Atlantic City Electric continues to make significant progress restoring power to customers who lost service in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Of the 145,000 customers who lost power, more than 95 percent—138,000 customers—have been restored. The company expects to complete the massive restoration by midnight, Friday, Sep. 2, with the vast majority restored by midnight…
Roads remain closed in Atlantic and Cumberland counties. Storm damage and flooding are contributing to the closed roads in these communities. A lot of progress has been made since the weekend, but life is not completely back to normal in either county. For more information visit http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us for Cumberland County or or http://aclink.org for Atlantic…
The integrity of the Lake Lenape dam in Mays Landing is fine at this time. Some had thought that the dam has been breached. However, several roadways in Mays Landing, are currently experiencing flooding as a result of river flooding along the Great Egg Harbor and Mullica rivers in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.
Dam experts from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are continuing to assess the Willow Grove dam structure this morning as water has begun receding off the roadway on Weymouth Road in Vineland. Officials say water is still undermining the dam, and the potential remains, that the structure could fail. However, at this point, they…
A new report says that Gov. Chris Christie has decided to miss an out-of-state fundraiser in order to continue to help in New Jersey with getting everything back in line. Christie has been touring the state following Hurricane Irene and pushing to get as much federal help as possible. The Star-Ledger reports that Christie has…
The state is continuing to work on getting completely up and running after Hurricane Irene impacted the ara over the weekend. Gov. Chris Christie has been touring the state to look at the damage and said he is hoping that President Barack Obama will sign off on a declaration to provide quicker relief to New…
Hurricane Irene has claimed six victims in New Jersey. The Associated Press reports that a man’s body was found at 10:40am Monday in a jetty of the Manasquan River inlet. The man was identified as 25 year-old Jorge Hernandez of Point Pleasant Beach. A second man’s body was found about 2 hours later in a…
A man who was arrested in Lower Township ended up dead. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Lower Township Police Department say that James O’Neill was observed trying to break into a home on the 600 block of Wayne Ave in North Cape May. He had cuts on his arm from a broken…
A new report says union workers and Gov. Chris Christie are on separate sides again. The Star-Ledger reports that Union heads were upset that they had to come to work, even though Christie encouraged private workers to stay home unless entirely possible. Many parts of the state did not make out as good as Cape…
Federal aid has been made available to the State of New Jersey to supplement the state and local emergency response efforts resulting from Hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Christie Administration announced. “This assistance enhanced the State’s capability to respond quickly and put assets into place where they were needed to…