I saw a line up of 7 utility trucks on MacArthur this morning. Where did they go? There is a pole snapped in half on campgaw and seminary. Not a single utility truck has been there since they cleared the fallen tree on Wednesday. What is going on?

This is the worse storm and power outage in my 69 years of living in this area. The responce of Rockland is poor, I do not see any trucks around town, where are they anyway To bad we cant switch power companies for the mantaince of the inferstructor of the grid.

6 days with out power is just wrong if we had PS&G we would be up and running.

We appreciate the mayors understanding. East Slope is blocked off due to power lines and we were notified it is one of the priorities due to the danger and we have not seen one utility truck. It is ridiculous. I could understand if they were helping people at the beaches with the massive destruction that has been done down there but it just seems like Mahwah is not even on the radar screen. With two young children I am hoping to get power back soon I am lucky to have close family who have allowed us to stay in their home.

You need to put this into perspective. I understand that as of at least several years ago O&R provided service in Rockland, New Jersey, and PA. How many repair people do you think they have sitting around versus maybe many tens of thousands of customers? This is one aspect that needs to be explored. If you double electrical rates, how many more repair people could they hire and how much might that improve their time to repair? Things that need to be looked into are: possibility of having PSE&G provide us service if they appear to be doing better, doing our own electrical production via something like the Crossroads generation facilities, or building our own electrical generation. I understand that there is a town who built its own facilities and is saving a large amount. I can try to find their name, if the Township is interested. It might also be a good idea to discuss this with the Public Utilities Commission to determine what standard they have set for restoration of service. We also have to determine what standard we would like and is reasonable in cost. We also do not see any statistics on number of outages and number of repair people on the road from O&R and the contractors they hired from out-of-state. Remember that they said that they asked for rate increases for what they had to spend for the previous storm.

Park Ridge has there own electric. Pole snapped in half on Overlook no trucks in sight! My neighbors have had power for days now.

Mahwah is lucky to have a Mayor that is really stepping up to the plate for the people in his town. Having Home Depot open this Sunday is a good thing in helping the people of the town get supplies they need in getting back on track.

In the big scheme of things we should be grateful we have our homes and our lives. Having no power is inconvenient but it beats what people at the shore have to deal with. I do agree O&R could have given us better info and schools and most businesses (particularly along 17) should be up and running by now. As for the utility trucks, there are many located near the Sheraton in what I presume to be a staging area. Now, if only someone could get rid of the gas lines...

At least we still have gas to get. My family just got back from sitting in line for gas. But we are happy to get it. Otherwise how do you get to work in areas that are not affected by the storm. They don't care they want you at your job. a week is a long time to be in this situation and as for people complaining about having lost everything down the shore and needing help. We up here have firefighters and emergency services who are going around the community trying to help with whatever they can even though their own homes have no power or been damaged. If Everyone does what they can. Like check up on that neighbor who lives alone. Invite someone in for a hot meal who has no power or a shower. It can mean the world to know someone cares. And it is being done. I wish. O &. R. Would do the same to help us. Next week could be a problem. Pretty soon. No power. No gas. No food. Thanks to mayor Laforyette for all you help. You are doing good things for the people of Mahwah and have started the ball rollling. God bless you all

Haven't seen any electric company trucks in the fardale area still lots of Verizon and optimum trucks but can't run phones and tv without power the mayor has and continues to be a great advocate for us but it's getting cold our kids need to go back to school it's been along time already

Some of Fardale power lines come from Franklin lake -- Oakland area and eastern part of Fardale some comes from Allendale area some also comes from north NY.
So we're a mix plus the local damage. Friends of ours live in Oakland and their area never lost power-- not all of them- some also had local damage causing outages. O & R should inform people of that. We're not all the same feed.

All I see are trucks parked at the Cross Roads Sheraton. You can drive all over Mahwah and not see one repair truck. Where is all the out of state help from whAt I understand they're here waiting to be told what to do. Yes we are lucky to be in the condition we are in but what about the loss to the businesses that don't have power. It's a disgrace.

Some of the workers from those trucks are on other trucks working. And some worked during the night shift and are sleeping. Just be glad they are here to help us.
O & R should be telling people this. O & R speak up!

I just spoke with two guys from Alabama power that were surveying the Scotch Hills section by Sparrowbush Road. First, if you haven't seen the damage there you need to check it out. From what I've seen, it's the worst area in the township. Second, I told them I thought they weren't allowed to work here and they said that was a different company, so I guess the non-union story is true. Third, I asked if they knew when the downed trees and poles would begin to be worked on and they said they had no idea. That went on to say that they wish they knew when but they are not being given any direction from O&R. I think we need to go over to the Crossroads and go to the cool looking RV that says command center and demand some answers. Mr. Mayor if you want to head over there, I am with you.

The reason the Crossroads has power is that they have very large generating facilities there to backup their operations. When they have excess power they co-generate (sell power back to the utility). They had several more large power generators there, but had removed them apparently because their original large expansion plans for several towers never came to fruition. The Township should probably talk to them about possible backup, or emergency use. I've been hinting at this for some time on Patch, but no one seems to be heeding my words. We need to ask the Township what consideration has been given to this approach.

Great job Mayor LaForet...you have shown that you truly care about the people of Mahwah...Bravo!

Mayor has been doing an excellent job through this. I would like to see him get the DPW out there starting to collect the leaf and tree debris on the sides of the road. The streets are starting to get dangerous especially at night with limited lighting. I understand power is #1 but I would consider tree and leaf pickup 1a. Especially with the pending storm this week.

I'm tired of being cold and in the dark. They say that this storm wasn't the big one well I hate to see how it's handled when the Big One does hit!!!!

The first one to get my electric on gets my vote.

FYI ctp.... I believe the DPW guys worked a full day yesterday collecting leaves and worked all night into the next day through the hurricane. I saw the DPW trucks out yesterday myself on my limited travels. Kudos to them and everyone aiding the citizens during this difficult time.

I just heard saws in Allendale. Could lights be on the horizon? Oh how I wish. It's been chilly all day and us supposed to go to 30. Tonight. I'm so over this I could cry.

I would like to add my Kudos to the Fire Department. They have tirelessly given up being with their own families to help others in this town and have been going since the storm started with only a few hours of sleep. Then getting on lines to get gas so they can go to their regular jobs. There hasn't been one night since the storm that the plectron has sounded in the middle of the night with fires, co alarms or someone in distress. I take my hat off to them. They are a unique group of men. THANKS!!!!! And God Be with you.

Lets put a little lightness into this mess. Lets see who can come up with the best name for O & R. My first two are. OH REALLY. And. OVER RATED. (In many ways)

In the first chapter of Pioneer Days 101 it says to be responsible for your own welfare ! Or if that's not available a couple of DVD's of Little House on the Praire might work. Guardian Stand alone generator by Generac installed at your home, wood burning stove or fireplace works great along with your friendly tree service guy who supplies the wood. A pantry full food, couple of plastic gas cans for the small engines like a chain saw. Now if we can only figure out how to pump the fuel out of the ground at our friendly gas station we can drive aimlessly around looking at all the damage.

I' don't understand how people across the street and basically all around me have electric and my family can sit here in the cold! I pay 70.00 a day to keep gas in my generator and the lines I have to sit in waiting for gas is just ridiculous,
O&R need to get up here on Stag Hill and restore the homes that are still in the dark.