Many Northern Monmouth/Middlesex County Residents Still Without Power Tuesday

Thousands of people in our area remain without power this morning, according to statistics published by First Energy Corp, the parent company of JCP&L. A quick drive around Cliffwood Beach yesterday afternoon revealed a number of generators humming and wires running from house to house to share power. We drove out to Chili's in Holmdel yesterday but the lot was empty. There was a sign out front that said they had no power. We drove to Applebee's in Middletown, which was open.

A partial list of outages as of 6:05 am today appears below:

• Aberdeen - 319
• Cliffwood - 16
• Cliffwood Beach - 984
• Freehold - 5,325
• Hazlet - 1,507
• Holmdel - 2,656
• Keansburg - 170
• Keyport - 212
• Laurence Harbor - 182
• Marlboro - 1,996
• Matawan - 4,741
• Middletown - 3,394
• Morganville - 2,326
• Old Bridge - 392
• Parlin - 266
• Red Bank - 3,725 
• Sayreville - 87
• South Amboy - 290
• Spotswood - 1,516
• Union Beach -18

South Amboy residents were still boiling their city water as of yesterday afternoon. The water main that broke was fixed by 1 pm yesterday, restoring water pressure.

Getting around was still difficult yesterday afternoon with traffic lights out of order at many intersections. Trees still hung across streets in Navesink and Navesink River Road was blocked, forcing us to drive across the Oceanic Bridge to Rumson. Trouble with the Lake Lefferts dam in Matawan caused the closing of a portion of Ravine Drive in Matawan.