Top Bernardsville-Bedminster Stories in November

Several days after Superstorm Sandy hit, 100 percent of Bernardsville remained without power, and families were trapped in their homes by downed trees entangled with power lines.

At some point, more than a week after the hurricane, JCP&L said it was increasing manpower to help restore most of the remaining power outages.

A Bedminster woman pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars from her Florham Park employer, and the state will recommend she be sentenced to nine years in state prison.

Following Superstorm Sandy, we began to track what businesses were opening as they regained power throughout the area.

The nor’easter that occurred just after Superstorm Sandy was expected to bring even more power outages to the region.

Two women were killed after the vehicle they were in ran off the roadway on Route 78 in Bernards on Thanksgiving.

Four days after the storm hit, thousands of residents in the Somerset Hills area were still without power, and Bedminster was seeing an increased number of outages.

Residents in the Somerset Hills area were still in the dark as the days went on after the superstorm, with thousands continuing to be without power.

Officials urged JCP&L workers to get untested wires, transformers and more out of the streets so that cleanup efforts could continue.

Thousands were still without power six days after Superstorm Sandy hit the area.

The Bernardsville mayor said he saw about 30 power company trucks throughout the area a few days after the storm, and they began removing wires and electrical equipment from the streets.

Officials were predicting a week before power would be returned to the Somerset Hills area right after the storm hit.

Bernardsville Mayor Lee Honecker was “livid” after outages in town increased more than a week after the storm initially hit.

Five days after the storm, more than 10,000 residents in the Somerset Hills area still didn’t have power.

The borough council was holding a meeting at the high school to hear input about how JCP&L handled the power outages in the storm.

JCP&L continued its expectations of when power would be restored, predicting certain amounts by the end of the first weekend.

Schools were closed and destruction was rampant throughout the towns after Superstorm Sandy ripped through the area.

Power returned to the area, and polling places were planned in advance of the Nov. 6 elections.

Promises continued to be made about when power would be restored as JCP&L kept working throughout the area.

Despite the promises, officials continued to be disturbed by the number of customers continually without power after the storm.