New City, NY
News
More Than 5K Rockland Customers Without Power More Than 5K Rockland Customers Without Power
More Than 5K Rockland Customers Without Power Orange & Rockland Utilities announced Friday that it hopes to have most of the power restored to Rockland County customers by end of Sunday night and Orange County residents by midnight Friday. Company officials said that as of noon Friday 5,897 customers were without power in Rockland County and 822 customers in Orange County.  Some other Orange County residents, served by Central Hudson, are also without power. As of 11:30 a.m. 1,034 customers are still without power. O&R company spokesman Mike Donovan said there may be some customers without power over the weekend that have other…

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by Kathy Reakes
New City, NY
News
Power Outages Grow In Rockland, Orange As Trees Continue To Fall Power Outages Grow In Rockland, Orange As Trees Continue To Fall
Power Outages Grow In Rockland, Orange As Trees Continue To Fall How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area This story has been updated: Thousands of Orange and Rockland county residents are without power as trees continue to fall, bringing down power lines after one of the largest storms in years slammed the area dumping up to 2 feet of snow. One good note to add: There are also thousands of electric and gas employees staged and working in the area to quickly reduce the number of those without power. Here are the latest outages: Rockland County: As of 10 a.m. 15,000 residents remained without power with the highest number being in Clar…

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by Kathy Reakes
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Dutchess Residents Advised To Avoid Travel On Wednesday Dutchess Residents Advised To Avoid Travel On Wednesday
Dutchess Residents Advised To Avoid Travel On Wednesday Dutchess County residents are being urged by government officials not to travel on Wednesday, March 7 due to predictions of a major snow-bearing Nor'easter. Shelters are being opened on Tuesday night in preparation for the winter storm.  In a news statement from Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro's office, residents are advised to plan for hazardous road conditions and the potential for additional power outages.  Since many area residents still without power, the American Red Cross, in cooperation with the Dutchess County Departments of Emergency Response and Behavioral & Communit…

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by Jon Craig
Armonk, NY
News
Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester
Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester A state of emergency has been declared by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday in four Hudson Valley counties: Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Sullivan. Responders in the four counties continue to recover from the Nor'easter that affected the entire state the past several days.  Cuomo also announced the deployment of an additional 100 members of the New York National Guard to further assist communities with recovery efforts. Senior administration officials remain on site in each of the four counties as they help lead recovery efforts: Director of State Operations Cathy Calhoun has been deployed…

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by Daily Voice
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
List Of Warming Centers, Distribution Points For Dry Ice, Water In Dutchess List Of Warming Centers, Distribution Points For Dry Ice, Water In Dutchess
List Of Warming Centers, Distribution Points For Dry Ice, Water In Dutchess The following is a list of warming centers and points of distribution for dry ice and bottled water in Dutchess. Town of Amenia: NYSEG will be distributing dry ice and bottled water at the Town of Amenia Town Hall, located at 4988 Route 22 and at the Wassaic Fire Station, located on Firehouse Rd. in Wassaic. Town of Beekman: Town of Beekman Highway Department, located at 4 Main Street, will be distributing dry ice and bottled water beginning at 2 p.m. Town of Beekman Community Center, at the Rec on Recreation Road, will be open as a Warming Center until 5 p.m. with cell phone charging capa…

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by Daily Voice
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess
Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess Electric service was restored to more than half of the nearly 110,000 customers impacted by the storm, though strong winds continue to impact the region, according to Central Hudson. As of 7 a.m. Saturday, approximately 53,000 customers remained without electric service in nearly 1,200 individual damage locations, following a damaging Nor’easter that brought soaking rains, sustained winds, powerful wind gusts and nearly two feet of heavy, wet snow to some northern areas. Remaining power outages in the most heavily impacted areas are 24,000 in Dutchess County, 19,000 in Greene County and 10,…

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by Daily Voice
Armonk, NY
Weather
Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area
Not Over Yet: Treacherous Travel With Downed Trees, Slick Roads In Area It's not over yet. The Nor'easter tearing through the area has left thousands without power, hundreds of downed trees and power lines and numerous road closures, resulting in treacherous travel that will continue through Saturday morning. In the Hudson Valley, an 11-year-old boy was killed Friday afternoon when a tree crashed through a home amid the storm in Putnam County. One town in the area, Greenburgh, had 13 downed tree incidents as of late Friday afternoon. A total of 70,000 were left without power early Friday afternoon in Dutchess County, making it what a Central Hudson spokesman …

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by Joe Lombardi