Wyckoff Town Hall Powered By Generators After Isaias Hits Area

WYCKOFF, NJ — Nearly 4,000 people are without power in Wyckoff as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Among those customers is the township itself.

In an alert from the township, it was announced that town hall is currently operating on generator power. However, due to non-functional cell towers, the township said, requests for service and other emails to the township are not being received.

As of 1:45 p.m., Orange & Rockland reports 3,253 customers without power in Wyckoff, and PSE&G reports an additional 501 customers are without power. Both report that work to restore power continues on Wednesday as more than 100,000 are still without power across Bergen County.

Crews from Orange & Rockland restored power to approximately 80,000 of its nearly 200,000 affected customers, according to a news release from the company.

Over 150 additional contractor overhead line technicians are aiding today's efforts, which include restoring power to eight hospitals and more than 750 essential services customers who lost power, according to the company.

They are seeking an additional 750 technicians to aid restoration efforts.

According to a statement from PSE&G, the company is calling in additional help to aid in their restoration efforts as well.

"Tropical Storm Isaias has caused power outages and we are responding safely and as quickly as possible. Additional personnel from out of state utilities are assisting our own crews," read the statement.

The company requested 1,700 additional workers from Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

Isaias brought strong winds to Wyckoff which caused trees and limbs to fall. A United States Postal Service truck was demolished by a falling tree. The driver, who wasn't in the vehicle at the time, was uninjured.

A town-wide branch cleanup will begin Monday morning on Aug. 10, the township announced. Like leaf collection, the township will move through each district for pickups, beginning with District 1.

The cleanup will be a single collection, and the township said all branches from the storm must be placed at the edge of each lawn by Sunday evening.

Other municipal happenings were impacted by yesterday's storm, as the regularly scheduled township council meeting was cancelled.

Recycling wasn't picked up on Tuesday, and the township announced it won't be collected until the next regularly scheduled day.