Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange
Hundreds in Rockland and Orange County remain without power nearly a week after Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc on the East Coast.
As of 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, crews from Rockland & Orange Utilities was still responding to 417 reported outages, which were impacting 1,345 of their New York customers.
In Orange County, 705 of the company’s 104,130 customers were still reporting outages, while 628 of their 117,244 Rockland County residents were still in the dark.
During the storm, more than 200,000 Rockland & Orange customers lost power due to the high wind gusts and rain …
Tropical Storm Isaias: High Winds Knock Out Power To 100,000 In Rockland, Orange
Nearly 100,000 Rockland and Orange County residents were left without power as Tropical Storm Isaias rocked the region with extreme wind gusts that toppled trees, felled utility poles and downed power lines throughout the area.
Orange & Rockland Utilities was reporting 2,476 outages in the Hudson Valley as of 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, impacting 71,013 of their 229,619 customers.
In Rockland County, there were 46,548 outages, with an additional 23,399 in Orange County. There were also a total of 1,066 outages in Sullivan and Ulster counties.
Clarkstown was hit particularly hard, wit…
Police: Passenger In Pickup Hidden In Mahwah Woods Had Fully Loaded Pistol On Her Lap
"I have a gun on my lap," an Illinois woman told a Mahwah police officer who found her and a pickup driver parked in an isolated area before dawn near the Rockland County border.
Officer Richard Albro spotted the 1988 GMC C15, with no front license plate, backed into the woods in a corner of Sam Braen Field across from Secor Farms -- barely a half-mile from Ramapo -- just after midnight July 6, authorities said.
Because the truck "seemed purposely isolated," the officer said, he asked whether the driver, who was standing outside, or the passenger, who was in her seat, was armed.
Cassandra …
