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Nearly 1,500 Wayne JCP&L Customers Still Powerless

Utility company had hoped to restore power to 450 homes on Thursday.

Jersey Central Power & Light will send 12 work crews into Wayne on Thursday, officials said.

Mayor Chris Vergano said he spoke to personnel at the utility company at 7:15 a.m. Thursday. He said the company's goal is to restore power to 450 homes.

Residents have been highly critical of the utility company. Some customers have been without power for 10 days.

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According to JCP&L's outage map, 1,447 outages remained in Wayne—nearly 50 percent of the utility company's customers in town—as of Friday morning at about 6 a.m.


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