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Power Outages Appear to Increase in Kings Park Since Thursday

LIPA outage map reported over 3,000 customers without power in Kings Park Sunday evening, compared to about 2,100 on Thursday.

Though the overall number of outages reported by Long Island Power Authority has fallen considerably over the weekend as utility crews continue to make repairs across Long Island, the number of outages in Kings Park appears to have risen in the past few days.

LIPA is reporting that just over 3,000 customers are without power as of 6 p.m. on Sunday, compared with .

Classes are cancelled in the Kings Park School district on Monday, though teachers are required to report for a conference day.

LIPA's outage map is not 100 percent accurate down at the local level, it should be noted, meaning that outages on one border of two communities may be reported in another, a LIPA spokeswoman said last week. The overall number of outages on the broader scale are considered more accurate than pinpointing specific communities.

The area's biggest outage is reported on the Kings Park-San Remo border near Route 25A, with nearly 1,900 customers affected.

Over 300,000 were reported without power throughout LIPA's grid on Sunday night, down from over 900,000 initially.

A senior LIPA officials told Patch that full restoration to Long Island is sparking hundreds of outraged readers to comment about LIPA's performance record.

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Nancy Bachthaler May 20, 2013 at 11:05 am
Apparently you are not the only one this is happening to. From what I understand if these signs areRead More on a main drag somehow they are disappearing in the middle of the night. Hmmm, now I wonder who or what organization could be doing this illegal act? I'm not going to make an educated guess who could be involverd in this deed but I think if Kings Parkers do some research they are smart enough to figure out who does not want the real facts of the "Uplands Project" to come to light. Displaying these signs is a way of making the public aware of the atrocity of this project. Questions will then be asked. Making a night run to remove them is, at the least, a cowardly act that should be publicized every time it occurs!
Stevo May 21, 2013 at 04:34 pm
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Jennifer Sloat (Editor) May 16, 2013 at 10:59 am
Thanks for reaching out to us. We are aware of the problem and should have it fixed very soon. SorryRead More for any inconvenience.
Madeline Pearl May 16, 2013 at 09:05 am
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