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The neutral conductor is down to its last three strands:

Perhaps the power drop got snagged twice, because there’s a splice only a few feet away:

Spotted overhead on Redondo near Rt 376 during an evening walk. I reported it using Central Hudson’s dead streetlight page, because there seems no other way to get their attention. It may be the homeowner’s responsibility, in which case a second splice will surely appear after the next power outage.