April 16th, 2016 by WCBC Radio
8:30 PM UPDATE: Power has been restored to nearly all of those affected. Two dozen remained without power as of the noted time. The cause of the outage was a transformer fire.
INITIAL REPORT: Potomac Edison crews are working on a power outage that has over 3500 customers in Cumberland without electric.
Preliminary estimates have restoration by 11:30 PM.
The play at Allegany High School has been postponed as a result. An additional performance has been added for Sunday evening at 7 PM, and tickets for tonight will be honored then.
