Marlboro Warming, Charging Station Opens; Outages Continue

MARLBORO, NJ — The Recreation Center is available all Monday night as a charging and warming station, Mayor Jon Hornik announced in an online update.

He said the center will remain open "as long as it needs to be," and police confirmed it is open.

Meanwhile, police updated the roads still closed or detoured in the township as of 5 p.m.

And Hornik's update said Texas Road flooding has receded and the road has opened.

Residents can bring power cords and plugs to the Recreation Center. Residents who have medical devices requiring charging should go to the Recreation Center and not wait until your device has no power.

If you require transportation call 732-536-0100. In case of emergencies, dial 9-1-1, Hornik said.

JCP&L is in the process of restoring power and most should be restored well before the Dec. 20 date of the last restorations expected, Hornik said in the update. There were about 1,991 customers still without service as of 5:50 p.m. Monday.

A JCP&L spokesman said the township had multiple broken utility poles. One outage had three poles connected to it, said Chris Hoenig. But he said the utility hopes a majority of the outages will be restored by Monday night.

It is important for residents to report their outages to 888LIGHTSS to receive the expected restoration times for your address, the town said.

Roads are still closed throughout the town. As of the time of this update - Monday evening, the following roads are closed/detoured: (This is updated from Monday morning's list.)

• Lafayette between Robertsville and Eagle roads
• Pleasant Valley Road between Conover and Mockingbird Lane
• School Road East detour between Braxton and Country Club
• Gordons Corner Road between Vista and Micki
• Beacon Hill near Beth Lane
• Wyncrest Road between Kennedy and Liberty
• Union Hill at Willow Lane
• Texas Road flooding has receded and is now open.

Police say assume all downed wires are live and dangerous. Do not drive over or touch them. Immediately report them to police.

Wyncrest Road and the School Road West area was without power Monday morning. JCP&L was advised, but due to the storm, no time frame for it to be restored was given, police said.

By 5:30 p.m. there were still pockets of outages in the town. According to the JCP&L outages map, there were from anywhere between 500 and 1,500 customers affected since Monday morning.

The JCP&L outage map also showed scattered outages in Holmdel and Hazlet, with Marlboro, Freehold and Howell hit hardest, JCP&L said. Spokesman Hoenig said there were 11,000 customers without power in the entire county as of Monday morning. That number has now reduced to about 6,744, according to an online utility update.