Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Winter Storm Athena has hit Saddle Brook hard, knocking out power to hundreds of people and traffic lights.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Zak Koeske
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Saddle Brook, which was just 107 customers from full power restoration Wednesday morning, has experienced a significant setback with Winter Storm Athena. PSEG is now reporting between 501 and 2000 outages in the township, including three schools, and Police Chief Bob Kugler said numerous traffic lights have also been knocked out. Kugler said the department has grown so accustomed to handling traffic signal outages by now that on-duty patrols had the intersections with downed signals coned off within 15 minutes. "We're getting good at this," he said via text. "It's normal operations now!" Kugler said traffic signals in Saddle Brook are out at: Saddle Brook public schools will have a delayed opening Thursday, and Superintendent Kathryn …
A winter storm headed toward North Jersey Wednesday afternoon on the heels of Hurricane Sandy has Fair Lawn preparing for more downed trees and wires.
Fair Lawn officials are preparing for the possibility that a winter storm forecast to hit North Jersey Wednesday could quash some of the power restoration gains made in the past week. The borough opened its emergency operations center at noon Wednesday to handle the anticipated influx of calls from residents reporting downed trees and wires in town. The EOC will remain open for at least the next 24 hours, but could be open longer if necessary, emergency management coordinator Ira Marks said. The National Weather Service predicts the impending storm, dubbed Athena by The Weather Channel, will reach North Jersey in the early afternoon and bring a combination of rain and four inches of snow, with steady 20 mile per hour winds through the …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Mayor Swain will meet with any and all residents who'd like to air their concerns about the community this Saturday at the Land and Sea Restaurant, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- OPINION
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
I want to thank the borough employees once again for stepping up and helping the residents during another weather emergency. We just barely recovered from the hurricane and we got hit with a Nor'easter. From the moment the storm struck, the employees were ready with snow plows, answering phones and blocking dangerous roads. Many of these employees worked long hours even while their families were home in a dark, cold house. The clean up is just beginning and I know the employees will continue to work hard to pick up the debris and keep our streets safe. Thank you, borough employees for all you do for the residents! - Mayor Lisa Swain
FrankinFairLawn
7:26 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011
If Lisa Swain wanted to thank the Borough Employees for helping the residence she could have done this personally or, through internal communication from her office down to every department that helped. She did not send out this kind of message on the Patch when the Hurricane and flooding happened. Coincidentally election time is very near and I believe this is just another gimmick like the many… more ›