Mendham, Chester Closings, Cancellations During 'Historic' Snowstorm

Depending on which forecaster is to be believed, the Mendham and Chester area could see anywhere between eight and 30 inches of snow blanket the area between Monday and Wednesday.

With that comes school and business closings, road detours, power outages and so on.

Use this post as your one-stop-shop for all that information, which will be constantly updated throughout the duration of the storm. If your business or building is closing, let us know by emailing jason.koestenblatt@patch.com.

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Chester Borough police are asking residents if they have a sidewalk on their property to please shovel the area so it is walkable. Also, if a resident sees a downed power line, do not attempt to touch or move it and call police at 908-879-5626.

If you need to report a power outage, be sure to call Jersey Central Power & Light at 1-888-544-4877.

Monday announcements:

• All local schools in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester and the West Morris Regional High School District have an early dismissal Monday, Jan. 26.
• Centenary College in Hackettstown to close at noon Monday, Jan. 26, and remain closed until Wednesday, Jan. 28.
• Morris County Freeholders budget planning session scheduled for Monday night canceled, rescheduled for Feb. 4.
• Ramapo College in Mahwah will close at 1 p.m. Monday and remain closed until Wednesday.
• Morris County Library to close at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
• Drew University in Madison closing at 1:30 p.m. Monday and will remain closed Tuesday.
• Montclair State University closed at 1 p.m. Monday and all day Tuesday.
• All events at Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown canceled or postponed through Wednesday morning. See more here.
• Chester School District Board of Education meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 27 postponed. No new date announced.
• Chester schools CLOSED Tuesday, Jan. 27.

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