NEW YORK -- A power outage in Brooklyn left thousands of customers in the dark Thursday morning. Con Edison said a dump truck hit an overhead pole around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in East Flatbush.

To the Editor of The New York Times: Fusion ... that any official of Fusion should issue permits for the erection of poles or masts in the streets from which to suspend partisan banners.

The village said every tree touching a power line or pole will be trimmed as a new fiber-optic company installs wires. “A fiber-optic internet company is coming in and putting their line ...