Petersburg Pilot -

Hurricane force winds with gusts up to 70 mph dropped trees into power lines, bringing out borough line crews, public works employees and emergency services personnel on Friday night.

According to a report from Utility Director Karl Hagerman it started with a tree in the line at 919 Sandy Beach Road across the street from the Bible Church.  The crew was able to clear it without damage to the power or telecom lines.  Many other trees at this location came down but they did not reach the road. 

The decision was made to close the road to traffic from Sandy Beach Park to the town side of th...