Volume 16, No. 10
October 31st - November 16th 2012 FREE PUBLICATION
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Pg. 2 On the Cover
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By Sally D Pg. 5
Fall for Art
Pg. 7
Hudson Then & Again. . .
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Decor
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Fire & Oak
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t’s been a week since Superstorm Sandy blew parts of New Jersey off the map and humbled us all to the power of Mother Nature. More than 8 million homes and businesses were without power in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and now we are all picking up the pieces and trying to get back to normal. Here, on the Hudson River waterfront where Jersey City, Hoboken and Bayonne braved a real smack-down from the superstorm, power has since been restored, somewhat. According to The Associated Press, as of Sunday, Nov. 4, power outages throughout New Jersey were at 1.1 million, down from 2.7 million. PSE&G, which supplies electric and gas to most of New Jersey
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announced on Monday that 78 percent of its 1.7 million customers have power. Gary Cahill, a clerk at the Weehawken Public Library who lives in Weehawken waited until Saturday for PSEG to restore his power. But Cahill kept an upbeat attitude saying no one could predict how bad things were going to be regardless of the preparation that was done. “A lot of people tend to freak out about this stuff,” Cahill said. “But it’s a once-in-50-years event.” The library weathered through the storm and on Wednesday morning, it was in full swing – electricity, WiFi and Internet all working. So, if you’re still without electricity and access to the Internet, try your local library – most offer free computer access. con’t pg. 2