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Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power
Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power Lenape Valley High School in Stanhope will be closed Wednesday due to damage possibly sustained in a tornado Tuesday. Officials did not confirm that a tornado had touched down but the announcement that the school would be closed came shortly after a tornado warning was issued for the region. There were also reports of downed trees and wires in Roxbury and Stanhope. The system, which was packing powerful winds and heavy rains, swept westward through an area stretching from Sussex and Warren counties to Hudson, Union and Essex counties. The National Weather Service eventually issued a to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Students Trapped Under Live Power Lines In Long Hill School Bus Crash Students Trapped Under Live Power Lines In Long Hill School Bus Crash
Students Trapped Under Live Power Lines In Long Hill School Bus Crash Eight students and one adult were helped off of a school bus that veered off the road and into a utility pole, toppling power lines around 8:30 a.m. Monday. The Millington and Gillette students and the driver were helped off the bus after power was cut by JCP&L about 10 minutes after the crash, resulting in area outages. NBCNewYork's live chopper footage shows power lines strewn across the top of the bus. Long Hill Public Schools announced a two-hour delay following the crash. No injuries were reported and all students involved made it to school safely. The crash was under investigat…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Powerless:1,000 In Cliffside Park Remain In The Dark Powerless:1,000 In Cliffside Park Remain In The Dark
Powerless:1,000 In Cliffside Park Remain In The Dark Four days after the latest Nor'easter, thousands of North Jersey residents remain without power. PSE&G on Sunday it is still working to restore power to 3,950 of its customers -- several hundred in Bergen and Passaic counties. Here are the areas that remain without power as of Sunday afternoon: Cliffside Park: 1,000 customers Englewood Cliffs: 540 customers  Hawthorne/Haledon: 100 (approximate) A handful of customers in Woodcliff Lake, Montvale, Bergenfield and Garfield/Lodi. Less than 100 JCP&L customers are without power in Wayne. Most of the company's customers who lost power…

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by Cecilia Levine
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80,000 Without Power In NJ; Bergen Lawmakers Call For State Of Emergency 80,000 Without Power In NJ; Bergen Lawmakers Call For State Of Emergency
80,000 Without Power In NJ; Bergen Lawmakers Call For State Of Emergency More than 80,000 North Jersey residents and businesses are still without power following last week's nor'easter. Most of the outages are in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon and Warren counties, but some Bergen County assemblymen joined  Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco in asking Gov. Phil Murphy to declare a state of emergency. The trio of assemblymen includes former Wyckoff mayor Kevin J. Rooney (R-Bergen), Christopher DePhillips (R-Bergen) and Parker Space (R-Sussex). “Declaring a state of emergency opens up sources of funding. This can significantly impact municipal budgets which are due to come o…

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by Cecilia Levine