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As of 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, the percent of customers who are still without power after high winds and rain on Sunday through Monday are significantly reduced for Westwood and some surrounding areas. Westwood, where 27 percent of customers were still out of power late Monday night, December 18th, now has 5 percent of customers still experiencing an outage on Tuesday night.
Shortly before 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday night, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) estimated that throughout the entire state, 43,662 customers remain without power.
The status of power outages affecting surrounding areas as of 9:00 on Tuesday night, according to MEMA, are as follows:
Medfield 10 percent of customers
Dover 12 percent of customers
Walpole 3 percent of customers
Needham 7 percent of customers
Newton 4 percent of customers
Canton 4 percent of customers
Dedham 1 percent of customers
Sunny, with a high of 31 and low of 14 degrees. Sunny during the morning, overcast for the afternoon, clear in the evening,
I am in complete support of the refurbishing and reopening of Norwood Hospital. I was working at Saint Elizabeth during this time. When steward took over our HOSPITAL group, Caritas Christie. They decimated not only our hospitals, but also two hospitals in the tiny nation of Malta.
Senator Rush is correct re: the ambulatory services. One only has to drive on RTE 109/Westwood to see the number of out of town ambulances going through town at all times of the day. Then they have to get to Boston or Needham.