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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Recovery Update: School Power and Road Closures

Officials have still not decided if schools will be open on Monday.

The following message from the Cranford Police Department was sent via Nixle alert on Sunday, Nov. 4: The township continues its recovery efforts from the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy. We have crews working in all parts of the town removing trees and clearing streets. Unfortunately our town crews cannot work on trees that are sitting on electric wires due to the potential dangers. The township continues to have daily calls with PSE&G officials, and we are working directly with crews in town to prioritize the recovery efforts. Over the next few days we will see more Electric crews working in town as PSE&G shifts its efforts from restoring their trasmission network to the local distribution network. Cranford had over 6,700 …

Pcisme77

10:52 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

"Actually," the above is extremely misleading. It suggests that the roads will be open which is just grand. It does not say anything about the power coming back on. Very misleading. This is about electricity and gas lines, not whether I can drive down a certain road. The two are not necessarily related, although they should be.   more ›

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