All Croton & Ossining Power to be Restored by Wednesday Night; Croton & Ossining Schools on a Two Hour Delay

This morning there are about 1,909 homes in Ossining without power and about 904 homes in Croton-on-Hudson without electricity. For the morning commute Metro-North says that train service will be business as usual, although MTA officials are warning riders that train platforms and the station stairs in Ossining and Croton could still be slippery.

The Croton-Harmon School District is reporting that school may have a two hour delayed start. Late last night the district was reporting that it did not have full electrical power in its schools. The District says downed trees and power lines could make restoring electricity to all of their buildings difficult. The Croton-Harmon School District also says that there is a possibility that their schools may be closed tomorrow if the conditions in their buildings don't improve. Meanwhile, the Ossining Union Free School District will begin school at 10 a.m.

ConEd is still scrambling to restore power to those homes and apartments without electricity. Right now ConEd is estimating that all homes in Croton and Ossining will have their power restored by the end of Wednesday. During the height of the outages there were more than 6,300 without power in Ossining 1,700 homes without electricity in Croton. "Some sections of the upper Village (along Grand Street) had power restored (yesterday) afternoon," said Croton Mayor Leo Wiegman. "We are working closely with Con Edison to depower the live wires downed by falling tree limbs, especially where those road closures stranded homes on dead end streets."

Village and town officials continue to warn residents to stay away from any downed power lines—saying that you should assume that any of these downed wires could still be live.

Just as it was during Hurricane Irene, Croton's Brook St. was pummeled. Wires from poles are hanging down across parts of the street. A cracked utility pole was the worst of the damage that could be seen.

Last night the Village of Croton-on-Hudson's warming station was open. It was in the community room inside the village's municipal building. Officials set up tables and chairs, along with an area where people could recharge their cell phones.

During the height of the storm drivers didn't only had to worry about the snow and ice, but they also had to worry about the lack of traffic signals in some areas. Several traffic lights had been knocked out along Route 9A and Route 9. Officials had to put up barricades at the intersection of 9A and Chappaqua Road. The barricades were placed at the intersection to keep motorist from making left turns across traffic. "Our highway crews are working diligently to clear downed branches and to make sure roads are safe and passable," said Town of Ossining Supervisor Catherine Borgia.

Croton-on-Hudson will not have its regularly scheduled garbage pick up this morning. Officials say that the DPW is concerned that their trucks would encounter too many streets with low-hanging wires.