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Hundreds Without Power In Bergen County As Storm Intensifies Hundreds Without Power In Bergen County As Storm Intensifies
Hundreds Without Power In Bergen County As Storm Intensifies Thousands of New Jersey residents were without power as of Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, as the storm intensified. A State of Emergency ordered by Gov. Phil Murphy went into effect at 5 p.m., with state and local officials urging residents to stay off the roads. As of 7:25 p.m., more than 2,000 residents in Hunterdon County were in the dark, according to JCP&L, including 123 in Delaware; 729 in Lambertville City; 733 in Raritan; 437 in West Amwell, and more. In Morris County, 3,360 JCP&L customers were without power. Those are residents of Mount Olive where 2,449 people w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Traffic Jam, Power Outage: SUV Slams Into Route 17 Utility Pole In Ramsey Traffic Jam, Power Outage: SUV Slams Into Route 17 Utility Pole In Ramsey
Traffic Jam, Power Outage: SUV Slams Into Route 17 Utility Pole In Ramsey A driver was hospitalized with a head injury after his SUV slammed into a utility pole early Friday evening on Route 17 in Ramsey. Downed power lines fell in front of and behind a Federal Express tractor-trailer, further thickening area traffic near Spring Street and knocking out power to some area customers. Ramsey police, EMS and Rescue Squad squad members responded, along with an Orange & Rockland Electric crew. A flatbed tow truck removed the wrecked SUV. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Powerless: Parts Of Bergen County Remain In The Dark Powerless: Parts Of Bergen County Remain In The Dark
Powerless: Parts Of Bergen County 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
News
Bergen County Towns With Most Power Outages; Thousands In The Dark Bergen County Towns With Most Power Outages; Thousands In The Dark
Bergen County Towns With Most Power Outages; Thousands In The Dark North Jersey made for a picturesque morning on Thursday. But thousands remained in the dark. Here's a look at outages by the numbers (as of 11:20 a.m.). More than 5,300 PSE&G customers lost power in Bergen County. The most outages were reported in: Northern Highlands, Wyckoff areas 2,556 Fort Lee, Englewood areas: 932 Paramus, Hackensack: 640 Ridgewood: 700 Dumont, New Milford: 350 Nearly 2,000 PSE&G lost power in Passaic County, with the majority of outages reported in North Haledon and Totowa (1,400). Some are looking at restoration times of 12 a.m. More than 12,000 Orange &a…

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by Cecilia Levine