Croton-on-Hudson's Hurricane Cleanup

Croton-on-Hudson officials continue to monitor the winds from Hurricane Irene this evening. Officials are concerned about the potential for more downed power lines and trees.

As of 4:30 p.m. there were at least 170 homes without power in the Village. Croton residents will have to wait a while for ConEd crews because other communities were hit much harder.

The most significant power outage is on Glengary Rd. where a utility pole was snapped in half by a tree that fell on it. The wire from that utility pole is now lying across the road (see picture). Village officials are waiting for ConEd to cut the power to that line, so that workers can begin cutting the fallen tree.

Officials are also waiting for a ConEd crew to cut power to a line off of Morningside Dr. A large tree has fallen there, and is resting on power lines (see picture). "There were other trees down that were partially blocking roads—and the DPW crew has been out removing trees where there are no power lines involved," said Croton Mayor Leo Wiegman.

Many people in the Village have been expressing relief that the Hurricane wasn't worse. "We were lucky. We were really lucky. We were kind of nervous about it… but I think it was important that they took the precautions—because you never know," said Croton resident Sheri Furtzag.

"It was a little bit less than I anticipated. I thought that it was going to be much, much more, but I guess some communities got it much worse than us," said Ossining resident Ron Ventarola, who was talking to a friend in front of Zeytinia's Market. "Better to air on the side of caution, then to not have anything in place."

"I think Croton staff and volunteers did a terrific job. Thankfully the storm's impact was not as great as we had feared," said Mayor Wiegman.