Power Being Restored – Some Still Hard Hit in Greater Gardner MA
Area communities are still recovering from the Storm of 2023. Statewide, 29,215 are without power. Hardest hit as of 8:00am on March 15, 2023 are the following communities with the number of residents and percentage without power: Winchendon residents on Social Media have reported receiving texts from National Grid informing them that power will be back on by 11pm on March 16, 2023 (tomorrow)
UPDATE: 6:05PM 3/15/23: Considerable Improvement. We added a column which now shows the progress since the morning of March 15, 2023. Statewide: 9.979 still without power.
| Community | Number without 8am | Number Without 6pm | % 6pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchendon | 2259 | 606 | 14% |
| Hubbardston | 691 | 84 | 4% |
| Ashby | 1444 | 817 | 57% |
| Townsend | 2567 | 850 | 21% |
| Lunenburg | 1350 | 730 | 14% |
| Gardner | 281 | 18 | <1% |
| Westminster | 320 | 2 | <1% |
| Royalston | 90 | 68 | 11% |
| Athol | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| Barre | 321 | 1 | <1% |
| Rutland | 158 | 56 | 1% |
| New Salem | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| Petersham | 103 | 13 | 2% |
| Fitchburg | 2929 | 1273 | 6% |
| Leominster | 748 | 159 | 1% |