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Apparently sections of Mendham and Chester were classified as barrier islands over the weekend, as nearly 100 customers still find themselves powerless.

 

The deadline has passed for power restoration and despite the claims that all but the barrier islands would be restored by Sunday night, many residents woke up to another day living like a frontiersman.

"We are still without power for day 15 and counting, according to JCP&L we should have had power almost a week ago," Ken Hoffman posted on Patch. "Can the state at least help us with tax breaks so we can install more permanent home generators? We have lost power for almost 40 days in the last 14 months really thinking about leaving the state. High taxes, horrible infrastructure, its becoming too much to bear."

Elizabeth Fucci said she called JCP&L every day and was told she would have power that night, and it has yet to happen.

"They don't have a clue. Last year Oct. 2011, JCP&L told us we were the last home to get power (10 days) and by the looks of things, we will have that honor again," Fucci posted on Patch.

Lamerson Road resident Viki Andersen said everytime she called to report her outage it was "news to the call center."

"They projected our street back on Saturday, but 6:30 Monday a.m. we all remain in the dark,"Andersen said. "The trees that fell on our lines haven't even been cleared yet- no trucks have been here. Beyond frustrating as our mayor correctly summed it up."

And speaking of the Mayor, Bill Cogger has been eating cold dinners by fireside in his home since the storm and feeding the small generator he bought at Shop Rite in Chester a week after the storm to run his furnace and well pump.

"I now have an interesting cologne," Cogger said of the gasoline fumes.

Our interactive map above shows what roads have been reported to us as still being without power. Add roads missing in our comment section so we can keep the map updated. And let us know when power is restored so we can move your pin from the map!

Related Topics: Chester Township, Hurricane Sandy, Power Restoration, and Sandy Recovery

Gayle Hennessy

4:45 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

Trucks from Duke Energy arrived on Delwood Road about 9:30 am and our power was restored around 3:00. A very long 15 days!

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Nonnie

8:15 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

We finally got power back today. Abysmal job by JCP&L. I agree we should receive tax credits for permanent ome generators or any generator for that matter. For those that already have whole house generators JCP&L should provide a credit to pay to the gas company as the gas bill for two weeks of generator power will be enormous. I called the Mayor (answering machine) Rodney F (got a call back) Gov Christie (answering machine) and the White House. The woman at the WH actually hung up on me when I asked her what the president is doing for those still without power. Wow what a shocker that was. Just know your government will never be there for you in time of need. Private citizens, private businesses, and churches are the only ones providing any assistance as far as I can tell

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