I went down to river road @ southern last night and nobody was there, nothing was any different. I was out at 10p, I didnt see any crews anywhere.

I was there, too, though a bit earlier, and the damaged light poles and utility poles don't look like they have been touched since the storm over a week and a half ago.

I wish they would stop telling us they worked there constantly and until late hours. Just be honest and say the condos, although highly populated are last on the list!!!

Why also, if I'm in the condos and they know there is no power am I asked to use my cell phone battery to call and report no power!

Shunpike to Noe still has no power including Lenape, RobinHood etc. Not sure why it says Shunpike to Ferndale back. Also, several neighbors told by JCP&L that shunpike substation still broken. No crews to fix down wires on Shunpike and Edgewood yet.

While some power is restored in rolling hill area homes where lines attached to dwelling came down remain without electricity - day 12

the Chatham Website- the update from the "mayor" said they were sending a crew to work on Shunpike Mid day and the town hall confirmed it.. they never showed up and it looks the same as it did last week.. not one thing has been done Our Mayor is just sitting by like a sheep and taking it.. the first notice we get from her is almost a week after the storm?? I signed up for nixle..Madison is almost at full power yet they send 3x as many alerts as Chatham does...

I approached to ask one of the workers when he thought they would get to my house (in the borogh) ...he made a disgusted face and said 'i have to go now', turned his back on me and my baby as I was talking, got in his truck and never came back...it was 11:30 am. I cried for an hour.

Does Chatham Patch get their facts from Lalaland or the township's mayor? Wait I forgot both are imaginary. Police are needed in the intersection of Shunpike and Noe. People have no regard for the FOUR WAY stop sign. It's only a matter of time before someone has a fatal accident.

You must call JCP&L and request to speak with a supervisor or keep living in the dark. 1-800-662-3115.

edward smith - a communication from the township on the 6th contained the following:
"If you see power at your neighbors and you don’t have power, check the service connection to your house. If it is not connected you need to get an electrician to make the connection."
not sure who is responsible but hate to see anyone waiting for something to happen that possibley will not

Floral Street is still down. In the last three storms, Floral Street has been in the last 10% still offline. I'm not sure how that is possible considering that each time ONE tree was to blame and ONE set of wires at ONE poll had to be fixed -- for EACH storm. And of course we are just one block from the high school. Every street around us has power. When they finally come to fix it, at least the last two times, it took the JCP&L crew about one hour to get a whole street up. But here we sit. Many kids walk Floral Street to the bus. And of course our Mayor doesn't even have us on the list. Nuts. I had to follow Chatham Borough on Twitter to get updates. Chatham Township has done a terrible job with communications and accuracy.

As aggravating as it is to be without power, it is infinitely more disturbing to be constantly lied to about the progress of a return of power. Nothing has been done on River Road by the condos since the storm. Why are we being told that work is progressing when none is. We will be going into our tenth night and where are our elected officials and accurate and timely information?????

I live on Heritage Drive (i.e., the condos) - no power yet - today is the 10th day and when I drove down River Road this morning (7:30 AM) there were no JCP&L trucks or personnel at the intersection of Southern Boulevard (Snake Hill) and river Road. This is beyond absurdity, Somebody please take charge!

Hey Pissed Off.. I called that number... they are closed today due to severe weather... isn't that appropriate.... emailed twp website... no answer..... time to burn the monoplies down!!!!

Disaster management, after protecting lives, is primarily a communication battle. We lost the battle in Chatham Township. We lacked adequate resources as a town, for example diesel fuel, generators, distribution capabilities, and too few cross trained employees to cover roles needed in an emergency. We lacked adequate utility crews as trucks and teams were sent, understandably, to more severely hit parts of the state. We lacked information because we were/are unable to get accurate information from the utility companies. I think a neighbor summed it up pretty accurately last night. Just get us information and we will make sensible decisions for ourselves. Leave us in the "dark" and expect frustrations to grow exponentially with time. JCP&L mapped the borough and township (surveying one downed pole on our street at least three times) and developed a detailed response plan - they have been doing this for years. Our township clearly wasn't invited to the table. After last year's storms, I would have thought our readiness would be higher, our coordination with utility companies better, and our response more coordinated and transparent. Please learn the lessons this time around or step aside so others with more crisis management, civic and business experience can step up to the table. If models hadn't predicted Sandy's left turn as early as they did, the loss of life could have been staggering in NJ and NY. Plan for more adverse weather in the future.

Mayor Hagner ? Mayor Hagner? Can you hear us??
Is anyone home?? Hello?

Gibbons Pl off Shunpike near Chatham Day School has no power and we were literally the last to get power last time as we are a handful of houses on the township border. Don't know who is more incompetent ... JCPL or the mayor. I called the township around 11.15 am this morning and they ate still trying to find out where the crews plan to work today.

You would think, Southern Blvd would have priority, since there is a nursing home on that street.

why is the council constantly lying to us!!! Really! Where is today's update. The day is half over and before you know it, we will be fooled yet another day!! Be honest! We would all respect that more!!!

The elected folks of the township should realize that they need to do more than just update by shuffling jcp&l updates from the inbox to the website, especially if everyone has realized that those are just baseless. I have been following jcp&l etr pdf report too (http://t.co/sihNbSqi) and its just not accurate if you take into account the township condos. How come the most populated area of the township is not being looked into even upto now? We are past the 7-10 day window thrown at us! and past all the silly updates thrown at us too...

Just passed Fairmount CC and saw approximately 8 bucket trucks in the parking lot. Perhaps we should form an escort for them?

A cold and dark home is better than the alternatives some are left with in Ocean and Monmouth counties. Those who are homeless surely would LOVE to have your "problem". As for the mayor...let Brower take over. He's the voice we need to get the job done.

Why are there JCP&L and contractor trucks in chatham township looking like they are doing nothing but sitting in parking lots and wasting gas!!! THEY SHOULD BE WORKING!!!! What did Chatham do to get such horrible service??? So far today in a half hour time frame I found 2 trucks in the Long Hill Chapel parking lot on Shunpike not working and 8 bucket trucks and 1 supervisor pickup truck in the Fairmount CC parking lot, again not doing anything. I feel sorry for these brave and dedicated men,who are away from their families, to have to work for an organization with the most incompetent project management team around.

Walked down to river road @ southern around 11 am this morn. Coming from new providence, it looks like they just cut off the power poles blocking the road yesterday so that the plows could safely plow the roads & allow the service trucks in. Saw a couple bucket trucks out there, but since there are more poles down on river rd towards new providence, I would say it looks like another 2 days or so before they get them all repaired, unless they drop what they are doing to go work somewhere else.....

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T GET ANGRY WITH THE LINEMEN. They only do what they are told and they are upset as well that it can't go faster. Everyone knows what its like to have a boss or management constantly getting in the way of doing your job. Well, this is JCP&L. The lineman are working 16-18hr shifts and many are still going home to a cold, dark home. Vent your anger and frustration the most effective way. First, call JCP&L outage line EVERY morning and report your home address. SOMETIMES, your address will fall off the outage list when they power up a circuit. SECOND, call the town administrator EVERY morning 973-635-4600 after JCP&L. Hold our town government accountable. They know where the crews are. I personally know a few Township residents that have medical machines that need to run to keep them alive and they are still on generators spending hundreds in gas. Count your blessings. There is ALWAYS someone worse off than you.

What the hell is Tom Ciccarone administering???? certainly not the communication of his lackeys working in TWP building......

I live in one of those condo complexes and have been on River Road since the storm. They haven't done anything there. I can't believe they left the condo complexes last especially when we are not allowed to have a generator or use propane. This is unacceptable and a complaint of how the township and JCPL handled this will be filed.

My parents moved to heritage Greene condos last October in their retirement. And what are they being being treated with? Almost 2 weeks of cold and darkness. This is absurd that nothing has been done yet. Government officials in Chatham- get up and get going. Make your voices heard and get this fixed for your residents!!!

almost 11 days now and more than 1,400 Chatham Township JCP&L customers remain without power - No one holds JCP&L accountable

I called JCP&L 2 days ago to see if my street (near CHS) was on the list. I was really nice to the call center operator and 2 hours later the lights were on. Don't know if that helped but who knows!! Also, don't forget the linemen are union and were probably on the mandatory break (as to why they were at Fairmount CC). Things would go alot faster if the non-union workers from right-to-work states weren't told to go home after they made the trip here!!!!!

I call jcp&l every morning then the township office and then the mayor an email. All they tell me is the dont know anything. How can this be after 11 days without power they don't know anything. And why is the mayor updating the township website with tales that aren't true. I also visited the are this morning before 10 am and there was no one there and everything was still the same. What is going on here. I feel like I live in a third world country. How many more freezing nights do we have to spend. Many of us there don't have fireplaces so there is no way to keep warm. Many also have pets that we can't leave in a freezing house overnight. I am ready for a nervous breakdown. Why can't we get honest answers? Why are they not working on our power lines? What is going on? Where are they?? The lying and false information is awful. Why can't someone please help us.

I guess all that patting on the back on how STERN she was with JCP&L over last years debacle fell on deaf ears.... We need leadership in our town... not photo ops -- where is twp admin.. he certainly takes down a nice salary with no leadership from him.... although i'm sure he will be pontificating mightly in next Twp committee meeting..... pure theatre... how are your TAX dollars working for you......??

I thought Chatham Glen would be considered a priority area due to "critical mass" but JCP&L must have forgotten about us...10 days and counting! Do you think our electric bills will be prorated for the days we're w/o powrer?! I DON'T THINK SO!!!

The Mayor should be more than embarrased - read her posting on the Chatham Tonwship website. She should be appauled, shocked and angry - just like the rest of us sitting in cold, dark houses. Stop saying what you cant do - stop the victim mindset and tell us what you CAN do. Isnt that why we elected you?

We must get Mayor Nicole Hagner out of office. She is an embarrassment as a public official and clearly does not care about the residents of Chatham.

I'm sure the mayor is a nice person but she is clearly neither an effective leader and communicator for the town nor a good advocate for the town in this crisis.

I have some bad news for all that live in river road condos. I have a friend that works for corporate jcp&l in morristown. I asked her to find out what is going on. It took her a while to get back to me. She said they are still assessing the situation and have not done any work yet contrary to mayor hangers report. We will not have power for several more days. I don't know how this can be possible.

new story just posted listing estimates of power restoration for CB and CT

I hope my friend is wrong.

http://chatham.patch.com/articles/no-new-outages-from-nor-easter-officials-say

Many, but not all of the river road condos are now on.

Day 12--- Day 12----- Day 12----

We elected the Mayor to be a LEADER. She has failed miserably and obviously she is overwhelmed by this mess.

Thank God! Sutton Woods and surrounding areas are back on the grid again! My condolences for those who are still waiting - we feel your pain! :-(

Adjoining homes at 72 May and 5 Scenery Hill with lines down at the pole STILL without power. Crew came Thursday said they needed cherry picker - they never returned

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