I guess River Road is not included in this figure? Don't forget about us JCP&L like you did last year. I just drove thru the township and it seems like a whole lot more than 75% is still dark. Don't know where these numbers in this article were pulled from. JCP&L obviously must be confused.

I agree John. The nixle went out at 2:51 and I haven't seen anything here all day.

Wow ! Chatham Twp. says we'll all have power tomorrow. Yet the estimate says that only 5% will be restored tomorrow, and 8% by Monday. Seems about right. The Road Dept. is nowhere to be seen. But I did see them drinking coffee by Colony Pool. And the cops, yeah, I saw them move a branch out of the road Tuesday AM. And than they sped away in their new Charger wasting the taxpayers money. I also saw them speeding around Corpus Christi church acting like children in the same car a few weeks agio. Glad we can waste our hard-earned money on these idiots. And there new phone system with the county is confusing and useless. They are all clueless. And they couldn't care less about us. Oh, and BTW, they aren't going to pick up any of the debris you place near the street. Have you seen a barracade or an orange cone around any of the obstacles in the Township ? Every other town I've been through has the road dept. visible and there are cones and barracades everywhere.

Touchpoint Pediatrics in the Prisco building at 17 Watchung Ave,corner of River Rd has been seeing patients by flashlight all week.we were told 522 houses behind us on River Rd is on same grid and won't get power until late next week. Our home on Noe Ave and the entire neighborhood behind is still without power and told next week.

All I am looking for is an honest answer. Madison contracted workers before the storm hit and had severe damage to their substations. We contracted workers after? Doesn't make sense.

Has anyone seen a JCP&L crew working on Noe Ave. ? Or anywhere else in the Township ?

Many of them staging late this afternoon at country store. Working on fairmount, river rd etc....

jcp&L most recent restoration report has chatham township at about 73% restored Monday night... 30 people for saturday night, 120 for sunday...with specific numbers like this they must know the neighborhoods they are targeting... we're not being told anything. it's not the duration so much that is maddening , it's the lack of information. madison was texting minute by minute street by street.

According to the JCPL report mentioned in this article only 8% of those in Chatham Township that were affected will be restored by Monday, so this article is very confusing: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/newsroom/files/Town_ETR_Report.pdf

I think the 75% and 93% figures for the TWP are badly in error. I think I've got the error figured out so let me walk you through it:
Go to this link
https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/newsroom/files/Town_ETR_Report.pdf
You'll see that as of this morning 25% of the BORO was out (I.e. 75% had power) and 68% of the TWP was out (I.e. 32% had power). So the TWP police had it totally backwards. Next you'll see that over the next 3 days (11/3, 11/4 and 11/5) 0%, 9% and 18% respectively of the BORO outages were estimated to be restored. That means that by the end of this 3 day period 27% (=0+ 9+ 18) of the BORO OUTAGES were supposed to be restored. That would still leave 73% of the 25% of people out which is 18.25%- ie 81.75% of the BORO is expected to have power by the nd of Monday 11/5. I think someone added the 75 and 18 figures together (mistakenly) and got 93%. So looks like they did the wrong math for the wrong town, so many errors it's hard to believe it!

I just heard green village won't be up for a month due to a line that can't be reached in the great swamp. Is this true? I don't believe Christie won't allow that. Find a way to rerun the line.

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You will not find any honest answers here so please don't bother asking. These so-called emergency workers are making a ton of overtime during this crisis and, for them to actually solve the problem, it would mean that they to go home early with less money in their pockets than they would if they prolong the problem at our expense. Can you blame them? Christmas is around the corner and this may be the last catastrophe of the year for them to "earn" some extra money to purchase 50 types of lead-infused plastic Made in China toys to put under the Christmas tree. Would you like an analogy? Is what happening here reminding you of ...say... your friendly neighborhood medical professionals? When was the last time they really helped you to get healthy? I claim what you are witnessing here is no different! We will have to grin and bear it for now; for those of you who want to be vocal and take action, go for it with the mayor, representative, etc. If it helps, find some solace that we are all suffering together however I would rather prefer holding a warm steamy cup of hot chocolate. My heart goes out to the kids, the sick, and the elderly who are suffering because of a lack of electricity, heat, and hot water.

I just want information and want to be home. If it takes 5 more days - I will be upset but my expectations will be managed appropriately. Will someone just please level with me.

And whats the deal with our schools?

Get a better/more effective OEM.

Its interesting that the article explains that both the borough and the township are near complete restoration - but just in case that is not accurate you can shower in the Madison Y. Hmm...

At this point I don't believe anything. My parents are in their 60's and I'm going back and forth from Green Village to Summit (where I'm staying with my girlfriend who has a generator) and this is getting pretty ridiculous. I'm afraid that our older citizens could get very sick because of the lack of power/heat. I don't know. I'm 22 years old and feel like us youth could've cleaned this up a lot quicker than these workers who cut the trees and branches etc. Who knows, maybe I'm just a worry wart. Trying to do things when I don't have the power or ability to..

I just spent 5 hrs manning the phones in Madison and trust me we have alot more communication from our school district than they have there.
All towns in this area have our personal crews plus out of state assistance here trying to get us up and running. I have seen places unable to get up and running to areas that have been up for 2 days only to have their transformers blow. Everyone needs to be patient during this catastrophic event. While you may think nothing is being done there are dozens of people trying to get things back to normal. Instead of bitching try volunteering to help.

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Is Nicole Hagner on this year's ballot? She is our Ray Nagin. One letter days after the storm where she sternly told someone at JCP&L that it's important that Chatham Twp gets its power back. Now that's working for her people. I haven't seen a single JCPL truck anywhere near here. I hear the substation's out blah, blah, blah but how about doing the line work now to expedite things? And, longer term, why dont we bury our power lines?

I do volunteer plenty - I do not think it is beyond the realm of reasonable to ask for and receive accurate information.

We were initially told to prepare for 7-10 days without power and it hasn't been 10 days yet.
As for the older people, there are shelters and warming stations with food to help care for them. If they choose not to go, that's on them.
We got wrecked with trees, poles and transformers down. Many substations sustained heavy damage and problems are being fixed. Those who didn't prepare for 7-10 days without power because they figured it won't be that bad, shame on you.

As if preparing for 10 days without power is a walk in the park!

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JCP&L is joking (or lying) about the twp. We have not seen any help on Hilltop, except for the neighbors.

At this point you know someone has identified those streets without power. So a list of streets could be published, along with estimated restoration dates. I do not understand why this is not being done.

A. HarrisMayorChatham Borough Hall54 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJÂ Â  07928Â 973.635.0674 x 213973.417.2964 (cell)Â Â Chatham BoroughInformation on Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts
November 3, 2012From the Chatham Borough Mayor and Council Dear Resident: Those of us without power all have the same question – “When is power going to be restored to my home?”  Many of you have seen the utility crews in town and have had your power restored – and many of you (like several of us) remain without power.   The official word from JCP&L is that it expects to have power restored to almost everyone by Wednesday.  As we get more information, we’ll let you know.  In the interim, we have established warming and recharging centers.  For more information on the centers and other storm related information, please see the Borough web site at
www.chathamborough.org. The current power situationJCP&L and out-of-state utility crews have been working in the Borough the past few days.  (We have been feeding the crews so that they can spend more time working and less time finding food.)  Some of the crews were moved today to other towns that had not yet seen any utility personnel, but we were able to get JCP&L to get crews working in town again today. 
As many of you know, most of the downtown area did not lose power, along with a few other areas.  

This report is clearly inaccurate. We have not seen one jcpl truck on Linden Lane or surrounding streets since Wednesday when they were evaluating the damage. At that point we were told it was likely to be 8 to 10 more days. This is ridiculous.

At the present time, power has been restored to much of the east end of the Borough and the Lafayette section.  Most of the Manor section (generally the area north of Main St. and west of N. Passaic) remains without power, along with portions of Garden Avenue, Ellers Drive and the adjacent streets, portions of the area bounded by Watchung Avenue, Edgehill Avenue, Lafayette Avenue and Longwood Avenue, River Rd. and the adjacent streets,  Red Rd., Fuller Avenue, Dempster Rd., Pihlman Place, Bridge St., Overlook Road and portions of Hillside Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Orchard Rd., Chatham St., Maple St., and Edgehill Avenue.  Because the situation is fluid, and JCP&L does not provide precise information, this is based on our own field surveys taken earlier today.
Utility crews will be returning to the Borough on Sunday.  Two areas of focus will be restoring power to the Washington Avenue School and Milton Avenue School and adjacent areas in preparation for the reopening of the schools and for Tuesday’s elections. Schools
As most of you know, the School District has indicated it will decide Sunday evening whether to have school on Monday. TransportationThe Governor’s office has indicated that the Department of Transportation will provide detailed information on transit options on Sunday.  No time for the restoration of rail service has been announced yet.  Among other sources, 
www.511nj.org will have updated information

A street by street list would be helpful. Since the claim is most of the township and the borough are restored this should not be difficult.

 Halloween Trick-or-TreatingThe Governor has postponed trick-or-,,treating to Monday, November 5th.  However, the Borough’s emergency management team intends to determine on Sunday whether it feels it will be safe for children to be doing this given the debris and downed wires.
 Brush Clean-upThe Department of Public Works will start a brush clean-up on Monday, November 5th.  Please see the Borough web site for more information, including guidelines regarding what is and is not acceptable.
  Throughout the week we have been posting updated information on the Borough web site.  We encourage you to sign up to receive e-mail notification of new postings.  In addition, we encourage you to follow the Borough on Twitter to be notified of updates.  Instructions are on the web site.In the past few days, numerous downed trees have been cleared and blocked roads have been re-opened.  Our Department of Public Works crew has been working throughout the weekend.   Our Police, Fire Department and Emergency Squad have been responding to emergencies and keeping us safe. Although we have a way to go before we are back to normal, I and the members of the Borough Council have seen countless examples of volunteering and neighbors helping neighbors as we work through this crisis – the community spirit that makes Chatham Borough the special community that it is.
We’re all in this together, and together we’ll make it through.Bruce A. HarrisMayor

From jim loner fan
Friends,
Thanks to those people who volunteered today to handle the mulch and recycle center in CB. That allowed our DPW to stay on the roads and cut more trees down. As we need more volunteers, I'll reach out again. Mayor Harris & Mayor Hagner have sent out e-mails/messages over the last 2 days to help guide you were things are at. If you need me to forward again, let me know. Each towns website has many details on the storm. 
Power - I cannot guide you on the status in the Twp (please go to their website and/or connect directly with your elected officials) and nor can we make any guarantee to those living in the Borough that those that remain without power will have power shortly. As I said in my earleir e-mails, JCP&L has both a priority list of what needs to get accomplished, and they have massive outages across the region. Everything is fluid and changes on a dime. We have crews in Chatham, we lose crews to other towns. JCP&L has to balance the needs of all towns, not just Chatham. In the Borough, we have been told we will have a crew back in Chatham on Sunday. There are a few key projects JCP&L was working on before they were pulled out of Chatham on Friday. Assuming they stick to their word, there should be a material impact on a
number of areas by end of day tomorrow. Does that mean all houses will be back. No! It's a process. They started out by saying a minimum of 7-10 days. For those still out, use that as the guide. Could pockets of streets

We live on van bouton in twp - haven't seen any trucks all week ! Not sure where the 75% is !

Can anyone tell me if there is power along the 100 block of Riveredge? My mother-in-law and brother-in-law live there. Our last communication was Thursday night. I am in San Antonio, TX. Can't get through on the land line or their cell phones. Thanks for any info. God bless you all.

During the October 2011 storm damage, JCP&L crews met in the High School parking lot each day at 4pm to review and determine progress toward full restoration. They had a detailed map of the outages and could give a priority of the restoration timeline. Does anyone know the location of the meeting for this damage? Can someone report what is going on?

Folks- there is a high senior population at Chathsm Glen, still without power. Have extra firewood? Please drop it off at the Surton Woods Pool House on Riveredge Drive anytime today. We will be giving it away to anyone who wants it (beginning with seniors and the infirmed) after 4 pm. Any wood donations are appreciated. If you have wood we can pick up, please call me or text your address to 908-313-8939. Thanks and stay warm.

No power in half of wickham woods closest to fairmount ave this morning

Don't forget the Seniors in Green Village section also!!!!! And where are the police and fire men ...haven't seen any in this area!!! Like the OEM lady said," put container outside to collect the rain water to drink." Get educated people !!

From jim lonergan ctd...
There were discussions about the PATH from the Newark/Jersey City line to 33rd St being up Monday, but we have yet to confirm that. If we get a confirm, we will send something out as I know many of us are trying to plan how to get into NYC Monday. 

 
Schools - The Superintendent is working with the town officials to try and get schools up and running by Monday. Know that they are looking at many alternatives and doing everything they can to get the kids back in school. Right now LAS, CMS, & CHS have power. Southern, Milton, WAS remain without. Sunday activity will dictate what occurs. The BOE will communicate school activity Sunday night via the Honeywell system. Also remember, every decision has its pro's and cons. In crisis like this, both the towns and BOE have to weigh all decisions and they will need to make calls knowing there are two sides to every 
decision. Also, it looks highly likely that the kids will have school Thursday and Friday this week (school was supposed to be off). The BOE should know for certain over the next 24-48 hours.
Again, for planning purposes, there is no guarantee but a guide only.

 
Gas - we are hearing some of the ports/terminals are opening up, yet blockages remain in the supply chain. It "feels"like we may see more activity over the coming week in terms of gas availability. As you probably know by know, NJ state started the odd/even days today and that will remain in effect until the crisis is past us.

Jim lonergan ctd...
We may have some gas available locally shortly. I will follow-up should it occur. 

 
Cable/Internet - The cable issues have been flooding at substations and the need to use generators to keep the systems going. For those with power, many cable customers are now back up. If not, call your cable company (assuming you have a cell phone)

 
For those that remain without power, we are all aware that the 5-7 day period begins getting really old as many of us experienced last year at this time. While we expect much of Chatham to be back over the next few days, we also know that not every home will be up. Reach out to your friends. Use the resources both towns are offering (warming & charging stations), feel free to keep inquiring in to towns officials and staff. Know that we are all battling to get to 100% completion; don't be afraid to keep letting us know you home remains out, but also realize people are busting their butt to try and get everyone back up and get some level of normalcy back in our lives. And believe it or not, once we get through our challenges here in Chatham, be prepared to be asked to help our neighbors down south who are in dire need of our support for food. clothing, basic supplies etc... You know my wife Mary is already working on that
plan:-)

Jim

From jim lonergan ctd...
Could pockets of streets go beyond 10 days, it's possible. There is no way to predict. Believe me when I say both towns are doing everything within their power to 
corral JCP&L staff. That being said, if you have power, please reach out to neighbors/friends you know that do not have power and offer to have them come for a dinner, stay in a warm house, offer to do a load of laundry. Anything!!!! These are neighbors and friends. Don't wait for them to ask. They probably won't. Call them, stop over at their house. Anything, but allow them to get warm without having to look for refuge outside of Chatham. Make this Sunday "Neighbor Dinner Day" and have them come to your home to watch a game, sit by the fire, cook a meal, share some beers - anything. Make it happen! Don't just go back to the daily routine now that you have power.

 
Transit - As we're entering a new week, the JCP&L crew spent much of Thursday eliminating the high risk of poles falling in/around the train station. They completed the project early Friday so from a safety and allowing NJT to stop in Chatham, we are good to go. As for NJT trains, NJT remains uncommitted due to the enormous flooding damage that occurred in Carney and Hoboken. Until they settle that, NJT remains out. There has been talk about possibly resuming by mid-week, but things remain fluid and I would plan accordingly.

Is the Township Mayor as concerned about keeping residents informed as the Boro Mayor is? So far the Township Mayor is MIA.

Chatham boro residents and Chatham township are DIFFERENT. As well as GREEN VILLAGE residents.!!!!!!!!!! The shunpike road residents of Green Village were THE absolute last people to get power last October 2011.

Just spoke to live agent at jcpl and she said there are still almost 3000 residences in the chathams without power so not sure where police or the patch are getting their info that we are almost fully restored.

The number of outages in the township just went up 100. This is ridiculous. People will waste gas coming home only to have no power again!

Shame on Chatham Township officials. Communication is key, people need to know what o be prepared for. Jim Lonergan has done an exceptional job keeping Chatham Borough residents informed. As a Chatham Township resident, I try to glimmer what ever information I can get fron his posts and emails. Why is Nicoe Hagner nt posting information? The Chatham Township website should continuously be posting updates.

Open the high school, let the kids go play basketball...anything in a safe environment. Put a TV, let them watch football today. We need help, the township needs to start communicating and Doing a better job.

The number of outages just went up again!

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JCP&L is doing a really poor job in communicating with their customers. PSE&G sends a email out every morning with a update.

Speaking of doing a poor job in communicating with it's residents is our township leadership. They should be ashamed of themselves. They like to post these little tidbits on their website and then run and hide.

"Chatham Township Residents Responsible for clearing out their own debris."

Really?

Wow that is great news. (yes this is sarcasm) The boro of Chatham has it's power almost fully restored and 92% of the township is still out. The boro of Chatham is going to start picking up debris from it's residents on Monday. Madison has already started. The Township of Chatham said it is the resident's responsibility to take the debris to the Tanglewood site.

Really? Why? To much money? Not in the budget? Well folks like us on a fixed budget don't have a "clear the debris fund" either.

That is why the federal government is offering assistance to states, counties and towns. Maybe our local government doesn't know how to get these funds. I saw an email from the township Mayor Nicole Hagner that she spoke to the president of JCP&L about the power and getting more crews in the area. She said she made this request "very strongly." How about making a "very strong request" for funds to help our township residents with clean up, debris removal, etc. How come other towns nearby can do this for their residents?

@ Princess Judi.. I live on Riveredge. No power and it looks like we won't get it back for a while. Do you want me to contact your family?

Patch: how about fact checking stories instead of quoting cops who are clearly in the dark. This story directly contradicts information available on jcpl's website, which indicates that no where near 93% of the Township will be back up. Garbage reporting like this is adding to the confusion.

Wow! These threads are outrageous, thankfully we still have a home to go to, it is certainly no fun to live like a nomad but I for one, am just so thankful to have amazing friends that are willing to provide a couch and a fireplace. It's amazing what we take for granted.
And for the record, Chatham twp is no better then any other town and the governors and the mayors and the presidents do not control Mother Nature nor does jersey typically get hurricanes with this type of devastation, I'm pretty sure none of us were prepared! If you have a problem with the authority, vote.
And just saying, making fun of someone's weight is disgusting! I hope to goodness, you don't have kids or are an educator making comments so hurtful.

how do we "contact our town leaders" for them to contact FEMA?!?!?!?

Given Irene, the October snow storm and Sandy, I'd say this is no longer not typical for NJ.

the JCP&L and government response to this is a disaster. We should all withold paying our next quarter's tax payment. This is also another reason to hate unions. An Ohio supervisor told a friend of mine that the out of state people are doing all the work and that the Jersey JCPL people are milking it. Seriously, I don't think we can expect power for at least another week.

According to JCP&L website we should be back up 45% by end of tomorrow (Monday). Majority (51%?) by close of Wednesday. Where did the 93% rumor even start?

Look at this chart for power restoration estimates from NJ State Gov't site. Here is the link below to the official NJ State chart on outages by County and Town and restoration progress. Chatham Township has almost 3000 outages reported and it is projected to see only 240 restored by Nov 5th or 8%. The current communication is awful and misleading. The police reporting needs to jive with the states report and seems totally inaccurate. If they have different info than the state we would all be comforted to know it. Shunpike has tape now around downed wires and broken poles as signals to crews to stop and fix-but where are they???? 8 days no power and no updates that are real. The "breaking news" story reported here by police on the Chatham Patch that we will be fully restored needs updating ASAP!!!!! Please! Many thanks

http://www.scribd.com/doc/112013859/JCP-L-Outage-Report-as-of-11-3-12

Lets all email mayor Hagner and ask for a list street by street as to when power will be restore. New storm coming Wednesday. If power will be out we need to make plans. Living with uncertainty is not helpful. If I don't have power for ten days okay then so be it but I need to plan especially with three kids in the district. So email the mayor and ask for a response. The township website stinks as far as reporting info. hagnernicole@yahoo.com

Madison mayor is awesome. He puts out a daily message as to who is getting power and where power is being restored. He also runs the YMCA and opened it up to anyone needing a shower. Our mayor should take a page from his book. I subscribe to Madison and Chatham updates and my phone rings once a day with his recording...they are lucky to have this guy. We need someone like him.

Madison mayor is collecting generators on a borrow basis from those who no longer need them and rerouting them throughout his town to those who do need them. Chatham should do the same.

I live in the township and have ad power since friday. I'd like to thank the crews for their hardwork and dedication.

Funny thing...I subscribe to the township pd and keep getting updates on voting. Who cares...while I really do care I want more specific info on when my street will be live...email Jim Lonergan. his emails are just as vague...jlonerg22@yahoo.com

There is one utility truck in the Boro working on Chatham St right now.

Power restored to Weston Avenue?

Chat Boro Resident. Sorry. Very angry that our cops, and Township officials are spreading misleading info. and dont care about us. Not your fault. Peace to you too.

What about Schindler Court in the Borough? Frustrating to see that our close neighbors on Willow and Girard were only down for a day or two...

Amazing how needy, soft and dependent people are. Gt out of the house and help others. How about buying lunch for a crew cutting trees or helping a neighbor clear brush.

3 or 4 days before the storm, we were all warned about the severity of Sandy. It was clearly stated that restoration of power would take at least 7 to 10 days. Today is the 6th day; no one should be that surprised or in shock. All things considered, the Borough and Township faired very well and people should look further outside of the towns to understand the real hardship others are enduring.
For those complaining about the police and public works officials, try catching few hours of sleep in your car or the town jail cells all the while your house is in the dark or flooded and your family is without you. Some consideration and compassion is in order.

Its not shock that has residents irritated and upset. Its the misinformation and lack of accurate information. There is a big difference.

I agree with boro resident sentiments. There are thousands in Staten Island with no homes!!! So we're a bit inconvenienced, they have no food, no gas, no homes, no where to go! Rest assured you'll have power back before they even have a chance to start rebuilding. Try getting off your rich fat asses and help others!

My ass is neither rich or fat. We can be sympathetic, volunteer and donate no problem, doesn't mean that at the same time we have to give up our right to wanting more communication between elected leaders and tax paying residents.

Frankly I'm embarrassed by many of my fellow Chathamites. Sniveling and whining about the loss of power when so many have lost or experienced damage to their home or even lost friends and family. Sure sounds to me like you are the "entitlement" seekers in our country not the less fortunate who by the way are rolling up their sleeves, banding together to make it through this. So for god sakes stop the whining deal with some inconvience and go help those truely in need!

Just saw 2 trucks with utility poles in front of Corpus Christi...they took off in the direction of Noe Ave. not sure of final destination but at least they are in the area.....

Not helpful to ppl still living in the dark, I realize, but I live in the Township along Fairmount Ave, and power was restored late Friday night, so clearly progress is being made. Hang in there.

No one is suggesting that being without power compares to the situation where a home is destroyed and/or a loved one lost. Simply not comprable and no comparison is being made. The grumblings etc arise from erroneous and ineffective communication. There is no crime in setting forth the complaints and it is unnecessary and pointless to vilify the people who are doing so in response to an extremely erroneous communication precisely on point.

Life ain't perfect. Deal with it.

The power will come back on when it comes on. As far as the perceived lack of communication, the borough and township were told 7 to 10 days. They are almost within the window.

Anyone have an idea if the Comcast outage and the power outage are linked? Seems that those with Fios (non WW residents since there is no fios there) are able to get a Fios connection off a backup generator while Comcast is seemingly 100% out.

Any info would be appreciated.

Is it too much to ask JCPL for a list of streets & what date their power might be restored? Some streets in Chatham Borough (Willow, Maple, Girard, Hillside near Watchung Ave) lost power very briefly, if at all. Schindler Ct lost power at 04:08 AM on Tuesday Oct 30. It seems to be on the same power grid as River Road that doesn't have power.

Thank You Laura Ali Nonnenmacher! The Chatham Twp residents appreciate you keeping us up to date on power restorations, school info, warming stations , and everything in between!!! Going around from neighborhood to neighborhood looking at damages, feeding people, checking on the elderly and being the only reliable resource for the town. Always putting the town first!!!

For a temporary official in the town, you have been the most informative and we all thank you for that!!!!

LAURA ALI as write in for Tuesday's VOTE!!!!!!!

There is a message from Nicole sent to the Chatham Recreation Email Alias. Not sure why it went there and not NIXLE. I sent her an email to please get it on NIXLE and also called the Police Station to tell them to get the email out ot everyone. I will see if Chatham Patch will post too.

How is it that Chatham Township has HUGE power lines traversing the landscape and yet we continue to have NO power? It is ironic that we have to suffer with these ugly power lines but we are not allowed to have power.
Shouldn't they have buried the lines last year with the last big storm???

Just got back from a walk. Chatted with a neighbor with a tree through his roof. Not a single complaint about the situation, lack of power or concerns with communication. Take a lesson.

Have anyone seen any of our township employees?? How bout that double dipping excuse of a township admin..... this is ridiculous going on a week and I have saw one flyby assesment and still sitting here with no action...i sure they will get the extra cell tower up prior to me getting electricity back---- VOTE TUESDAY SHAKE ALL THE BUMS FROM THEIR SEATS---!!!!

I was at Chatham Emergency Squad yesterday. Had to leave because ALI was so loud, obnoxious and annyoying. we were there for warmth and to charge items. rather have a dead phone then listen to her sing to herself.

We really need another update. It's 6:30pm already. JCP&L hasn't updated Facebook since 3:42pm yesterday and today we got two opposite stories.

My neighbor was actually quite coherent. He made a great deal of sense as he related his story. In comparison folks here seem staggered by the lack of small electrons moving down small metal conduits. I suspect it's not all that different from the sparks of electricity flowing into grey matter. Perhaps power companies should focus on reconnecting what is critical first and begin to reconnect the wiring in the grey matter of many posters here.

If we are posting on this forum, we are concerned about communication and electricity. I don't think that bashing anyone will help us out!

JCP&L please start with appreciative citizen. Use the heavy gauge wire and set the amp dial to high!

Francine and all - here is a link to th messages. I tried to cut and paste but more characters then patch allows
http://www.chathamtownship.org/advisories/Huricane-Sandy-advisories.html

MM I've heard if you stand under those power lines and if you spin your cell phone on the plan of your hand fast enough it will fully charge in 30 mins.

Ok whoever the 07928 chat person is, you should seriously be ashamed of yourself! What kind of person are you bad mouthing someone who is so kind and generous to donate their time all day helping people out! Think about all these people who have suffered during this hurricane! You shouldn't be worried about someone singing and trying to make people feel better, when you really should be concerned with the people in this town and state! Obviously you don't Have any consideration for all of these people suffering! SHAME ON YOU!

Everyone, please remember to remain civil and to refrain from name-calling or other accusations.

This statement by Chatham Township government seems to be avoiding responsibility for the false communication about 75%/93% of power supposed to have been restored by last night.
"Unfortunately the numbers put up by JCP&L yesterday and published through Nixle were inaccurate."
As far as I can tell JCP&L put up accurate numbers (see the links above to their webpages and my and other's comments) but Chatham Township police misread them and sent out a faulty Nixle message. That caused a lot of hopes to be prematurely raised and perhaps led people to come back to town, make plans inappropriately.

First of all I live in the Borough (obviously) so this is not really my fight- but my kids go to school in the township,etc. But if I lived in the Township I would want to know who was responsible for that Nixle message and then have appropriate action taken. Sending out that message was akin, in my book, to yelling fire in a crowded movie theater. I'm sure people got hurt a result- where is the accountability?

The borough's communication has been poor in my book too. They took too long to start reaching out to people. But as far as I know they have not screwed up and sent out seriously wrong information the way the Township did.

A crew in a downed Borough neighborhood was pulled off work there Sunday to go to the Milton School (which had already--hours prior-- announced it would be closed today). And that's not speculation, that info was sent out by the Boro's 40404 text alert & Twitter account. Another resident then commented somewhere that Mayor Harris lives by Milton and did indeed have his power restored by that crew.

Latest update from Mayor Hagner

http://www.chathamtownship.org/advisories/Huricane-Sandy-advisories.html

Thanks chat5. That is good info. I live in the briarwood condos on river road. The intersection of river road & southern is really a mess. Power poles split in half & the stoplight was even bent over. I agree that they should bury these lines already. I am surprised that we need those lines to get power when there is a line coming in from the town that crosses over at the briarwood complex & appears to be in perfect condition. Also, since the heat and hot water in our buildings are run by gas, we really should be able to use those things, but for some reason they are not available to us. Seems silly....

Thank you to Katie J who replied to my earlier posting.

It pains me to have read so many negative comments on here about our elected officials, public employees and JCP&L. A catastrophic storm struck New Jersey 9 days ago and left devastation in its path. Those of us in Chatham lost power, maybe even a tree, but we are all still here and we should all be thankful for that. Some of you have chosen to use this forum to incite others against those who serve us. Mayor Harris, Mayor Hagner, your elected official's, the police or your public works employees caused this storm. None of these people can fix your power. Yet some of you find it in your own personal interest to criticize these people for "not doing enough" or putting out "wrong numbers".....REALLY? Your elected officials and public employees in both towns have put in many long days away from their families since this storm struck and should be commended for all that they are doing and have done. Rather then hide behind a computer writing senseless comments on the Chatham Patch, walk outside, find someone who is helping to clean up or restore your and thank them for all that they are doing to help the community in this time of need like so many of your neighbors already have !!

Richard -- you are wrong. Chatham Boro has been communicating effectively. Chatham Twp has not. I had to follow the boro twitter feed to get accurate and timely information. The Mayor should have been prepared with a communications plan after LAST YEAR. She's been slow and inaccurate. She was not prepared. She should be talking to people in the gas lines. She should be driving around town and confirming outages. She should be in the truck with the JCPL guy who is in charge of Chatham. She and the entire elected crew punted and we will remember.

Night #11 here without power at the condos, and no updates posted. I can't wait until the next Township meeting...this is inexcusable.