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Hundreds of New Milford power outages restored after Eversource equipment issue

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NEW MILFORD — Power outages have been restored after several hundred were reported in town Sunday night, according to Eversource. 

There were no remaining outages in New Milford or nearby New Fairfield by around 5:20 a..m. Monday, according to the company’s outage tracker. 

Outages had reached more than 850 in New Milford as of 9:40 p.m. Sunday. Nearby New Fairfield had four customers without power as of 9:40 p.m., according to Eversource.

An Eversource spokesperson said the outage in New Milford was caused by an equipment issue that happened just before 8:45 p.m. on Candlewood Lake Road North.