BARNARD — Homes and businesses across the Upper Valley were still without power Monday after a weekend ice storm took down trees and power lines.

Schools in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union which includes Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret and Woodstock were closed Monday because of a power outage at Barnard Academy and trees blocking roads, the district announced in a Facebook post.

Fallen trees across the district “would make bus travel impossible,” Superintendent Sherry Sousa said in a Monday email.

Over the weekend, Green Mountain Power, or GMP, reported that “thick ice” from an “unusual Spring ice storm” had damaged trees and power lines and that the company had restored power to 14,000 customers by Sunday morning.

On its website, the utility anticipated possible new outages because of “ice unloading.”

By Monday morning almost 6,700 customers statewide were without power, including more than 600 customers in Barnard, according to GMP.

Most of the disruptions in Barnard were the result of a multi-town outage along state Route 12 that also affected customers in Woodstock, Pomfret, Bethel, Royalton and Bridgewater, the utility reported. The incident was reported Sunday at about 5:30 p.m. and power was expected to be restored by late Monday afternoon.

Downed trees and wires kept emergency services and electric utilities busy in several other Upper Valley towns. Emergency services reported closed roads in several towns including Canaan, Sunapee, New London and Springfield, N.H., into Monday.

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative reported 2,580 customers were without power Monday morning, including more than 900 in Sunapee. An additional 300 Eversource customers in town were also without power. The outage was caused by trees on lines, according to an online outage map. The co-op estimated that power for most of its Sunapee customers would be restored by 1 p.m.

“Over the weekend it’s mostly been chasing after trees on wires, trees down on the roadway and so forth, so it’s just been an ongoing battle since probably Friday night,” Sunapee Police Lt. Timothy Puchtler said Monday.

Eversource reported about 3,500 customers without power Monday morning, including almost 950 in New London, about one-third of customers in the town. The utility reports that outage locations are “determined by transformer location” so a listed outage may also impact customers in neighboring towns.

The New London Police Department handled a “constant stream of phone calls” Monday and through the weekend because of wires, trees and other storm-related disruptions, Police Chief Emily Cobb said Monday. 

“It’s been very busy, but we’re taking (calls) as we need to and getting things cleaned up to keep everybody safe,” Cobb said.

While there were fewer reported power outages in other towns, emergency services were still at work.

Springfield Fire and Rescue reported Monday morning that it had responded to 10 incidents during the ice storm, including a motor vehicle accident, fire alarms, and “numerous” trees and power lines down, according to a Facebook post.

Canaan Police Department reported a downed power line blocking traffic on one road in town Sunday.

Vermont State Police also reported that a portion of Turnpike Road in Norwich was closed for four hours Sunday because of a tree and power lines blocking the road.

Clare Shanahan can be reached at cshanahan@vnews.com or 603-727-3216.