Most power likely back by July 4

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Posted: July 3, 2012

By Sarah L. Greenhalgh

The Winchester Star

Justin Boyce (right) and Mike Bowers, of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, prepare a utility pole they were installing Monday afternoon on Tilthammer Mill Road east of Millwood. A tree limb knocked down the original pole during Friday evening’s storm. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
Molly Knapp, assistant outdoor pool manager at Jim Barnett Park, joined the cleanup crew Monday. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)

WINCHESTER — The area’s two utility companies are hoping to have electricity mostly restored in Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties before the Fourth of July holiday.

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