power outage

Some 2,300 Emera Maine electric customers are without power at this hour in several Northern Aroostook County towns.

Electric customers with Emera Maine should take note that there will be a planned power outage affecting Caribou and several surrounding areas later this week.

Some 2,700 Emera Maine customers were without power in Southern Aroostook County on Friday.

Some 1,278 customers of Emera Maine are without power in the Limestone area at this hour.

Maine State Police responded to a motor vehicle accident Wednesday on Route 161 in St. Francis after a driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a utility pole which resulted in a power outage.

Officials with Maine Public Service Company are trying to get to the bottom of power outages in Northern Aroostook County this morning.

Consider this your warning, parts of Aroostook County will be without power next week for a few hours for a scheduled outage.