Crime & Safety
Holliston Police Receive 150+ Calls, Many Downed Trees And Wires
Police said utility companies are prioritizing Holliston, where nearly 40% of households served have lost power.
HOLLISTON, MA – Holliston police have had a busy day. The department said on Twitter officers have responded to over 152 calls and they continue to receive multiple reports of downed trees and wires. The utility companies have been notified and are prioritizing calls in Holliston, where 38 percent of customers served are without power as of 1:30 p.m.
Police do not have an estimated time on when work will be complete but "it will be awhile," according to the department.
Anyone looking for warming station locations is asked to call 211. Eversource Energy, which serves Holliston, has said people without power should plan on outages lasting multiple days.
Find out what's happening in Holliston-Hopkintonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
We do not have any estimated restoration times at this moment, but will provide them as soon as we have them. Please plan to be without power for multiple days as we work through this restoration.
— Eversource MA (@EversourceMA) March 8, 2018
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