Disabled residents of a new group home in Jackson get an extra measure of safety and independence, through a grant by Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L).
Crews aboard the Hughes helicopters will inspect overhead transmission lines for Jersey Central Power and LIght for up to 10 days, starting October 13.
About 3,660 Jersey Central Power and Light customers in Toms River await restoration of electricity while a transformer on Route 37 is repaired or replaced.
It's been simmering for a while since it last captured widespread attention, but the electric-company phone scam has returned big-time, and small business operators are on notice that they're in the crosshairs.
The heart of the storm bears down on the coast today, as powerful winds and pelting rain combine with high tide cycles to impact the ocean and back bay shorelines.
Ahead of Jersey Central Power and Light's public meeting concerning its controversial Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP), Representative Frank Pallone (D-6) issues a demand that the company simply, and definitively, withdraw the proposal and start all over.
Thieves, who turn a handsome dollar by intimidating home owners into paying "past-due" utility bills that they don't even owe, are increasingly setting their sights on business operators, warns Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni.
Whatever rain and wind reaches the New Jersey coast, courtesy of Hermine, emergency management officials and local police have begun strategizing before it arrives.
The utility bill scam is back, targeting Jersey Central Power & Light customers. It's more sophisticated, but still bears the telltale flaw of a demand, by phone, out of the blue, for money.