School Activities, Athletics to Resume Tuesday

The School District of the Chathams announced its offices will open again on Tuesday. Athletic team practices and other school activities will also resume.

The Chatham Township Municipal Building, where the school district offices are located, was without power since Sunday and unable to open on Monday.

Mayor Nicole Hagner said power is back on at the municipal building, which will open for business Tuesday morning as usual.

As of Monday night at about 8 p.m., JCP&L's website said 3,945 customers in Chatham and 75 in Green Village were still without power. While some neighborhoods reported the power was restored throughout the day Monday, JCP&L said

Trees continued to collapse Monday in the Chathams, and tree companies and the borough and township Departments of Public Works went about clearing streets wherever possible. Many trees, though, have utility wires down as well.

The Snake Hill neighborhood along Southern Boulevard from Fairmount Avenue to River Road is "completely closed," according to Mayor Nicole Hagner. Fairmount Avenue is also closed heading north from the township into the borough.

"There are other side streets with trees down as well, but it's pretty easy to get around them," Hagner said.

Both municipalities will open their respective mulch areas for residents to bring fallen branches and leaves from their yards.

The Chatham Borough Mulch Area is located on Duchamp Avenue and will be open each day this week from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Chatham Township Much Area on Tanglewood Lane will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

sent an alert Monday afternoon that is closed until further notice. Hagner said there was at least one large tree down at the pool.