WPCNR SOUTHEND TIMES. By John F. Bailey. May 31, 2005: According to White Plains Police, electricity was restored to a major portion of the southend of town today, after a major feeder cable "went out." The power outage occured slightly after 4 P.M. Tuesday afternoon, and according to WPCNR sources, power was out in the Highlands, the Gedney Ethelridge Road area, the Saxon Woods area and Hillair circle.

Power was restored to all areas, according to police by 6 P.M. The Con Edison Media Relations Department was not answering WPCNR calls for details. The temperature in White Plains today reached the upper 70s, in the first really warm day of the late spring.

Last summer White Plains experienced a series of similar widespread blackouts involving feeder cable failures. Extensive cable work was executed by Con Edison on Soundview Avenue to upgrade the cables last summer. No explanation for last summer's feeder cable failures in those blackouts has ever been announced by Con Edison despite repeated inquiries by this organization.