Snowstorm causes havoc, outages
BRADFORD—A very, very heavy and wet snowfall covered the area Friday and Saturday leading to snow days, power outages, cancelled or postponed events, and havoc on the roads.
Snowfall totals (in inches), courtesy of the National Weather Service, included Barnet (14.5), Benton (12), Bradford (17), Chelsea (17), Corinth (17.5), Groton (12), Lyme (12.5), Ryegate (10), Vershire (18.5), and West Newbury (14.5).
The power outages were widespread and extensive with tens of thousands of customers in both states losing power at some point. Most were caused by fallen limbs that accumulated heavy wet snow.