Updated 12/23 at 7:15 p.m.
Crews from Central Maine Power are working in the dark of night under subfreezing conditions to return power to thousands of Lincoln County homes.
The massive effort, with over 65,000 homes without power statewide, follows a slow moving storm that spread a coating of ice over the area during a 43-hour period.
Power outages came is two waves. The first was on Sunday when 1047 Lincoln County homes lost power, with power restored to all but 44 residences by nightfall, according to CMP. The second wave of power outages came on Monday, with over 5000 households without power by the afternoon, according to CMP. Power had been restored to 1454 households by 7 p.m., according to CMP, with 3564 remaining without power.
The Lincoln County News will continue to follow the progress of this event and post any additional information here as soon as it is obtained.
