BRUNSWICK

The lights are back on.

Thousands in the Midcoast were without power over the weekend following Thursday’s nor’easter, but no power outages were listed on Central Maine Power Company’s website by early this morning.

“Our employees and contractors have put in a tremendous effort since this storm began on Thursday, restoring service to more than 130,000 homes and businesses safely despite some difficult working conditions,” said Doug Herling, vice president for Electric Operations. “We appreciate our customers’ patience, especially with the New Year’s holiday … .”

The storm damage was distributed widely across the company’s service area. The heaviest damage was in a broad band parallel to the coast, including large portions of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc and Waldo counties. Difficult travel on secondary roads and deep snow banks made restoring service difficult.

CMP’s Gail Rice said Friday there was a lot of wet, sticky snow in the Midcoast, knocking down tree limbs and utility lines.

“We do appreciate people’s understanding,” Rice said.

CMP had a team of more than 1,200 engaged in the restoration, including crews from AVANGRID’s United Illuminating in Connecticut, as well as crews from Maine, Connecticut, New York, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick.

CMP reported an estimated 86,000 customers without electricity late Friday morning as the last of the heavy snow moved out of central and northern Maine. More than 350 local line crews, contractors and tree crews began work shortly after daybreak.

By 1:49 p.m. Friday, there were still 667 customers without power in Brunswick, 106 in Harpswell, 5,185 in Sagadahoc County, 3,881 in Lisbon and 1,182 in Durham.

CMP reported approximately 18,000 customers were still without service as of 8 a.m. Saturday.

As of 4 p.m. Saturday, the tally of customers without service had dwindled to approximately 7,500. CMP expected to complete restoration to nearly all customers by late Saturday evening.

According to the Associated Press, a little more than 1,000 Maine homes and businesses were still without power Sunday morning. Central Maine Power reported 785 outages, most in Kennebec County. Emera Maine reported 221 outages.

Further north in Orono, the storm knocked down University of Maine’s domed artificial turf facility used by student-athletes.

Senior associate athletic director Will Biberstein says the air-supported structure collapsed from the weight of the snow early Friday. No one was inside at the time.

Biberstein says the university is figuring out what exactly was damaged and the next steps.

He says the dome last collapsed a decade ago during an early spring storm that featured particularly wet and heavy snow. The university repaired a small rupture on the structure’s west side.

Friday’s rupture has led the baseball team to postpone a planned youth clinic.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.