Great Photo Judy Jo!

Thank you for the constant coverage Sue! Your dedication shines through in your role as guest editor! Great Job.

We live at Grove and Belknap. Lost power for about 5 minutes almost an hour ago. SO impressed with Framingham emergency services. Big branch down on Grove-- came by with bulldozer right away and cleared. Seen truck come by twice. Raining extremely hard here now (at 10:05 am).

Pheasent hill out of of power since 10:40am

Hilary: Thanks for the update and the town is doing a great job responding. If you have any photos/video please send to Framingham Patch at susan.petroni@patch.com Stay safe during the storm!

Big tree leaning on a power line across brook st. Power out since 10:30am. Trucks here

@Jacqueline. Thanks for the update. There was a report of a tree into a roof of a home on Brook St earlier. That area seems to be hit hard, as is the neighborhood around Framingham State University, which is reporting numerous tree limbs down. You and your family stay safe!

Still breezy with sprinkling rain south of 135.

Any word on if Natick has power? We are out of state and can't get back to check on house.

Valerie: We just updated the live blog with this: Seems to be spotting power in Natick. Most seem to have it currently

Just because the rain has stopped for now in Milford doesn't mean it is now safe to go outside.......

Any idea when its going to stop?

Upper purchase st has been without power for over two hours now

No power on Eliot st natick and work crews in front of Broadmoor

Thank you all; much appreciated. Keeping my fingers crossed my area of Natick (Bunker Lane) keeps the power on.

Route 85 between Hopkinton and Milford is blocked by a tree near the crossing of the new bike path.

Live off brook street and still no power! Just rain and wind.

Hi, all - some of these comments appear on different sites so if you could do us a favor when you're commenting...mention which town you're in...thanks!

RCN was down for a while off Union Ave in framingham but was back up in about an hour

Thanks Dave! I drove by RCN & the senior center around noon and lots of little branches down everywhere. My family tell me we only lost cable for less than 5 minutes where we live in Framingham.

Hopkinton reporting a tree falling down on Saddle Hill Rd, snapping a telephone pole in two leaving the wires swinging like a jump rope.

Pheaset hill area, ledgewood lanewood angelica foxhill, etc. Still without power since 10:45

Just received a reverse 911 call from Framingham. The Town is asking residents to still stay home. There is a Red Cross shelter available at the Woodward Memorial school in Southborough. If you need a ride to the shelter call the Framingham Emergency Operations Center at 508-532-5800. Residents are asked to call NSTAR at 1-800-592-2000 if you have a power outage.
For additional emergency numbers you may need in Framingham, click on this link:
http://framingham.patch.com/articles/emergency-numbers-for-when-irene-arrives

Framingham Patch Reader tell us 2 poles down at salem end & temple street in Framingham ... NSTAR & tree removal teams there now. Fire was there also. Resident was told power may not be restored for 24 hours. ...

There are Nstar and tree removal guys here now. FPD was here also. We've been told 24 hours to completely fix.

Singletary lane in Framingham live downed wire melting asphalt...between Hodder and Jodie..

Still best to stay in so road crew can remove trees and NSTAR can fix power lines, but if you do venture out reader tells us Route 9 W closed past Temple St. in Framingham.

Reader on Framingham Patch was asking about food safety with no power for 6 hours. Here are some tips: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/keeping_food_safe_during_an_emergency/index.asp

Got off the phone with DPW. Decision on brush & tree removal/pickup to be made tomorrow via sanitation dept. Highway Dept says they still have some sandbags available at the recycling center, but no sure how long they will be staffing it today.

As the storm has winded down, Framingham residents please keep these numbers in mind...
For emergencies, call the Town of Framingham Emergency Operations Center at 508-532-5800.
•For high water and flooding issues, call the Framingham Fire Department at 508-532-5940
•NSTAR: 1-800-592-2000 (to report gas and electric outages)
and still best to stay off the roads so DPW clean up and NSTAR can address wires that came down.

Hi there! New England Cable News employee here at work but unfortunately my condo complex near Temple street is still without power. If you have family or friends who have no power in the metrowest/Boston areas and can give them a shout out, then please tell them that New England Cable News is simulcasting on 96.9 to help you keep up with storm info (and to help with the boredom....lol).
And guys, thanks so much for this comment section! It will help me to inform my family about the reasons for the outage (I'm assuming its the Temple/Salem End lines down) and when it might be back up! You are the best!

South main and main st milford power went out 20 mins ago. Anyone else from milford?

In an e-mail to the Natick Town Administrator just before 6 p.m., Framingham Emergency Management Director, Deputy Police Chief Steven Trask wrote: "Nstar won’t even give us a guestimate as to when they might be able to restore power and have stopped updated the outage list so we have no idea how much of our town is affected. It is my guess that approx 75% of Framingham has no power including two fire stations and 22 pumping stations."

Framingham Patch reader Rachael Wheeler Peisel is reporting power on Brook St. That's good news for many as that areas has been without power since very early this morning! Just got confirmation from two other Brook St. area residents too!

5 places to eat tonight in Framingham, if you have no power:
1. John Harvard's Brew Pub
2. The Bone
3..Gianni's Pizza open - no delivery, open until 9 p.m., unless lose power.
4. Wings over Framingham - pick up & dine in only
5. Margarita's

with 22 pumping stations without power, should we be flushing??

@Rich -- No statements release from the town all day. ... Just called DPW. Response: if the water is brown, residents should let it run for 45 minutes.

Power out again on David rd. Near Brook st., Framingham. Sounded like a transformer blew about ten min. after power came on.

So sorry to hear that! Thanks for the update!

Hey Susan....im leaving work in a few hours to be in Framingham with no power! :-( Is there any way someone can get these comments send directly to a cell phone for updates?

@Dan -- power has been coming on for several neighborhoods all over the town in the past hour. Residents are updating us on the Framingham Patch Facebook page. You can follow that on your cell phone AND you can always download the Framingham patch homepage app for the iphone, where you can still read this blog! Stay safe driving home!! I just got a report that 126 (Old Conn Path at Wayland/Framingham line has been closed since aboiut dinner time due to a tree across the road.

Power out in a major APT in Natick lines outside Paneros for hours they are running out of food

Power came back on in Fiddler's Green at 7:10 PM (Flanagan Drive, Sullivan Terrace, Vigue Circle and Sheehan Circle). A few trees down in the neighborhood;, including one large one on the back of someone's home. Lots of raking and branch pick-up to do tomorrow.

Framingham Patch readers reporting ... Brook St near Spruce St & Jean St has power again.

Electrical fire in Natick at Wentworth & Terrane (Wetherfield area). Streets are cordoned off, Natick DPW and fire on scene. Has been burning about an hour so far. They're still waiting on NStar. Some streets in the neighborhood are without power. Fire is arcing and sparking.

POWER OUT ON PART OF WILSON GARDENS SINCE AM TREE DOWN ON ONE COMPLEX

If power is out in much of Framingham, will there be an orientation for the 9th grade tomorrow at the high school?

anyone know if the cumby's gas station across from the Margarita's in framingham is open and if they have ice?

Still no power on princess pine in milford

Just got word that parts of Pleasant, which just had power restored, is without power again. Reports of a tree resting on some lines near the corner of Temple & Pleasant in Franmingham

Hi does anyone know if power is back on Edmands & Carter Drive??

Still no power on Tina Road in Milford.

Does anyone know when natick south of the commons is getting power?

Anyone know the power situation in the area of Cochituite Rd/Speen St/Old Connecticut Path?

We got power over at Hunter's Village off rt. 9 near Temple st. in framingham! WHOO-HOO! I hope it lasts!

From our loyal Framingham Patch readers hearing -- Pheasant Hill (Briarwood), Hemenway, Griffin, Potter, Water, Harrington, Checkerberry, Dunster Rd, Jodie and Buckminster & more roads/streets in town STILL w/o power.

David rd. off Simpson rd. In Framingham, still without power. Does anyone know if crews. are still working, or are they done for the night?

My block hasnt had power since 1pm :( braemore rd in natick

Final tally for the night: power is finally on but now we lost our telephone land line.

Power came back at roughly 2:00am in the Ridge Road Marlboro area near Jaworek School

Still no power here (Janebar Circle, Fram). Nstar's message when I called was, "if your power isn't back on by TUESDAY, call us back."

Pheasent hill (ledgewood/lanewood rds) area in framigham. Still no power.

Trash collection: Framingham Residents should put trash out today. The town is on a normal schedule. DPW is working on a plan for what to do with tree/branch debris. Framingham Patch will post update as soon as we hear.

UPDATE: Route 9 and Nobscot Fire stations in Framingham are still w/o power and operating via generators. Several pumping stations in town have no power either, but the town is alternating generators to keep them working.

Back to work at NECN today after a nice sleep....thanks again for providing this blog Susan and Patch! i didn't have the need to hit the Cumby's seeing that we had power on at Hunter's Village in Framingham last night but I did get to uno's where on sundays they have take out until 12:30 am!! (Very nice cheeseburger deep dish pizza...yum!)

It was very weird to drive down rt9 westbound and go from lights in Staples/Ruby Tuesday plaza ON but then see a swath of darkness up until Framingham university. i hope those still without power stay strong and know that it can't last long! I know it's little consolation but just be thankful that you're not getting word of 14 days like some people in ct!!!
Break out them there Scrabble boards everyone! :-)

Pheasant Hill still without power.

Out and about -- was in nobscot and Saxonville to access power and now on Rt 9 lots of biz close and many unhappy residents

Power came back today around 7am-braemore rd, west natick

Great to hear you got it back Mimi!