The Water is Off: Middlesex Water Company Issues Advisory to Stock Up on Water ASAP

Electric power in New Brunswick has failed and water to the utility's customers now must be boiled. Read this alert for your safety.

The water is out in Woodbridge. Middlesex Water Company issued an alert that because of a power failure they've been fighting since last week at their New Brunwick electrical generating station, water supplies aren't being treated and will drop in quantity to water companies. Woodbridge residents began receiving Reverse 911 calls late this afternoon about the potential electrical failure. Bernadette Sohler, spokeswoman for the utility, said they were trying hard to keep the power supply up and keep the water flowing, but that the township-led calls to residents was premature and not authorized by the company. John Hagerty, spokesman for Mayor John McCormac, said earlier that he "wasn't aware of any calls" warning Woodbridge residents …

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Hurricane Sandy

Woodbridge Emergency Shelter is Open

In an emergency, head to the Woodbridge Community Center on Main Street.

Woodbridge officials aren't taking any chances. They opened the Woodbridge Community Center as an emergency shelter at midnight on Sunday, October 28. Officials are expecting flooding in low-lying areas of Woodbridge Proper and Colonia. They said that in the event of an emergency, the township's Office of Emergency Management (OEM), police, and firefighters will go door to door to notify residents they have to evacuate. Residents who are registered with the town's Reverse 911 system will also receive calls, warnng them to be ready to leave. Anyone who would like to be added to the Reverse 911 notification system can call OEM at 732-602-7361 and leave their name, street address, and the phone number to receive calls.  Officials also …

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Hurricane Sandy

Are you on the Reverse 911 List?

It's not too late to get on Woodbridge's emergency call list. It could save your life

Woodbridge has a list of township residents who are called in the event of an emergency. With Hurricane Sandy barreling down towards us, you should be in the Reverse 911 directory. It's not too late to be added, said Patrick Kenny, the township's head of the Office of Emergency Managment (OEM). Call the OEM office at 732-602-7361 and leave your name and phone number. You'll be added to the township's emergency call list, Kenny said. Follow Woodbridge Patch on Facebook, Twitter and sign up for the daily newsletter.

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Snow Still Forecast for Woodbridge

The National Weather Service is still predicting up to 4 inches of snow for the township.

You might've thought Woodbridge dodged a bullet Friday with the light snowfall, but don't heave a sigh of relief yet. There is more on the way. The National Weather Service has put out a Winter Weather Advisory for Saturday through 10 pm. They are calling for 2 to 4 inches of the white stuff. Perhaps smarting a bit from the shellacking the administration took on its handling of the Post Christmas blizzard, the town's salt spreaders and plows were out en masse on Friday. There wasn't much snow, so there wasn't much work for the plows to do, said town spokesman John Hagerty, but the salt spreaders were hard at work. Hagerty said he issued a reverse 911 call for homeowners who live along snow routes to move their vehicles off the road, or …

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