Update 5 p.m. - An additional five percent of the VOM has had their power restored, according to a statement from village officials. Currently, 35 percent of village residents remain without power.
"It is important to note that these power outages are caused by the estimated 200-300 trees and major tree branches that have fallen and taken down power lines around the village, contributing to all of these outages. Additionally, we are affected by the restoration of power in adjacent communities such as Harrison, Rye, and the Town of Mamaroneck, since the electrical feeders come to us through them," said Village Manager Richard Slingerland in a statement.
The latest statement from the village:
The following areas of the Village of Mamaroneck have had electricity restored:
1. Palmer Avenue from the Town Line to Mount Pleasant Avenue
2. Parts of Orienta including Fairway Green and Orienta Garden Apartments
3. Fenimore Road, east side
4. Mount Pleasant Avenue and Prospect Avenue to Mamaroneck Avenue
5. Boston Post Road except from Delancey Avenue to Fenimore Road
6. Portions of The Heights
The schools are projected to have electricity restored by this Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, to allow schools to reopen, and to provide election polling places for the elections taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. As these sites are restored, adjacent areas will have their electricity restored too.
Lastly, please ration your gas and limit your car use. We have been informed the gas stations in the village are fast running out of gas, if they have not already used up their supplies. We expect that while many stations in Westchester County still have gasoline, unfortunately they cannot dispense it if they do not have electricity.
Update 4 p.m. - According to local residents, two gas stations are open in Mamaroneck, but be prepared for long lines.
Mobil
Officials in the Village of Mamaroneck (VOM) are urging residents to conserve gas as there are no open gas stations in the village as of today.
From VOM Mayor Norm Rosenblum:
As of the latest Con Ed mutual county call:
I have received numerous calls and emails expressing frustration regarding the slow restoration of electric in approximately 40 percent of the village. It certainly is understandable and shared by many others, including myself, and the VOM administration. The best explanation is the following Con Ed logistics procedure:
- Downed trees/wires are reported to the Police/Fire Department; they respond and secure the area.
- Con Ed is summoned and turns off the power.
- Con Ed then authorizes the VOM to be able to clear the street/downed trees.
- VOM clears the roads (There are numerous sites reported - all sites have been reported) with downed trees. Approximately 45 remain of 200-300 reported sites.
- Con Ed sends a restoration crew to re-establish power.
Currently the primary spots in the VOM are Mamaroneck High School, Rye Neck High School and the Westchester Joint Water Works. These are top primary sites as public health and safety concerns. Con Ed has brought in a third clearing crew to help expedite the removal of trees on all reported blocked roads. The immediate target is to have the schools open by Monday.
Unfortunately, Con Ed reports that full restoration may be as late as Friday, Nov. 9 (countywide). We are doing everything we can to clear all roads and attempt to have restoration crews in the village before Con Ed's projected target.
We will continue to send updates daily.
Please note the VOM offices still do not have working land lines, please contact the temporary numbers as follows:
Village Manager: 1-914-298-7401
Clerk-Treasurer: 1-914-298-7388
Police Department: 1-914-777-1122
Public Works: 1-914-777-7745 (is working)
Building Deptartment: 1-914-298-7405
In Larchmont, many traffic lights remain out and police are directing traffic. Several businesses in town—including Village Paint and Weichert Realtors—had signs out front that encouraged residents without power to come in to charge their devices.
Some traffic lights on Boston Post Road were still not functioning, and Mamaroneck Avenue was a hub of activity as people visited restaurants and businesses that still had power.
Editor's Note: Additional information was added about open gas stations in Mamaroneck.
Since the 1990’s I have predicting our acceleration to Third World status—we possess three elements: criminal activity in government places; the existence of a power elite; and increasing violence within our borders. Our public schools are the major accomplice. To the advantage of the oppressors we bank on the “sameness” formula without wanting to see its inherent inequality. We teach to fail in connecting the social dots. The manner in which this nation was conquered by Europeans haunts us. We need to know that no matter how many services there may be, if one does not have access to them they don’t exist. From May 2 – 4, 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept across southern Myanmar, claiming thousands of lives while Myanmar’s military denied aid to 1.5 million people. For the victims in Myanmar and the USA it does not matter if those holding the power wear a suit and tie or a military uniform. This nation’s young people may be the first to experience a shorter life expectancy. When we understand that for “Others” the unemployment rate is 100%, perhaps then, we have come to terms with what being a civilized society demands.
I have been corresponding with the owner of a gas station and will give the information here. I wrote his information to Town Supervisor of Town of Mamaroneck Nancy Seligson who is giving the information to the Mayor of the Village of Mamaroneck. If anyone can contribute help or ideas, here is the information ending with an e-mail contact. This isn't about me, its about this gas station so please address any comments to the e-mail contact. Thank you! "This is the Shell Gas Station in Mamaroneck at 708 E.Boston Post Rd I have reported our power outage since the hurricane took out our power. I have been reporting to Coned by phone email and online, we were given a repair date by 11/9 although i kept mentioning to them that we have some gas in our tanks and we will be having deliveries from our distributor as soon as power is restored. This morning I go to check the status of the repair on the coned site and it says that my site was never reported as being, even when I called coned this morning they denied the reporting. Does anyone know how to expedite this matter? cause I tried calling my DPW and village and no one answers. Please report this to your state officials or some sort of higher authority. At a time when people are in line for hours and freezing Coned is denying us power. Lastly please be safe and patient we are all in this together. Thanks,Saad Taha contact info:bostonpostservice@gmail.com"
I wanted to wrote to @Lisa. I said that we were trying to help you feel better in this situation about "Sandy" .I'm not a teeneger either and of course I suffered for hard situations too is so mean from you to say that "perhaps I have to". Take your time and strengh that you show here in a positive way and I'm sure you will fell better. Have a good night.
Best of luck in these complicated days