Wilbur Radio | radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: July 7, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/07/26          IT WAS ANOTHER LONG DAY WITHOUT POWER IN MONROE COUNTY YESTERDAY, AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL OUT FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THIS MORNING.           ACCORDING TO THE LATEST OUTAGE MAP FOR PPL, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 12-HUNDRED CUSTOMERS IN THE DARK.  THE TWO BIGGEST POCKETS OF OUTAGES REMAIN IN PRICE TOWNSHIP, WHERE 573 CUSTOMERS ARE OUT OF SERVICE............ AND POCONO TOWNSHIP, WHERE 476 CUSTOMER ARE STILL OUT.            MET-ED'S CURRENT OUTAGE MAP SHOWS ALMOST 39-HUNDRED CUSTOMERS STILL WITHOUT SERVICE THIS MORNING.  MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP HAS 23-HUNDRED CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER, WHILE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP HAS 1485.  BOTH UTILITIES HAVE OTHER TOWNSHIPS LISTED WITH CURRENT OUTAGES, BUT NONE OVER 100 CUSTOMERS.           MEANTIME, AS CREWS WORK OVERTIME TO MAKE REPAIRS, THE MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER NEAR MARSHALL'S CREEK IS OPEN AS A RELIEF SHELTER FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO WAIT OUT THE OUTAGES. PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES CAN BE CHARGED THERE,UNTIL ARGING WHILE THEY WAIT FOR POWER AND WI-FI TO BE RESTORED.