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UPDATED: New Brunswick and Middlesex County Working Through Major Impacts of Hurricane Sandy
Halloween has been rescheduled in New Brunswick for Nov. 7.

John Saccenti graduated from South Brunswick High School in 1988, and from Rider College in 1992. Since then he has been a writer and editor covering much of the Central Jersey Area. His area of expertise, of course, is community news. He launched the East Brunswick Patch in 2010 and has covered South Brunswick, North Brunswick, Cranbury, Monroe, Jamesburg, the Princetons, West Windsor, Hightstown and East Windsor as a staff writer, news editor and managing editor with The Princeton Packet.
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Halloween has been rescheduled in New Brunswick for Nov. 7.

Power Out, Shelters Opened, Roads Closed, Damage Assessment to Begin
The East Brunswick Police Department wants non-essential cars off the road. Drivers are endangering themselves and others, and interfering with the clean up.
Power lines are down and roads are blocked.
Roads into East Brunswick are being closed in order to keep roads clear for emergency workers.
The latest message from East Brunswick Township regarding Hurricane Sandy.
After losing losing power on Monday, the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro is up and running and taking emergencies.
More than 10,000 people are without power in East Brunswick. Residents have reported seeing transformers blow in the distance.
OEM in East Brunswick says the worst of Sandy is yet to come. Be ready.
Mandatory evacuations have been put in place. No cars are allowed on the road. Officials ask that everyone stay indoors and safe.
Power outages and evacuations come as Sandy blows in.
The township is advising residents to stay indoors for the duration of the storm if possible.
The shelter has 21 cots and room for more. The facility is expected to be temporary, with people moving to other county shelters if they need to be out of their home for more an extended period of time.
High tide will be 8:40 a.m., and the South River is rising.
Residents should expect massive power outages and fallen trees.
If Hurricane Sandy knocks out power to our area, one of the only connections to updates and information will be cell phones. Here are some good apps to have.
Here's how local towns are bracing for the storm.