Thanks Mayor and all

The bulldozer picked up my fallen branches today (about 6 weeks ahead of last year's storm).

When can we expect power back?

Yes , when can we expect the electricity to come back on???

Are you people kidding, not to sound like a jerk, it has been 48 hours. They warned us before the storm to prepare for 10 days.

PSE&G has stated 4 to 5 days for repairs to be made.

This statement was in the latest PSE&G email blast sent out at 8:50pm on 10/31:
""Our best forecast as of now is that we will have virtually all of our impacted customers restored to service within the next seven to 10 days. There may still be isolated pockets of customers who have individual flooding or downed line issues that may take slightly longer.""

AND the temperatures are going into the 30's at night.........

OMT, aside from the aesthetic beauty - DO WE REALLY NEED BRANCHES OVERHANGING POWER LINES????????????????????? CAN'T WE PRUNE THOSE OVERHANGING PROBLEM MAKERS????

They did warn us that for 10 days power may be out. I have 2 generators running in my house, one to power the fridge and the kitchen and lights and the other to power the rest of my house, including 3 TVs, 2 X-box, a DVD player and a multitude of lights. I have plenty of gas to last me at least 14 days with the generators running contiguously. I stocked up on plenty of food days before the storm. I ask my neighbors to please take the warnings seriously and prepare. Gas up your vehicles, batteries, food and get GAS GAS GAS as it becomes very scarce. My prayers to everyone.

Tony, that's great but there are many of us in apartments & condos that can't do generators. Some if us have no choice but to ride out the cold & darkness. So just because you are able to heat & power your house, don't make it like you're the only one who thought ahead. You're just lucky you're able to have those luxuries right now.

I am prepared too..it was just a question, geez..

PSE&G was working around New Milford today and they are steadily trying to repower the town. The workers I spoke to asked for your patience because it is a slow process. Power has been restored at Borough Hall. Anyone else have their power restored?

Madison Ave is restored but not Duke Road or Windsor Road some seniors live there and they are COLD. Hope they restore power there soon ,

As the town comes back on line, I would like to point out that most of our boro's official communication stream seems to be heavily technology based--reverse 911 calls, emails, text, Patch postings. The biggest problem is even if the government has the power to utilize these technologies, most if not all of the community they serve does not. I had no power until this weekend so my phone was not working (fiber optic service, not copper) and the cell service was spotty so I would not have been able to receive info via reverse 911.

There needs to be a better way to communicate information to the residents. And information NEEDS to be communicated freely to the residents. Might I suggest a very old fashioned way? Posting notices. Hear ye Hear ye. Post these written communications at the public buildings--the schools, post office, boro hall, library, senior center. At least one of these buildings is located within walking distance of residents (for the infirm, someone in their neighborhood could bring the info back to them). We know the schools are within walking distance--when I was a youngun, it was rare to see a parent dropping off a child in a vehicle.

Georgia Power Company restored our power on Madison Ave NM....i dont know why PSE&G cant restore power to the surroundimg blocks. But i guess they will be looking to get paid at the beginning of the month tho. They need to work harder get this whole town restored . No fun being cold in the low 30's. I dont see DPW working too hard either hanging in Burger King..how about picking up the branches and trees they left after cutting some ? Ya im little mad .Paying high taxes watch them drive around do lil as they can. Fed up !