40 p.m. A total of 2,687 customers in town were without electricity, according to the company's online Outage Map. Nearby towns with even higher percentages of outages at this time include: Dover …
If your electricity goes out, do the following things to your phone to keep it in operation for as long as possible.
At around 3:30 p.m. Monday, NSTAR was reporting that 119 Needham customers were without power because of downed limbs, wires and other problems related to Hurricane Sandy. With the storm still going strong and more power outages likely to come, some local residents may only have their cellular phones available for accessing information. Should this happen, here are a number of phone settings to change in order to prolong your battery for as long as possible. 1. Turn Off Unnecessary Connections For those with iPhones, Android or other smartphones, you can extend the battery by turning off WiFi, 4G and/or 3G connections if available, or even putting your phone into airplane mode and only taking it off when you want to use the phone. All of …
Here are guidelines from the USDA regarding the safety of food in a refrigerator without power.
With Hurricane Sandy predicted to hit Needham hard today, losing power is a threat. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service prepared a fact sheet for keeping food safe during an emergency, including losing power. The USDA says to "keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature." But, the refrigerator will only keep food safely cold for about four hours if unopened during a power outage, according to the USDA. A full freezer will hold the temperature for about 48 hours if full (24 hours if half full), the USDA says. The USDA emphasizes "never to taste food to determine its safety" and says that you should "evaluate each item separately." Generally, if the temperature on the …
Sean Cash
12:04 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
What nonsense - Needham had over 300 houses out this morning (Friday), according to NStar's own power outage map. We've been out for four days. I realize that some people will end with bad luck and not getting power back as quickly as others and that we ended up with the short end of the stick this time around, but it's really insensitive of NStar to be making public relations announcements that… more ›