I think everyone along Broad Street was like me on Friday night, in disbelief that the street lights were out on a First Fridays..of all nights!
It was dark and hard to see but most of the businesses were lit up for the holidays which helped folks see to get from place to place. (another good reason to decorate.) There were cool rumors buzzing around in regards to power being pulled from the “Grand Illumination” and that there was a transformer down from an accident earlier in the day, but I received a message on Monday from our 2nd District Councilman Charles Samuels’ office who was on the job helping us find out the deets.
From Dept of Public Utilities…
“Dominion (had) a problem with the feed to our substation. Once they get their issue fixed, we’ll power up the station and get the lights back on.”