Crime & Safety
Power Back After Pole Snaps in Northwood
Dozens of Hopatcong homes lost power Monday afternoon when a power pole fell on Lakeside Avenue.
Updated 10:25 p.m.
Dozens of homes in Hopatcong's Northwood section had their power restored by around 9 p.m. Monday after a power pole snapped on Lakeside Avenue.
Outages were first reported around 3:30 p.m. Police had closed the road for several hours as Jersey Central Power & Light employees worked to restore electricity.
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No Hopatcong customers are without power, according to the company's outage map. JCP&L was also reporting outages in Newton and Sandyston earlier in the afternoon.
Nobody was injured when the pole fell, police said.
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While there was no official word as to why the power pole snapped, the National Weather Service had put out a warning since winds were expected to reach about 40 mph.
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