This is a disgrace! I agree with the Robbinsville Mayor- I would like a different power provider! It is obvious they cannot handle it! Mayor Mironov - why are you concentrating on Hightstown when there are so many more people in East Windsor in the dark- by the way most of who pay the most in tax dollars! Also seems to be that you are more concerned about the businesses then the residents! I have seen no trucks working to fix the developments on Dutch Neck & One Mile Road! Very disappointed

Also thank you to EW Patch for keeping us up to date!

I spoke with jcp&l workers on rte 529 near a downed tree that cut off power to conniver road. He was smoking cigs drinking coffee and said maybe in another few days s someone would cut down the tree blocking the road, then they could put back up the power line. What a bunch if overpaid dopes that they could not get the tree cutting service 2 blocks away to remove the tree and restore power to the 200 customers that have been in the dark and cold for the past 4 days. I asked him who we can file a complaint to and he told me to go online- go online wig no power...go figure

Why does Walmart , Home Depot and wawa have power by conover road to airport road do not? I was told by JCP$L guy it is same power grid.

I would agree. We have seen the downed trees on old York rd for days with no one doing anything for days!! We are still waiting for power and we have young kids. I also agree that mayor should concentrate on EW residents since we pay the taxes!!

There is a number to actually talk to a jcp&l live person. Have to go through some of the auto prompts but you do eventually get a person. 800-662-3115

No power yet off of Dutch Neck Rd. I hope our EW reps. are advocating on our behalves & that take the same action as Mayor Fried before the legislator.

No power on Sutton Rd. please come back on today pleae

Millions of people are way worse off than you folks. Put on a coat and shut up!

@ pat - read my comment to Karen - get off this site & shut up too!

In response to Gina Sarter's inaccurate and hurtful comments above - Mayor Mironov and Council, Police, Fire Companies, EWMUA, Rescues Squads and communityvolunteers have been all working relentlessly to provide support services and communication (the EW e-newsletters and the Patch) during this terrible time. None of which has any direct control over getting the power restored. To make that statement about Mayor Mironov's concentrating on Hightstown instead of East Windsor is not only false and devisive but shameful on your part. As a resident of the North side of Twin Rivers (East Windsor) we and our neighbors were extremely happy that our power was restored after 4 days when rumors were that we would not have power restored for another 5-7 days. I am sure Mayor Mironov's extremely strong advocacy played a significant part in this and we should be thanking all involved. I agree that we should also thank Rachel Gillett of the Patch for keeping us informed.

@ Karen - shut up! You have probably have power & have no idea what others are going through! And I do know others have it worse- in fact, my family members do & I would like to go & help them but can't leave my house because I am fearful someone will break in! These comments are to address the priority problem with EW & JCP &L - the fact that they restored Hightstown that had less outages & businesses are on vs residents! Plus we see linemans just sitting their truck! My husband has a chain saw & would gladly help if the trees were the issue! We are wiling to help - more than I can say for a person like you that thinks telling us to put a coat on will help our situation! Why do u put a coat over your mouth! Why do u go out and help those others that have it worse! By the way, most of those that have it worse evacuated to these areas - and are still no better! My neighbor took her child to the ER because she is sick from freezing at night! Many people have small children in these neighborhoods! The comments are directed at EW township to get their priorities straight & get involved! Thankfully EW Patch had kept us informed because the township has left us in the dark! So unless you have a solution - put a coat on and go help some of those worse than us/ stop sitting on this site making useless comments!

Marc. I noticed u have power- again until you are not in our situation keep comments to yourself! We have been left in the dark in all aspects - no info - no timeline- nothing! I'm glad they were hurtful- maybe they will get involved & help now! Their website say the mayor has been in close connection with JCP&L - so now she can relay our frustrations! All we see on FB is how they are working on main street in Hightstown & how most of the stores ate reopened!

Mayor is useless and doesn't have leadership required for township. She always only concerns about rich people and businesses who's funding her election finance.

I'm surprised to hear that no information was available, especilaly to anyone with Internet access (as everyone commenting on this thread has). I went to the East Windsor site and numerous status updates on power, water, places to go warm up and charge devices, etc. (http://www.east-windsor.nj.us/).
The FirstEnergy (JCP&L) site has outage maps (http://outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj.html), a dedicated Sandy page (https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/customer/outages_help/Sandy.html), and a FAQ for NJ customers that answers most of the questions and complaints posed on this thread (https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/customer/outages_help/Sandy/FAQ_JCPL.html). Also, check their news release page, which has tons of information (https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/fecorp/newsroom/news_releases.html).
Full disclsure: I just got power back last night (when they cleared the trees on Old York).

What is Mayor Mironov doing in her office right now? Mrs Mironov come out in the cold and see how are we leaving 3-4 days already in the Ghost Town. There is no update on the website.

I realize there are only so many JCPL workers and they can not clone themselves to take care of every customer at once BUT isn't there something the township could do to help the residents that are still in the dark? Could they at least bring in some sort of big spot lights to light up portions of the neighborhoods at nite in the developments w/out power? I live off of Dutchneck rd in apts and it's quite scary there at nite in the pitch black, cold, w/fallen trees all around. I know things could be alot worse and I am thankful for a roof over my head but it's really sad to have so many people in the pitch dark, cold w/no cell phone/home phone/power for so long.

Thank u Andrew for the website info & happy to hear ur power was restored! I have 3G when it works - or if I leave town- otherwise no internet/phone and some website pages I was not able to open!
By the way - want to make clear that I feel fire dept/ police/ first responders- are amazing & I commend them. If u read my post it was directed at JCP&L & EW officials! I plan to drop off some goodies to the fire department for their efforts. I now have a generator and am going to go around to neighbors to see if they need to charge anything or what other way I can help. My concern is about the heat for those with ederly & children!

Just spoke to a very nice woman at JCP&L - re: the One Mile Rd area - there are 5 poles down and they have not been out there as of this morning - the estimate for return of power is Nov 7-14. Not really a help but it's not coming back anytime soon so seek shelter elsewhere if you can.

I saw four JCP&L trucks on One Mile Rd. yesterday at approx. 4:00 p.m. and a few trucks this morning at approx. 9:30 a.m.

Guys commuinication as to estimated time of power rerturn would be awesome. Let's stop the politics and help us. I pay 14,000 a year property taxes an have no power because of political BS. Time to care for us. I think Mirnov is useless, BTW.

Just remember this when its election time for our beloved Mayor and council !!! Time for fresh blood!!!

Centex Homes or some call Wendover development on Airport Road and Route 539 in East Windsor is still without power ...since Monday afternoon.
Mayor and officals please look into this ASAP with JCL&L as your power is restored...so you can at least call and ask for ETA. We have no power, so we can not call. Using this blog from work !!

I have already reported outage to JCP&L but went thru site provided by Andrew ==> The FirstEnergy (JCP&L) site has outage maps (http://outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj.html), a dedicated Sandy page
Reported outage angain and got my confirmation number. Called JCP&L at 888-544-4877. Went thru prompts and waited for live support for about 5 minutes.
Got support on line and she told me "by general area, your power will be restored by November 7. We do not have any specific time frame by address or location". So, residents in Centex Homes...hang in tight !! Just wait and watch.

Have you heard the news? Do you see the impact of this storm?. I am no JCP&L fan but it is delusional to think that any power company is going to be able to get 100% of their customers turned back on at this point. Those power company employees who you see "just sitting there in the trucks drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes" have actually all been working around the clock for 5 days doing a job which is dangerous as hell. Many of them have families at home who are without power. Instead sounding whiney and entitle use this as an opportunity to teach your kids about enduring an inconvenience. The world does not revolve around you or your neighbors kid who gets a cold and has to go to an ER. It sucks but such is life. I have been without power since Sunday.Suck it up.

I'm off Old York Road and still do not have power. Yes trees were cleared, but power has not been restored.

I just drove down Princeton-Hightstown Rd. and saw the damage in front of the McGraw-Hill buildings. Now I know why it's taking so long. Two or three very tall poles carrying high voltage transmission wires are toppled onto the McGraw-Hill south building property. JCP&L trucks are there, but that is a lot of damage.

Where is the shelter in East Windsor? Ethel McKnight never lost power. Get the elderly and families with small children in there. It's a crime that babies are cold. I pray no one freezes to death.

The township knew a tree was blocking a cul-de-sac but passed them by. Neighbors all came out and sawed three the tree and everyone one of those neighbors cleaned it up. Hats off to those men!!!

If there was a grant the Mayor could have written for East Windsor we would probably have the funds. Seems folks who apply for grants make a good penny no grants why would she push for it. No money to line her pocket

The trees were removed in Old York Road area, and I don't see any elec crews are working. I checked in this morning and sometime late of this afternoon, and there is no change in situation. (No elec crew are working). I am very upset with the JCP&L because it does not give you no info or update. I spoke two people inside the JCP&L trucks; none of them can give me any update or ETA for restoration. The mayor should call into the Obama Office for seeking assistance like NYC did to have national body guard to deliver parts and men power. NYC can restore all power before noon time tomorrow even they have the entire power plant damage in many locations . We are much smaller problem than NYC, and I don't understand why are we taken longer to recovery. My next step is to call TV medias to find out why.

I called jcpl yesterday about dutch neck road and they told me it will take seven to fourteen days to restore power. The days keep adding up. Have not seen a truck stay yet. No poles delivered either. Trees still laying on wires hanging over the street. Looks very dangerous to us living here. A large truck rode past and hit all the wires that were hanging down. Poles are cracked and dangling. It appears to be a very unsafe area

It took a tornado to kill the wicked witch in the west.....

I agree with Sam - maybe we need to go to the media. We need to shed some light on this situation! Obviously EW sustained some severe damage & downed trees & lines & non working traffic lights are making conditions unsafe! Why isn't the Mayor asking for help?!! I went to Gov Christie's FB page & sent him a message to come view our situation- I suggest everyone on here do the same! Being out of power for a week is one thing but an additional 7 to 14 days with a new storm on the way is unacceptable!

I would suggest if you have Twitter getting on there and tweeting @JCP_L about East Windsor because this is insane. This will be the SIXTH night without power.

Jcpl sux. Go with pseg mayor janice. Ew westfield lane. Teal ct no power still but hickory corner rd does its a 3 min ride jcpl sux !!!!!! N comcast get fios here

One Mile Road is in need, the poles are up by why didn't they hang the wires and the transformers? WTF...its very cold.

Another 7 days before power is on at One Mile Road and surrounding area. There is no shelter in Mercer County. The Twin Rivers librarian called "211" on November 1st on behalf of a young mother with two toddlers, who was cold and did not have enough supplies to last this long. The emergency office said that Mercer County did not have shelters. She did a search in a 10 mile radius of 08520 - nothing. She expanded her search to 25 miles. The nearest shelters were: Warminster, PA; Woodbridge, NJ; Burlington City, NJ; and New Brunswick, NJ. The mother did not have a car and her family was some distance away. I think the librarian told her to call the police or try St. Anthony's Church in Hightstown.

The JCP&L schedule is posted on the front doors of the Twin Rivers and Hickory Corner Libraries. According to the schedule, 59 % of East Windsor Township residents who suffered outages are scheduled to be reconnected by midnight tonight. The remaining 40% (One Mile Road area and others) have several more days to wait. Since the libraries will not open at the order of the County Executive, Brian Hughes,(bhughes@mercercounty.org) or Andrew A, Mair, County Administrator,(amair@mercercounty.org) does anyone know where people can go to sit, keep warm, wash their hands with warm water, talk with other people and get some warm food in East Windsor or Hightstown? We can't fix the wire ourselves, but surely, we can find a way with volunteers, county officials, municipal officials, to set up some food distribution and shelter services. Yes, sometimes we need big government.

Heard American Legion on Rt. 130 will become a shelter tomorrow open only to residents of Hightstown (80 people without power) and East Windsor (4000+ without power)...also heard West Windsor Police was yelling at JCP&L and got some results - would be nice if our police/county did the same for us.

Folks are getting their power restored just not all of us and not fast enough. I check this a few times a day.

http://outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj_m.html

We have power!!!