The latest company estimate projects full service restoration Saturday.
Fort Lee students, members of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) took part in activities around the national theme, “The Best Me is Drug Free.” Those activities included the formation of a “human red ribbon.”
The Fort Lee Soccer League, which includes hundreds of children from five to 14 years old, is also doing its part to help hurricane victims.
The accreditation team also encourages public comment on whether the Fort Lee Police Department is meeting New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police standards, which are available for review at the local police department.
Federal representatives on hand to help with disaster assistance at new Bergen County center, the county executive announced Thursday.
The arrest of a Dallas man Thursday morning was the 68th of its kind this year because of a crackdown on toll evasion on the part of Port Authority police, authorities said.
The regular meeting was supposed to take place Thursday, but will instead be held on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.
Fort Lee school officials had to deal with multiple power outages in multiple schools Wednesday but managed to get the kids through a full day--their first in a long time.
PSE&G may have to halt repairs due to the latest storm.
The Lady Bridgemen volleyball team is holding its first home state playoff match since 1996. It had to be moved from Wednesday to Thursday, people are still urged to bring relief items for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
School officials posted an announcement on the Fort Lee Public School District’s website, saying schools would be open Thursday and Friday because the NJEA Convention in Atlantic City was cancelled.
Incumbents Joseph Cervieri and Harvey Sohmer easily beat their Republican challengers Tuesday.
Challengers Esther Han Silver, David Sarnoff and Holly Morell easily defeated John Bang, the only incumbent running for reelection to the Fort Lee Board of Education Tuesday. Candace Romba was the only candidate running for a one-year unexpired term.
According to PSE&G’s latest work plan, power is scheduled to be restored little-by-little throughout the week until everyone’s is restored by Sunday, but the company continues to stress that its work plan is only a projection and could change.
A total of nine candidates are running in local elections—four for two seats on the Council, and five for four seats—three, three-year terms and one unexpired one-year term—on the BOE. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
With as many as 5,000 customers still without power in Fort Lee, Mayor Mark Sokolich delivered a list of all the areas in town needing to be restored. He also said the pedestrian curfew is now 8 p.m. so people can vote.
Buses will bring commuters to Hoboken, Weehawken, Jersey City and Manhattan.
Four drop-off locations have been established to make sure donations make it to the people most affected or displaced by the storm.
Officials say they’ll have to re-assess the situation, as Wednesday gets closer. They’re also hoping to have school Thursday and Friday since the NJEA cancelled its convention.
After the County Executive asked the state to suspend Blue Laws this weekend, Home Depots are open with limited hours but few people.
Mayor Mark Sokolich is distributing public notices daily, updating Fort Lee residents in the aftermath of Sandy.
The Week in Review: a weekly roundup of top local news stories on Fort Lee Patch. This week, it was all about Sandy.
In the aftermath of Sandy, getting seniors’ needs recognized as a priority was a problem, but that may be changing.
The main floor of the library will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said Friday that power is slowly returning, and that the only roads that are closed are those with trees intertwined with wires that can’t be removed until PSE&G says the wires are no longer live.
Officials may have to use generators to power a few of the borough’s polling locations for the election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, but as of Friday, they say people can vote where they normally vote.
The incident occurred at the Sunoco station on Bergen Boulevard early Friday morning, where the New York man allegedly struck an officer and tried to push him out of the way in an attempt to get gas, police said.
With many gas stations out of fuel, those that remain open have lines stretching over a mile long and police standing by making sure panic does not set in.
Although borough officials and the Fort Lee Police Department have asked people to stay home, many are out trying to find a place and waiting in long lines to gas up their cars or fill their gas cans, as extra police patrols try to maintain order.
The debate, which had been scheduled for Thursday night at the Fort Lee Public Library, which is still closed after Sandy, had to be cancelled because there was no other venue available.
Post the latest open restaurants, gas stations and other useful stores in and around the borough.
Superintendent says all of Fort Lee’s public school sustained some form of damage from the storm except for School No. 4.
"Postponing Halloween celebrations by five days is a commonsense and necessary step" during post-Sandy cleanup, the governor says. Towns that have already moved Halloween can keep the new date.
The community center will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily until the curfew is lifted; officials say power may not be restored for at least five more days.
Sandy threw quite a punch at Fort Lee, knocking down trees and wires; many portions of town without power.
Wednesday will be the third straight day Fort Lee students will have the day off.
The Fort Lee Mayor and Council issued an emergency declaration, which includes a pedestrian curfew and suspension of Halloween activities like trick-or-treating. Fort Lee police also urged residents to stay off the roads.
Exciting interfaith Bible “wrestling” with Dr. Carol Ochs, Jewish spiritual guide. Saturday, March 9, Good Shepherd gathering at 9 until 12:30, then over to Gesher Shalom for lunch until 1:45.
Fort Lee's Metro Theatre on Main Street and the MGM Connection
Fire Chief Keith Sabatino cautions residents to stay inside, "Downed wires and fallen trees make for extremely dangerous conditions."