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Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, Humc Switches To Generators
Power outages Thursday afternoon hit several Bergen and Hudson County towns, as well as Hackensack University Medical Center's main campus and HUMC@Pascack Valley in Westwood.
Emergency responders in some areas also had trouble with communications.
Traffic lights went dark in several towns, including Cliffside Park, as outages stretched from Englewood Cliffs to Jersey City.
An estimated 10,000 customers lost power both in Fairview/Ridgefield and in North Bergen/Guttenberg/West New York and Jersey City, according to PSE&G.
Another 4,500 or so lost power in Edgewater, as well as 4…
Upper Saddle River PD: Drunk Driver Topples Pole, Knocks Out Area Power, Cable
A 23-year-old Upper Saddle River driver was intoxicated when his car knocked down a utility pole, knocking out cable and electricity to some area customers late Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Some still hadn't had service restored more than two hours after the BMW sedan toppled the pole on Orchard Drive near Lake Street, bringing wires down across the road, shortly after 4 p.m., Police Detective Lt. Edward Kane said.
Bystanders alerted police, Kane said.
The driver, Zunnan Chudry, was charged with DWI, reckless driving and failing to report an accident before being released…
Lineman Electrocuted In Warwick Was North Arlington Native
A 51-year-old North Arlington native was one of two linemen electrocuted Monday while on a job in Warwick, N.Y., authorities confirmed.
Derrick Paris, a father of two who lived in West Caldwell, was on an assignment with E-J Electric for Orange & Rockland Utilities when he and co-worker Justin McLoughlin, 28, of Trenton, Ga., were killed.
Both Paris and his partner were veterans with decades of experience between them, authorities said.
A Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stephens Church, 141 Washington Avenue in Kearny, with burial to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340…
