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Thousands again lose power in Mercer County
The most extensive outages were reported in Hermitage and Sharon.
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HERMITAGE, Pa. - Officials in Mercer County again found themselves dealing with widespread power outages on Monday.
According to FirstEnergy, more than 10,000 homes and businesses found themselves without electricity at 9:30 a.m.
The most extensive outages were reported in Hermitage and Sharon where two-thirds of the community had no electricity.
The vast majority of Penn Power customers were back on before 10 a.m.
However, more than 1,900 homes and businesses that lost electricity during Saturday's stormy weather remained without power.
FirstEnergy predicted that it could take until 11 p.m. Monday to restore power to those customers.
