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July 31, 2007

Lincoln Mall has reopened after power outage

LINCOLN -- Lincoln Mall was open for business this morning, after mall management brought in eight generators to power the 600,000-square-foot shopping complex off Route 116 in Lincoln.

The 61-acre shopping center lost power around 5:30 a.m. yesterday when one of its transformers was struck by lightning. The Super Stop & Shop and Target stores in the mall had generators and were open yesterday, but the rest of the mall was without electricity. Crews were on site yesterday and again this morning, assessing the extent of the damage and planning repairs.

The mall was not alone in suffering from the storm cell that swept through northern Rhode Island between 5 and 6 a.m. yesterday. A Glocester couple reported three of their cars, parked in their driveway, were damaged by a lightning strike around the same time. National Grid, which supplies power to the region, reported that about 20,000 of its customers in Woonsocket lost power as well.

-- Journal Staff Writer John Hill

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