Blackout hits East Boston

By Aubrey Gibavic and John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondents

An electrical blackout hit a section of East Boston this afternoon, affecting 3,000 to 5,000 customers, including the Suffolk Downs racetrack.

Power went out around 1:30 p.m. after crews had a problem in a manhole in Everett. Power was restored at 3:30 p.m, Nstar spokeswoman Margaret Coughlan said.

Suffolk Downs shut down after the day's first race, said spokesman Chip Tuttle. Tuttle said the track was expecting a lot of business today and it had lost significant revenue because of the outage.

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