Power outage closes pair of schools in New Brunswick

Westfield Elementary and Inglewood School in Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B. closed early on Friday due to a power outage.

Students at a pair of schools in Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B., got their weekend started early Friday.

Both Inglewood School and Westfield Elementary School closed their doors early Friday due to a power outage in the community.

The decision was made around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning when kids were already in the classrooms. Buses returned to bring students home.

The outage left several hundred residents in the community in the dark this morning, with power since having been restored to all customers in the area according to NB Power’s outage map.

Students are expected to be back in class Monday morning.

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