Sunday, November 4, 2012
Governor says easing Sunday sales restriction will help with storm recovery.
Gov. Chris Christie has signed an executive order suspending Bergen County's Sunday sales restriction, known as Blue Laws. "During this time of recovery and rebuilding, our citizens must have adequate access to the supplies they need to help return their lives to normal – particularly those residents who are still without power,” Christie said in a statement Sunday. “To accomplish this, we are temporarily suspending Blue Laws in Bergen County so that local residents can purchase the essential goods and services they need to continue through recovery period and begin the rebuilding process.” Christie's decision came after Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan requested the Sunday shopping restrictions be suspended. In a conference call…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Post the latest open restaurants, gas stations and other useful stores in and around the borough.
Sandy slammed Fort Lee, leaving thousands without power and trees down all over town, but some areas of town have power—Main Street, for example, and the area of Anderson Avenue near Fort Lee School No. 4. Below is a partial list of local stores open for business, based on a quick, informal survey of those areas, where, not surprisingly, many businesses were, in fact, open: However note that lines were extremely long Thursday morning with both cars waiting to fill up and people waiting to fill their gas cans. Please note that this list could change, and readers are encouraged to call ahead. In addition, borough officials turned the Fort Lee Community Center into a charging center, where people can charge their electronics and get some …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Fuel shortages could impact storm repair crews, official says. Consumers are mobbing service stations around Bergen County.
Bergen County officials are urging local governments to conserve fuel as concerns are mounting that a gasoline shortage could impact emergency services and utility repair crews responding to Sandy's devastation. "If we don't get fuel in a couple of days, obviously, emergency services stop and so do all the restoration people," Bergen County Emergency Management Coordinator Lt. Dwane Razzetti told officials in a Wednesday afternoon briefing. The county can transport limited amounts of fuel, but only for critical public safety uses, he added. Local officials can make requests through Bergen's emergency operations center. "Everybody is starting to run out of fuel," Razzetti said. The region's main ports, in Newark and Elizabeth, were not …
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