NStar workers removing a tree that fell on Lincoln Road.
By Alice Waugh
High winds on Friday morning contributed to several power outages in Lincoln, including several brief interruptions at the Lincoln School.
Lincoln Road was closed between Ballfield Road and Peirce Hill Road for a time when a tree snapped and fell across the road, bringing down power lines on the other side. The police station also lost power and had to switch to its backup generator, according to Lincoln Police Chief Kevin Mooney.
There were a total of three tree-limb breaks in Lincoln that led to power outages in town, Mooney said, but by 3:30 p.m., “we seem to be getting back to normal here; the wind seems to have died down,” he said.
An NStar map showing towns with power outages as of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. Light yellows indicates less than 1 percent of customers affected; darker yellow indicates 1 to 10 percent.
Several other towns west of Boston and on the south shore also had outages. At 3:30 p.m., 5 percent of Wayland customers were without power. Lincoln’s outage rate at that time was 0.5 percent, according to the NStar website.