"Power To The People" article in The Lowell Sun

LITTLETON -- Hurricane-force winds had just toppled six utility poles like dominoes on Great Road last Monday when light, water and highway workers began descending on the scene in the biggest trucks they could find.

Hundreds of feet of wire lay strewn on the ground while still carrying power to much of Littleton and Boxboro. Rolling around them were the utility poles knocked from their bases. Other poles hung in the air, leaning toward the other side of the road and dragging the rest of the lines toward the ground.