This New Bedford squirrel has no tail and hops rather than scurries, but it's taught the Paleologos family something about the animal kingdom – and life.
Eversource reports that a little after 2 p.m., a piece of equipment near their Church Street substation in the far north end failed, causing a power outage for about 3,500 customers.
Eversource restored power to 2,500 of those customers within four minutes, using automated switching equipment on their system to reroute power around the damaged equipment...
Power has been restored across downtown Providence after a squirrel got into equipment at an electric substation causing an outage that darkened city hall, federal and state courthouses, and businesses with thousands of workers.
Traffic lights were also out knocked out by Tuesday's outage, and fire crews had to respond to alarms throughout downtown, including in buildings where people were trapped
The grilling season is almost here and some of us have been grilling all winter long. If you haven't been grilling, before you do make sure you take a peek under the grill cover before you fire it up!