Monroe Power Outages: Three Schools, Hundreds of Customers Lose Service Monday

MONROE, CT — Hundreds residents and three schools lost power service in Monroe Monday afternoon as whipping winds continue to knock down trees and power lines across the state.

Eversource's outage map reported that most of the town's outages had been restored at about 4:00 p.m. At one point, over 700 residents in town had lost power.

The Monroe Courier also reports that Jockey Hollow Middle School, and both the Stepney and Fawn Hollow elementary schools lost power.

Numerous nearby communities are dealing with power outages. At around 12:30 p.m., Eversource posted on Facebook that crews are working to fix outages statewide.

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It's always smart to check your refrigerator temperature after any power outage, no matter how long power is out. According to foodsafety.gov, you should check the temperature inside of your refrigerator and freezer and discard any perishable food items that have been above 40 degrees for two hours or more.

Click here to report a power outage. You can also call 1-800-286-2000 to report an outage as well.

Image of Aqueduct Road in Farmington via Eversource