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9:50am, Tuesday, Nov. 20

WEST CALDWELL
  • Reported Gas Leak
  • Paul Miller Toyota,
    Passaic Avenue
  • West Caldwell Police and Fire responding
  • Toyota building evacuated
8:45am, Tuesday, Nov. 20

ROSELAND
  • Accident with Rollover
  • near Livingston Avenue at Becker Farm Road
  • Roseland First Aid responding
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FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM
​DOWN ACRoSS EAST COAST

Updated 8:15am, Tuesday, Nov. 20

According to multiple reports, Facebook and Instagram are having log-in and loading issues this morning. Users are receiving the message "Service not available."

According to The Independent, a similar situation is happening in the United Kingdom. 
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​9:45am, Friday, Nov. 16  

Denise Iradi
"As of 9:45am, Passaic Avenue, Eagle Rock Avenue, Eisenhower Parkway (both ways) and Route 10 (both ways) are all clear."
​9:30am, Friday, Nov. 16  

Elaine Brown Malloy
"Passaic Avenue and Clinton Road are fine." 
​9am, Friday, Nov. 16  

Dana Merrill 
"Bloomfield Avenue and Passaic Avenue are slushy but passable, just stay out of the turn lane on Passaic because they are not plowed at all and are very deep."
8am Friday, Nov. 16

Nina Rogacki Pepe
"This was Route 280 East near Exit 7. I took it at about 7am this morning. (No I'm not the driver). 

Kudos to the crews that cleared up Route 280 last night after the first storm of the season. But a few are still stuck."
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PHOTO: Nina Rogacki Pepe
Nina Rogacki Pepe
"Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange was slushy but fine and there was wet pavement in Newark. 

There are abandoned cars on the sides but they don’t impede traffic flow."
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PHOTO: Nina Rogacki Pepe
​2:50am, Friday, Nov. 16  

Denise Savino Rocca's husband has been trying to get home to their West Orange home since 5pm, from the Pleasant Valley Way area. He's currently on Northfield Avenue. It's 2:50am.

Denise Savino Rocca:
"He started out by Pleasant Valley Way around 5pm and all hills were closed. He made it down to the Valley, with traffic and spinouts all over, and then made it up to Gregory to come down Northfield to get to Randolph Place where we live.

But he's been at a standstill since 9:15pm on Northfield Avenue because the road is shut down. He's now sleeping in truck like the rest of the people who stayed in their cars, while others left their cars on the side of the road. BIG mess!"
2:25am, Friday, Nov. 16

It's 2:22am and Alan Wagman 
and Jennifer Singer Schiefelbein are both stuck in West Orange on Whittingham Place making their way back to Caldwell and North Caldwell.
  • Alan left from Union at 3:45pm this afternoon

  • Jennifer left also from Union at 5:30pm
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Jennifer Singer Schiefelbein: 
"I tried to navigate around South Mountain Reservation but streets were so bad that I had to head east. Made it to Whittingham Place (just before Northfield Ave) around 7:00 pm and have been at a stand still since then. Police officer just got here and turning us around to go back up Main Street to Eagle Rock. He said 280 East is now open but 280 West remains closed."
1:15am, Friday, Nov. 16
 
Jennifer D'Amato
"I was on 280 from Harrison at 5pm until just now. There are hundreds of cars stranded in ditches, on the shoulder and in the middle of the road in addition even one that must have been on fire earlier and left in the middle lane. It opens up after exit 10 but the roads are not plowed very well at all."
12:15am, Friday, Nov. 16
 
From a Reader:
"Here's the latest as of midnight:

Fells Road is well plowed and clear.

Eagle Rock Avenue is barely plowed (and maybe not at all in places) and there is quite a bit of traffic going towards West Orange, up that hill.

Harrison Avenue is as bad as Eagle Rock and super icy.

Eagle Rock is shockingly bad. So much snow and ice and one lane going each way at best - I was on it from Forest Avenue in Essex Fells to the Eagle Rock (just past Becker Farm Road).

Seriously, I was shocked. I took Harrison back thinking it would be better- there were less cars but snow ice and slush and barely room for 2 cars."
12:10am Friday, Nov. 16

Theresa Heimall-Trivino
"Eisenhower as of midnight"
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PHOTO: Theresa Heimall-Trivino
11:45pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Carol Sharkey Corcoran
"Laurel Avenue is at a complete standstill"
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PHOTO: Carol Sharkey Corcoran
11:20pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

​West Orange Schools have had a hellish time of it today. Apparently, according to a parent, "about 100 kids" are NOT home. Some are still at the school and will be staying overnight and some were on buses and detoured to a diner where they will stay until the roads are clear:

From West Orange Public Schools, NJ

11pm Update:
"The West Orange Public Schools is currently following a shelter in place protocol.

▪️Students in Schools
Students are safe in their schools with teachers and staff. They have eaten dinner and are preparing to get some rest.

▪️Students on Buses
The following buses were routed to Chit Chat Diner, are eating dinner and will remain at the diner until we are given the all clear by the West Orange Police Department to begin taking them home.

Buses: 314, 315, 316, 327, 347, 5, 29, 140, 141, 138, 139

Bus #30 students have been taken to Edison Middle School.

We will continue to keep you posted as we work in collaboration with the West Orange Police Department and West Orange Township. Our ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of our staff and students."
11:20pm, Thursday, Nov. 15
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ROSELAND / ESSEX FELLS - Old Eagle Rock Avenue
  • Plow into Tree into Power Lines
  • PSEG notified
10:30pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

Darren J. Besida
"It took me 7.5 hours to go from Livingston to Cedar Grove today. I left at 2:30pm and arrived home at 10pm:
Northfield Avenue
  • to Livingston Avenue
  • to Eagle Rock Avenue
  • to Bloomfield Avenue
  • to Pompton Avenue then home"
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10:30pm, Thursday, Nov. 15
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Dana Merrill 
"Caldwell plows have been out, Great job guys. 
County doesn't seem to have done anything. 
It took me 3 hours 40 mins to get from Fairfield to Caldwell. Passiac Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue were unpassable.
​I have been here for over 45 years and I have never seen it this bad."
7:30pm Thursday, Nov. 15

LuAnne O'Neill Marotta
"Livingston Avenue going towards Roseland right now"

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PHOTO: LuAnne O'Neill Marotta
7:30pm Thursday, Nov. 15
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From a Source Who Knows:
"All of the governing bodies are in Atlantic City this week for the League of Municipalities Convention. Everyone goes home on Friday, and the parties last night were packed and went on past 2am. That's why there was no preparation for today. They aren't paying attention because they are all staying overnight tonight in AC."
7:30pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Adrienne LePore
"I was on Eisenhower. It was a parking lot.

Then I cut through Livingston to Livingston Avenue. Not any better there.

I got to Eagle Rock and then Roseland Avenue. Roseland Avenue has not moved since I turned into it."
7:05pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Kathy Pigott
"My husband John has been trying to get back to our Passaic Avenue home from Cranes Mill for over an hour."
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PHOTO: Kathy Pigott
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PHOTO: Kathy Pigott
6:55pm Thursday, Nov. 15

(NOTE: Remember to shop at Jack's Sunoco this week)

Jack Tabibian (Sunoco Owner)
"This is the line for the bathroom at Sunoco in Fairfield.
Not one person is buying anything."
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PHOTO: Jack Tabibian
6:55pm Thursday, Nov. 15

(NOTE: Remember to shop at Jack's Sunoco this week)

Jack Tabibian (Sunoco Owner)
"This is the line for the bathroom at Sunoco in Fairfield.
Not one person is buying anything."
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PHOTO: Jack Tabibian
6:50pm Thursday, Nov. 15

​‎Michael Tartini‎
"Is it just me or did the entire state of New Jersey forget that we need plows when it snows?"
6:50pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Jennifer Kathryn
"Main Street at Grandview Avenue and Fairfield Road has been at a minuscule crawl since about 4:30pm. Stay safe everyone." 
6:45pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Victoria Francesca Leonardo "Complete standstill traffic on Fairfield Avenue connecting to Ravine Ave in West Caldwell. People are using this to avoid Passaic Ave/Clinton Road/Bloomfield. Total nightmare for us residents, we’re trapped!" 
6:30pm Thursday, Nov. 15

EISENHOWER PARKWAY
- Northbound - total parking lot

Kelly Gaffney Guarente
"I left Morristown three and a half hours ago. Columbia Turnpike to Eisenhower. We're now stuck on Eisenhower-nightmare not moving at all!"  

Crystal Martucci
" I left St. Barnabas at 2pm with my injured son. I've been in EXACTLY the same spot on Eisenhower Parkway, leaving Livingston, going towards Roseland then home to Caldwell. I've never seen anything like this. It's insane!!!"
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PHOTO: Crystal Martucci
6:30pm Thursday, Nov. 15

EISENHOWER PARKWAY
- Northbound - total parking lot

Kelly Gaffney Guarente
"I left Morristown three and a half hours ago. Columbia Turnpike to Eisenhower. We're now stuck on Eisenhower-nightmare not moving at all!"  
6:20pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Robert Field
"Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell towards Roseland Avenue is at a standstill!" 
6:20pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Barbara Schweiger
"Eisenhower Parkway northbound is a parking lot. I left my office just north of Route 10 at 4:35 and I have not even gotten to Dora’s Avenue yet. That is less than 1/2 a mile in more than an hour and a half." 
6:15pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Steph Spero
"I’m on Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield and it's horrible, I got off Parkway Exit 148. From Exit 132, New Brunswick, to Exit 148 it's been 3 hours"
6pm Thursday, Nov. 15

** STAY OFF THE ROADS **
Fairfield Police Department:
Traffic throughout the area is completely at a standstill with many disabled vehicles. Avoid driving!"
5:05pm Thursday, Nov. 15

Kim Brauer Pavlovich
"North Caldwell to Roseland, picking kids up from the Middle School. Took 2 hours to get home."
5pm Thursday, Nov. 15

WEST CALDWELL
Twelve cars disabled on Stonybrook.
4:30pm, Thursday, Nov. 15 
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Cheryl Stoyle
"Everything is at a standstill. 10-minute drive from Fairfield to Verona took 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Bloomfield Avenue, Passaic Avenue, Park Avenue, Central Avenue, all at a standstill.
4:30pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

NJ TRANSIT ‏
  • Train service is subject to up to 20-minute delays system-wide due to weather-related conditions

  • Newark Light Rail Broad St. Extension service is subject to 15 minute delays in both directions due to heavy vehicular traffic in downtown Newark

  • Bus service to/from Port Authority is subject to delays of up to 45 minutes due to inclement weather conditions

  • NJ TRANSIT Bus is accepting NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes system-wide due to weather related conditions.
4pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

RT 280 WEST CLOSED IN NEWARK DUE TO ICING
  • at Exit 15, Route 21, Newark
    ​    ALL Lanes CLOSED
4:03pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

ROUTE 280 EAST IS CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY ICING
  • near Exit 8 - Prospect Avenue in West Orange
  • ALL LANES CLOSED
3:40pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

DeCamp Bus
  • Please be advised that due to the inclement weather all of our schedules are running with a delay.
  • At this time all outbound 33 schedules will terminated at Whole Foods. All 66 outbound schedules will terminate at the Mississippi Loop.
3:20pm, Thursday, Nov. 15

Route 280 West - ACCIDENT
  • near Exit 7 - Pleasant Valley Way, in West Orange
    Left lane CLOSED
3:20pm, Thursday, Nov. 15
Avoid Washington Avenue
  • ​Cars stuck as well as salt truck

ROUTE 280 East - Accident
2:05pm, Thursday, Nov. 15
  • near Exit 4 - Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland
  • Right lane CLOSED

3:10pm - Traffic backed up
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