Putnam Nor'easter; Offices Close; Stations, Shelters Open

• 1:20 p.m. Village of Brewster closing for remainder of the day 3/7/18 There will not be a Village Board of Trustees meeting tonight. The next Board of Trustees meeting will be 3/21/18 at 7:30pm

As of 10:45 a.m., the National Weather Service shows Putnam County being hit particularly hard by the Wednesday nor'easter. The band of heaviest snow now stretches from northern New Jersey across Orange County to cover most of Putnam.

It comes as many county residents and businesses are still without power.

The county's Office of Emergency Management reports that as of 8:30 a.m., 5,597 Putnam County NYSEG customers were still without power. That's down from a high of 25,700.

The OEM said:

Crews from NYSEG and mutual aid response teams continue to work for full restoration. The following comfort stations will open for Wednesday 3/7/18:

• Town of Southeast town Hall from 7:00am till 5:00pm
• Knight's of Columbus, 10 Fair Street, Carmel NY from 9:00am to 6:00pm
• Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy Association located at 15 Mt Ebo Road, Brewster NY from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

In anticipation of today's storm Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy Association will remain an overnight shelter. The shelter is located at 15 Mt. Ebo Road in Brewster NY. This is being coordinated by Red Cross with Putnam County Emergency Management and the Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy Association.

All Putnam County Offices with the exception of essential services are closed today, March 7, 2018. It is expected that the County will resume a normal schedule on Thursday March 8, 2018.

Please check on neighbors, friends and family during this difficult time.

Putnam County 9-1-1 remains fully operational and should be used for any emergency requests for Police, Fire or EMS.

NY State Police report that Interstate 84 is closed from Connecticut to Pennsylvania for Commercial vehicles, tractor trailers, this includes box trucks, high profile trucks and buses.

Interstate 684 is closed from Interstate 84 to RT 287 for Commercial vehicles, tractor trailers, this includes box trucks, high profile trucks and includes buses.

PHOTO: Snowy day in Carmel/ Lanning Taliaferro