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Outages down to 146 in Orange, Rockland

Mike Stone successfully restores power to residents on

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Mike Stone successfully restores power to residents on Eagle Valley Road in Sloatsburg. (Nov. 6, 2012)

With only a handful of homes and businesses without power, Orange & Rockland Utilities said Saturday that hurricane restoration efforts were almost complete.

The company reported 75 outages in Rockland County and 71 outages in Orange County as of early afternoon, down from more than 250,000 outages on Oct. 29, at the height of Hurricane Sandy's destructive run.

The historic hurricane...

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