This is a joke. It was pushed back before the storm even hit...just another excuse. Hard to restore power when there is not a single truck in sight. The majority of people in town have been up since friday!! The same info about the substations has been online since Sunday. I can be patient when I know work is being done to get us online, but there is nothing being done.

So far the nor'easter (as of 3:47) has been pretty mild. So, we were originally told we'd have power by Wednesday 11/07 and now because of a storm that is to last about 24 hours it has now pushed back our getting our electric back by 4 days. Something does not compute. It would appear that the Wednesday target would never have been fully met, but because we now have an excuse in a Nor'easter, JCP&L and our officials will now let the cat out of the bag.

Still without power on Crest Dr.

Pretty disheartening, how does Wednesday become Sunday, a full 4 to 5 days later when the new storm is a day and a half event ? Rather than talking to jcp&l maybe the mayor should also be taking to local congressman or state officials to see if anything can be done to expedite this. Maybe he is, but the letter does not say. At least advise us he is using every possible avenue at his disposal etc

It appears that Rumson is now having power retored on North Ward Ave. Must be that money talks!

I had emailed Mayor Neff regarding getting communications out via Nixle and Two River Alerts regarding when power would be restored. Those two systems were my sole source of info until Verizon restored service (quickly I might add). He promptly wrote back stating the Wednesday target "hopefully a majority of the borough will have it by Wednesday". He also referred me to little silver.org for getting the latest information. Unfortunately, the borough web site has the same information on it now that was there when replied to me on Monday 11/07, Mayor Neff - timely information is crucial in a crisis!!

The problem is the switching of dates and the slippery language being used. They never told us if ''majority of customers' restored meant 51% or 95%. If residents knew that there was a decent chance of no power for a full week from Sunday, instead of being told 'most' or majority by wed, then alternative plans could more readily have been made. I would guess they probably could have told us which areas exactly would not be restored, but did not. So the feeling I am left with is they (jcpl) are stringing us along and being less than forthright about things.

Same with me. I called mayor neff on Sunday to tell him that we needed timely info but even after our long conversation, nothing changed. He may be working feverishly on our behalf, but if he doesn't communicate, we don't know that! I, along with several neighbors emailed and/or called borough hall this morning, which is probably the only reason we got any update at all today. Dan, you are spot on about JCP&L...they are extremely unhelpful and hide behind their vague estimates and confusing spreadsheets.

This is a disgrace and completely unacceptable. If I knew I would not have power for close to 2 weeks I could have made other plans. Jcp&l is a joke. No power on Harding rd.

Even storm ravaged Sea Bright now has power. C'mon???????? Perhaps because they are on the nations radar like other Jersey beach towns, they get power. Perhaps Mayor Neff should call Govenor Christie.

And why has oceanport been mostly restored?!

Yes this has been the worst storm in most of our life's. the police have done a great job. Jcp&l has to take lessons from all the out of state companies really they seem to be the ones getting people up and running. It is hard to believe power will be restored by Sunday when it was Wednesday than Friday now Sunday, really. Hire more people before the next storm hits. We pay enough for the service it should be working probably. No excuses after 10 days.

Working around the clock!? Funny cause I am the only house on my entire block without power now going on 5 days. And I haven't seen a jcpl truck in my neighborhood in a week and a half. Great job. Well worth the money we all pay you every month. I have friends who house was flooded and got killed by sandy and they have had electric for a week now. I didn't even have a branch come down. Jcpl is a lying joke. It's awful that you treat people by making up lies and giving no information about anything. You suck!!

Mayor Neff is without power and is struggling like all of us. He is doing everything he can and has my full support.
JCPL needs to be held accountable when this debacle is over. First, it is imcomprehensible JCPL was so unprepared in lacking the equipment/parts knowing the extent and duration of Sandy days in advance. Second, I was told by a JCPL representative this morning that 180 homes would be restored in Little Silver today and another 500 plus tomorrow. How does a one day Nor'easter delay restoration of power 3-4 days. Sunday!!!???
Mayor Neff, please invite JCPL to our town and have them explain in specific detail how a crisis such as this can be averted in future storms. They owe us that much.

Mayor Neff has handled this terribly.

Problem is maybe the mayor is doing all he can but if so there is no way for residents to know. The letter on web site makes it seem the extent of the efforts being made is to call jcpl and accept what they tell him. Hopefully he is calling our local congressman and even the governors office. Local media etc. We just don't know if any of those things are being done and can't assume they are

How would you have handled this LS Rob?

If I were LS Rob, I'd loan Mayor Neff my phone to call Gov. Christie.

To LS Resident: Why should Oceanport NOT be mostly restored?! I've heard more of you people indignantly whining about some of us in OP having power! Is there some reason why LS should have priority over OP?!

Little sensitive Amy? I only saw one comment about Oceanport in this thread and it did not suggest Little Silver should have priority over Oceanport. Don't know for sure, but LS Res was probably wondering why Little Silver could not have better restoration as Oceanport did. Fair question and not indignant. Us "people" in Little Silver still without power and being told it may not be restored until Sunday are frustrated. Sorry we don't meet the standards of the good people of Oceanport.

No power and no trucks sighted in Garden Road community. Spoke to an electric worker from out of state and he said that all the chatter between the out of state workers is about how badly JCP&L protect their lines, service their equipment and have current maps for service. They cannot understand how JCP&L gets away with their shoddy service. We need to have this community take action.

Agreed Bradley, stated that earlier in this thread. JCPL needs to be held accountable and explain in detail how to avert such a debacle in the future.

Bradley, Any way we could document that. That is a real eye opener. How to get that info to where it could count. "Help me Howard" or something.

I still don't understand what "majority of little silver" means!!!!! 90%? Or 51%??? Come on Mr. neff! Fill us in better than these ridiculous riddles you post n the town website!

Yes, JCP&L is definitely to blame, but the issue at the mayoral level is lack of communication and zero help. His solution is to go to the library to warm up, but the library closes at 4:30 and they ask that u not stay too long. Seriously?? Markham school is fully functional but school is out...why don't they use this as a warming station or a place to hand out meals? It feels like we are on our own. We managed to get a generator over the weekend. Without this, Idk what we would have done with two kids under age 5!

Beth! I agree about your disappointment with how the town dropped the ball with Markham. A full functional school that was left empty all week while our kids are home without heat doing nothing. What a shame.

Not my intent at all. I am disappointed in little silver in comparison to oceanport and other towns that are close to 100% as it should be after 10 days

Its not just the power.. it is a complete disgrace how this town has handle every aspect of this storm. Oceanport and many other towns have made provisions for bulk pick up and other assistance for resident who are putting every belonging they have on the street, not LS. No communication, no outside agencies being asked to come in and help. Would love 5 minutes with the entire municipality to tell them how they have not done their job

TlfKell, not all town services are at fault. The DPW, Fire and Rescue Squad have all performed admirably. I hope I'm not leaving anyone out. Also, I voted yesterday and there were no line and/or confusion. Not like Florida. I think it all boils down to 1) Communications and 2) How hard Mr. Neff and the town politico's fought for getting Little Silver's power restored. We are not on the beach front like Sea Bright, Atlantic City and the other hard hit towns in the limelight. We need someone who will call the state government and demand action. Without that we will be relegated to the back seat of the bus.

Please also note that I sent an email to Mr. Neff citing this website and our comments. I also included the link so he could read these comments. I see no comment from him as yet and I sent it at 4:26 this afternoon. I'm sure he has lots to do, but keeping us updated or informed does not seem a priority on his to do list.

Cathy Hubbard I have my facts straight as this town, municipality and mayor a
have fallen short in the past hiding behind the least they should be doing as part of their responsibility. What you just described above is the "least" of what should be expected during times such as this. Towns such as Oceanport, Middletown, Rumson, Long Branch have all done above and beyond cleaning up from morning till dark. But honestly this type of ignorance is no different than allowing snow to pile up on all side walks surrounding our schools causing a dangerous and life threathening situation for our children only to not have any phone calls returned by Mike Biehl time after time...All examples how the municipal leadership in this town is terrible. I have called Borough Hall 3 times for information over the past 10 days only to be spoken to by the woman who answers the phone rudely and at time she yelled at me and two other people who called... Completely un-exceptible and yet again another example of what so many of us see...And just for your information Cathy this is not about being grateful. You have no idea how much my family and I have lost, its about expecting from your Mayor and council to come to the aid of your committee during these disasters.

I agree with tlfkell! I think mayor neff needs to step up and work for the town to apply pressure to the JCPL. Get out there like our governor! Enough with these useless misinforming narratives he writes. Little Silver has botched this recovery! Unsafe wires still down 10 days later is ridiculous. And I have heard of plenty of towns opening their schools to the children to have a warm safe place to eat and play for short time during the day? The superintendent hasn't organized anything for these children.

Red Bank Patch today lists each neighborhood still out and why, based on info from their mayor and JCPL. I think it would helpful for LS residents to have similar info.

This is what I expect after 10 days without power - something similar to what K just said about red bank's mayor. I would like some information re: what areas are still without power and the reasons why! I am so disappointed in mayor neff!

Mayor Neff and all those other council men clowns are a joke, what have they done to get me power back...nothing, the house next to me has power for a week now. I bet they will raise our taxes for some idiotic referendom regarding electrical power. As anyone heard from our great Mayor? This town is a complete disgrace and so are the people runnning it.

Oh wow we have a doctor on our council now, big deal is he going to give a a discount for medical care?

I haven't seen a JCP&L truck on my street since this all began. I did watch the town come and remove a tree that was blocking the beginning of Little Silver Point Road and they carefully cut it up and shredded most of the limbs. Then, approxiamately 4 hours later they reached my house despite 2 downed wires and a tree blocking 75% of the road. The town front loader came and smashed the downed tree into our front hedgeline, despite there being several feet of yard and both sides of the street to put the tree. As my wife was pleading to the cop to just put the tree on the side of the road or just slightly on our property and road he ignored her and continued to crush our vegetation. Claiming it was a ":state of emergency" it took them 18 hours to get to the tree, they couldn't spend 2 minutes trying to preserve my property? I guess i don't donate as much as my neighbor who was clearly cared for. The town has dropped the ball bigtime with this.

How can we be sure the mayor reads this?

All of you should be ashamed of yourselves...Have you lost your homes? The Mayor and the majority of my street have lost their homes to flood damage. You all sound like a bunch of whining children...it's obvious you have nothing better to do than complain. JCP&l is working as fast as they can to help us, the Mayor is updating us on almost a daily basis...The school is not set up to provide a babysitting service or "safe place to play". We should be helping our neighbors, helping other towns who were devastated by Sandy.....go to the LSPTO site to HELP others in our town and other towns who are MUCH worse off than us! Be Thankful if you are still in your home...

LS Resident, I have helped many and I am still helping many who have lost everything,I have missed work without pay to help out. I would like to offer them my house to stay warm and eat a hot meal, but I cant because I have no power, but my street is clean the borough did a great job getting the shrubs off the street. Feel free to drive down my street limb free

LS resident, just because everyone has not lost their home does not mean they are not struggling. I don't know how you can support the statement that jcpl is doing everything they can - if this is the best they can do it is clearly not good enough - and all most people are saying is we want our elected officials to apply pressure and communicate more clearly and more often.

L S Resident,
I have been continually helping family, neighbors and friends throughout this ordeal so don’t deny me my right to voice my opinion. Most are not complaining, just asking for information that is accurate and timely. Also, if Mr. Neff decided to run for Mayor and was elected, he accepted the responsibilities that come with the job, despite what has happened to his home. He has a duty to the residents of Little Silver, and that should be high on his priority list. Otherwise he should step down.
One person questioned if the Mayor reads these post, well I sent him the link with my first post here.
Lastly, there is a utility pole partially down on my street that was knocked over on Monday night, the first day of the storm. The police are well aware, as they came and blocked off the area during the height of the storm. Today, the pole is in the same position and there have been no sightings of any utility trucks attempting to fix it. Yet, on Woodbine Ave. ½ blocks away, the three downed power lines were fixed by Wednesday and power was restored by the weekend. So, it begs the question, why not here on Crest Dr.

LS Resident...i guess you have power. I'm also pretty sure that JCP&L is not building new homes for the people that were displaced. Could it be worse, of course. The fact is a lot of us haven't had power for 10 days now and we don't see anyone trying to fix it. For the first several days school was cxld on a day to day basis, another mess up by the town. The communication was terrible for the first week, are things getting better..i guess, but it's taken too long to figure out the best was to handle this crisis

Little silver residents are not whining. At this point it's a matter of survival . I have elderly people on my street, that I'm very concerned about. We know there are others in worst situations then us. I have delivered winter clothes and pet food to FEMA station at thompson park . We have tents of people we nothing in the parking lot of Monmouth park. We are aware of the devastation!!! We have been very patient here in little silver, but we need help!! Christie just said yesterday, everyone should have power by Saturday !! It's time for us to ask for state government help!!! Before we have preventable deaths here in town!!!

@LS resident: this man is the mayor because voted for him to take on the responsibility of working for the people of LS EVERY DAY!!!!! YOU should be ashamed of yourself for trying to make US feel wrong for voicing our opinion 11 days after the storm! We have little children in our cold homes and are simply asking this man to put more pressure on JCPL and then provide us with more information than "they are slowly bringing power back". We don't need people like you trying to twist the story. Please! You need to stop whining!

I'd like to know why all the substation work had to be completed before any poles got fixed or lines reconnected to houses. It seems to me all of the street side effort could have been done in parallel so that when the substation was ready, the distribution system would be ready too. This makes no sense, and I agree that the communications should be updated every 24 hours.

To LS mom. 100 percent agree!!!!!!

All surrounding towns acted quickly, set up landfills in parking lots and are taking building material and personal contents. Oceanport and Monmouth Beach

Why the hell isnt Little silverhelping their people?? Maybe they cant control the power company but they can help with the cleanup

Same crap happened with the snow removal around the schools

Little Silver resident

Great points Robin. Also, littlesilver.org info is still not updated.

Forget about sending this link to the LS Mayor, who is obviously over his head..maybe we need to take this matter in our own hands and send it to our Gov and the Asbury Park Press

Mayor Neff it's time to step up and speak to the people of this town, your voice needs to be heard. As S, Tomsello said above, Before we have preventable deaths here in town!!!

Go to:
Nj.gov/bpu/assistance/complaints

Also email gov Christie office and congressman chris smith

When you email the Gov let him know what a poor job our mayor is doing beacuse he has his own crisis that takes priority instead of his residents.

I tried doing the email thing to the Gov yesterday. That's for plane old complaints which he won't see for a month from now. We need a "Help Me Howard" or something. We need Mayor Neff to get on the phone to Christie's office today

M Fissell, Agreed , Yes Mayor can get direct contact, with Christie !!! It's tIme to ask for help please!!!

this is bigger than our town's leadership. it is time to get the Governor involved. i have been calling all morning with nothing but busy signals.

So the latest JCP&L useless spreadsheet is online and it makes zero sense. 805 homes still out in LS: 351 restored 11/7 (is this true??), 133 to be restored today, 0 to be restored on 11/9, 0 to be restored on 11/10). By my calculations that leaves 321 houses. How are we going to be up by Sunday if they are not doing any restoration on Friday or Saturday?

https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/newsroom/files/Town_ETR_Report.pdf

Please don't forget us on Standish Road! We need a new utility pole and then service reconnected. Wires dangling in street + children playing in street = potential disaster = unacceptable. Not to mention the potential hazards of falling in the dark, slipping on icy pavement, etc. If we had salt water in our circuit breakers which could cause a fire hazard on top of everything else, I might have more tolerance. But we don't. Everyone around us in our neighborhood has power, but we are forgotten because we are set back off the main road and down a hill where we are not visible, especially when our area is dark. This is completely unacceptable. And for those who think I am insensitive, then you do not know me and whom I am helping even without power in my house. We are grateful to all the workers who are trying to get this situation corrected. But, honestly, there is going to be a revolt soon if this situation isn't solved soon. The Mayor needs to provide answers on why this problem persists, why the schools aren't open yet, and how the school board plans to handle all this missed school.

Rosslyn Court has had nothing done...very frustrating.

Also no power at RBR. Guess there is no urgency to getting the school up an running.

now don't get me wrong but LS point road is always the first to lose power and the last to get it back Hurricane Ireane saw us without power for over 15 days ,the storm Of 92' over three weeks .....I guess we've become used to our second class status with our power ...just because our taxes are more than 3 times the average gives us no quarter ....but we accept what is delt us and don't whine about it .

Looks like they updated the spreadsheet to show everyone back up by tmrw...we shall see I guess!!

I too like everyone else is frustrated not having power for 10 days so far. I know the Mayor has been in constant contact with JCP&L. I do believe at some point an investigation has to take place to see why it took so long for all residents of Little Silver to receive power.
With that said, I took a ride to Union Beach yesterday and saw the devastation. I have had no power for 10 days in Little Silver but I do have a home. Those in Union Beach, Keansburg, etc were pretty much wiped out. I feel lucky. I hate the cold and no hot water like everyone else. Let an investigation begin but also feel lucky that you are alive and have a home to go to.

Don, this was more about not getting information (timely & accurate) than being frustrated by not having power. I'm sure all of us who have posted here have a great deal of sympathy for those who lost more than us. This started out as a rant against not getting accurate and up to date information and somehow delved into an us against them which was probably anyone's intention.

There is a new post by the Mayor. Let close this chapter and move onto that one.

With a little planning and sacrifice you wouldn't be without power ...think about the story about tha ant and th grasshopper ....If people had put in NG or prophane generators in their homes they would not be without heat or electricty ...your kid would be proud of your self relience .....read AynRand and leard a thing ot two about not having to rely on governmant .....

Michael ...no I wasn't.. it just depends upon your priorities my is making sure my family is safe as I can make it ....relying on others to supply my energy I learned long ago is foolish same with the police keeping you safe in your home .people will come to understand that relying on the gov't or other agencies is just what our government wants people dependent on them ...what a great way to control the masses .think od a generator as a investment .....in your family

Confusing how power is turned on and you begin to think you have been overlooked. We continuel to check our office at 34 Sycamore Ave. , Sycamore Commons Condo Association. At 7 PM this evening we have found that Building #3 got power at 7 AM however buildings #1 and #2 no power. We found that the RR station and their parking lights on, the townhouses behind us on, Builders General on, Soverign Bank on, Ayers Lane on, all of Sycamore Ave. on,. We are the only two buildings in area no power, did they forget to turn switch on? reported again to JCP & L and Mayor to please check this out, not making any sense and we need to be up and running after two weeks. Clients and patients of these professional buildings are in need of our services.