Update on power outages from Orange and Rockland Utilities SEVERE-STORM TREE DAMAGE STILL CAUSING POWER OUTAGES; O&R URGES CUSTOMERS TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS As the region continues to recover from the most destructive storm ever to hit the O&R service area, new tree-related power outages are occurring as a result of residual tree and electric […]
Rockland gets Slammed by Storm Again BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM AND DYLAN SKRILOFF The weather has been going mad. And the Earth too, remember the rare Northeast tremor felt this summer? The latest dose of unusual activity is the unheard of late October snowstorm that dumped around 6 to 8 inches on most of Rockland […]
Warming centers have been set up throughout the County for residents without power: · St. Lawrence Center 115 Torne Valley Rd, Hillburn 6 a.m. – 10 p.m., 753-2324 · Congers Community Ctr 6 Gilchrest Rd, Congers 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., 268-9700 · Pascack Community Ctr 87 New Clarkstown Rd, Nanuet 8 a.m. – 10 […]
O&R expects to restore electric service by midnight Wednesday night to the vast majority of approximately 100,000 of its customers who lost power as a result of Saturday’s destructive snow storm. O&R expects to return electric service to the remaining customers affected by midnight Friday night. O&R has restored electric service to about half affected […]
A virtually unprecedented late October Nor’easter swept through the region on Saturday, leaving 4 to 8 inches of snow in Rockland townships, and up to 2 feet in areas of upstate New York and New England. The wet snow clung to the autumn trees which have yet to be denuded of their leaves. The snow […]