Massive power outage in Manchester
More than 4,000 homes and businesses in Manchester are suddenly without electricity, and a smattering of Jersey Central Power and Light customers in surrounding towns are having the same problem.
A glance at JCP&L's outage map at this hour shows 4,027 customers in Manchester cut off. There are seven in Lakehurst.
Elsewhere, 179 are affected in Berkeley Township, and less than 10 each in Brick, Lacey and Lakewood, though it isn't clear, or likely, that all the outages are related.
JCP&L staffers have not determined the source of the outage as of this writing.