Hurricane Sandy

Not AGAIN! Power Out in Parts of Woodbridge

Town Hall is dark, the police department is on a standby generator, and lights are flickering or entirely out in Woodbridge Proper again. What gives?

As of this morning, 1,500 Woodbridge residents still hadn't gotten power back from Hurricane Sandy. That changed this afternoon, when the lights went out again in parts of the township. This afternoon, lights starting flickering and blinking in the area around the park section of Woodbridge Proper off Amboy Avenue. Then the lights went out on Rahway Avenue, including a traffic light. Now Town Hall is dark, and the police department is back to operating on a generator. So what's going on? PSE&G spokeswoman Rena Esposito said that part of the problem could be the effort to get electricity back up for small pockets of Woodbridge residents who haven't had power since Hurricane Sandy hit last week. "Linemen have to deenergize a circuit to make…

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Pallone Discusses Impact of Affordable Care Act

The congressman marked the second anniversary of health care bill's passage with a visit to Greenbriar Clubhouse in Marlboro.

Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) visited the Greenbriar Clubhouse in Marlboro Thursday to discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act on seniors. Pallone was a principal author for the health care bill, which was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The intention of the bill is to create cost-cutting opportunities for seniors living on Medicare and Medicaid with a fixed income, he said. The Affordable Care Act stresses preventative services to alleviate the cost the government and hospitals bear with patients on Medicare in nursing homes and hospitals, Pallone said. Co-payments for services such as annual wellness visits, colonoscopies and mammograms are waived for Medicare and Medicare Advantage seniors through the Affordable Care Act. "…

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