Is this true for North Caldwell as well. I can't find any information from the Borough of North Caldwell, including our mayor!!!

Thank you. It makes me feel less hopeless to have a better understanding of the situation, and that was a very helpful update. Let's keep our fingers crossed for sooner than later power restoration.

Who in hell builds substations in areas prone to flooding? Christie had better put down his Halloween candy and start to protect the people of New Jersey from stupid utility companies.

Thank you Theresa! We so appreciate you keeping everyone informed during this difficult time for our town. Thank you!!!! --Loren Edelstein

Thank you Theresa! We so appreciate you keeping everyone informed during this difficult time for our town. Thank you!!!!

Thank you for this information. Our area of Caldwell always have problems with power
even before this storm. Someone needs to address the power surges on Roseland Ave. I have lived their 13 yrs and this has been going on this long. Their is not enough power to handle all the buildings
on the street.

Thanks Patch and Mayor. What about garbage is that still on hold

We need some leaders in North Caldwell. Where is Michael Matarazzo?

Thank you for sharing an update. It is much worse not having any status. Appreciate the communication about power and gas! I have shared it with all Caldwell residents at my firm.

Why did we have to wait four days to get this information? The storm was on Monday it's now Thursday and this is the first message from OUR Mayor. God help us! We all know there are gas lines, we're not blind, we all know we have no heat or electric. What we need is leadership. Thank God for the wonderful jobs our police, firefighters (all volunteers) and the volunteers from the West Essex first aid squad. They are to be commended for all there patience. Caldwell council????? No so sure about that. But not to worry Election Day is next week. Only time will tell. Not really impressed with the lines of communication coming from the hill.

Roseland avenue power outage occurs even if there is a sprinkle outside. PSEG ripping everyone there! How are people suppose to fight 30F temp this weekend??????

Agreed. North Caldwell politicians continue to leave their residents in the dark.

West Csldwell Mayor had been using the Honeywell phone system the school recently adopted to get out info. Thank You to The Patch for keeping us informed & town of West Caldwell that has been keeping us informed since pre-Sandy and in through!!!

When is Caldwell going to start removing the trees off the roads? We haven't heard or seen any tree removal companies. Is this our job to call the tree service? PSEG has been to our street and said they can't do anything until trees are removed. Please advise, when trying to call the town we cannot get thru.

Westville Ave/Thomas Street - a tree fell into the cemetery and took down the wires on Thomas and across the street on Westville where they were connected. This happened Monday at probably 7:30-8 PM. There is also two hanging wires on Thomas going towards the middle school. Not 1 PSE&G truck has been on the street. Nothing has been done on Prospect St. either. Jefferson and GCMS are both in the areas directly affected. Power by the November 5? That'll be a miracle.

I heard a couple areas like Hatfield and ARlington have power. There is hope for us

I would really appreciate an update from the mayor of North Caldwell. Any information would be helpful during this difficult time.

This morning Pse&g gave me a status of next Friday, November 9th. Hopefully they are being pessimistic.

I just tried to ring North Caldwell Mayor Office. Our dude is sleeping at the wheel; his phone won't work and apparently there is nothing he can do per the non emergency police line. Thanks much North Caldwell. Bleed us on taxes, provide no facilities, no library, no reasonable services and now just futz around waiting for the wheels to turn...oh wait, we have a req dept. That's where all my tax dollars go.
At least Ms. Dassing is leading the charge and communicating.

Yeah, but it took Dassing 4 day to get a voice! Like RM7 said what about the trees. I live right around the corner from where he's talking and Westville is a main road to get around the road dept has been doing all the can but where is the tree contractor the town uses? RM7 is right. It shouldn't be our responsibility to contact PSE&G God knows they have their hands full plus they don't cut trees down. Dassing saying we will have power by Monday is a joke. Can't wait to see how they handle Election Day. This is going to be joke number two. Thanks to all emergency personnel for doing such wonderful jobs. Good luck to all!!

I don't know about any of you, but I have been getting regular phone calls from the North Caldwell Police Department via nixle. Who cares who delivers the message as long as information is provided. I was told by PSEG that it would be possibly back by Friday of next week as well. Perhaps they are telling Mayor Dassing and other elected officials what they want to hear rather than the bad news that it might take another week like they have been telling their individual customers.

Isn't it interesting that the taxpayers are able to get information,but the elected town officials can't. Something is wrong with this picture. None of these elected officials want to commit themselves. That includes Dassing! She waited 4 days, and she didn't tell us anything that other residents had already posted. Why aren't the trees being removed so the emergency vehicles can get thru? Are we going to wait for a fire (God forbid) or loss of life before we clear the roads? Dressing can't do anything about Newark, but we did elected her to lead in Caldwell. Maybe her brother who did the snow plowing can cut the trees and still keep it in the family. Poor leadership at its best!!!

I just saw Pse&g trucks in the lot off of Smull. I'm hoping they were working and not on a coffee break. It's the first set of trucks I've seen in Caldwell since the storm...

They do deserve breaks but I'm just hoping they were working this area!

So I call the Caldwell police dept (non emerg number) to ask for status on the tree removal....they told me it's pseg who removes the trees and to call them!? So I do , pseg said that's a lie, the towns DPW has to remove the trees first before they can do anything. pseg has been to our street and said they can't do anything until trees are removed. So what is the truth here? Who's running this clean up? We deserve answers.

According to the latest update from PSEG they are NOT working in the caldwells this weekend. What are our officials doing. Why isnt anyone doing anything. Pick up a phone and fight for your community. That is what you are paid to do.

Day 5 ....without power....with the amount of taxes we pay, better information and sevice are required!!

Ok Anne darling! Haven't heard a word from you since Nov. 1st. I take it from that that all is well, the schools are opening tomorrow as YOU stated. Power has been restored and life in Caldwell is back to normal. Haven't seen any updates from you in three days. Life is grand. It would be nice to hear WHICH gas stations will be pumping gas, and what time they are planning to open. Updates on this situation I guess is not a priority either. You could maybe ask one or mor of the other council members to pitch in. Oh yeah! What's the story on voting Tuesday? I guess that's not one of your priorities either since you are not running for re- election. God help us. We have no leadership. Any news from Emergency Management? Or us that for your ears only too? Since most of the taxpayers can't get on the Internet, we can't check the town website but we are able to get on Patch for the VERY LITTLE INFORMATON you have decided to share with us.

Congrats Ann MOST of the power is on, but still no word from you! Sad. Nothing on voting?, schools opening? When Westville Ave is going to open? So many questions and still no answers. Are you depending strictly on word of mouth. We're waiting to hear the words from your mouth. You are supposed to be the leader. Not the follower!