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No Power? No Problem for Pizza-Makers
Lack of electricity doesn't stop dedicated Italian pie-makers.
Illiano's Pizzaria opened at 2 p.m. Sunday on South Main Street and the team chose to stay the course and make pizza with their gas-fired ovens.
A glass wall beside the pizza bay allowed sunlight to stream in, as more 55 pizzas were made and delivered to the CL&P headquarters in Madison to feed dozens of crews working on Connecticut's downed power lines.
Illiano's staff, with battery-fueled work phones and headlamps, continued to make pizzas until 9 p.m. Sunday. Despite running out of folded boxes and rushing for ingredients, more than 300 pizzas were made.
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Monday could provide the same challenges, as the timeline of power restoration is uncertain. As of Monday at 1:10 p.m., 46 percent of Middletown CL&P customers, 10,046, remained without service.
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