Region Dodges Bullet
Shown are Before and After Rain pictures of Gardner Police Headquarters and trees at MWCC.

Previous Half dozen stories about this storm and earlier in the week are on our Public Safety page, CLICK HERE.

Region “Dodges Bullet” as Angelic Pouring Rain Washes Away Ice & Snow from Trees

Saying he’d issue a more formal statement later, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson stated, “We seem to have dodged the bullet with this storm and are de-mobilizing our shelter units. Most places in the City have power restored…” The Gardner Mayor had a detailed plan in place should the conditions have required it and now has a definitive blueprint should another storm of this type occur in the future. This was yesterday’s Press Release, Click Here.

At 3:45pm on 1/26/23 the following numbers of customers are without power: Gardner: 1, Westminster: 7, Winchendon: 32, Hubbardston: 1, Phillipston: 3, Royalston: 65, Athol: 8.

Update 8:45pm on 1/26/23: MEMA is showing no power outages in the above communities. MAP