power lines

Timbered trees, crushed cars and beached boats.

Fairhaven Police are warning people about downed power lines.

A dump truck with a raised container snagged power lines as it drove into the entrance of the P.J. Keating quarry on South Main Street in Acushnet Tuesday afternoon. Acushnet Police on scene say the truck had been experiencing hydraulic malfunctions before the incident, causing the large metal container to raise to the "dump position" on it's own, pulling down at least one power line at

Governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo, wants the Coast Guard to remove abandoned power cables near state beaches after a corroded copper cable was likely the cause of an explosion that injured a beachgoer back in July.

Things are a little bit messy on Alden Rd. in Fairhaven after an 18-wheeler connected with some low hanging power lines.

It almost makes us wonder why this wasn't considered years ago. There was the "Big Dig" project in Boston that cost billions, and did very little to improve the traffic situation in that city.