National Grid customers lose power
By Kenny Connolly (NCC News)
Oct. 21, 2010, 4:45 p.m.
Over 400 residents of LaFayette were without power this morning.
According to the National Grid company website, the outage centered in Cardiff and affects customers stretching from the southern third of the Onondaga Nation south along Route 11A and Tully Farms Road to just south of Otisco Road.
The company reported the outage at 3:09 a.m.
Local elementary school cancels class
Because of the power outage, Grimshaw Elementary School in LaFayette was forced to cancel school today.
School officials delayed the start of classes for one hour before coming to the decision of cancelling classes for the day.
"Well we were forced to cancel school for today," said Jim Kessler, LaFayette Superintendent of building and grounds. "There were only a couple minor consequences. For instance, the lunch program is affected because they serve the lunches out of the building where the outage was."
Kessler added he was not sure when the cancelled school day would be made up by students.
The elementary school has over 400 total students in grades Kindergarten through sixth grade.
Power now restored
Power was restored to National Grid customers in LaFayette shortly before 12:30 this afternoon.
The company did not expect to restore power until 4 p.m. today, but National Grid crews worked throughout the morning and have restored electricity to customers that were affected.
Photo Courtesy of C Grant Grimshaw Elementary School
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