By Donita Naylor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More than 5,000 National Grid customers are without power until an estimated 7:30 p.m. restoration time, the utility reported on its online power outage map.
As of 5:30 p.m., most of those are in Newport County, with 2,000 in Middletown, 1,352 in Portsmouth and 1596 in Newport, the utility indicated.