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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Updated: Snow Closes Roads, Causes Delays in Essex

Stormy weather leads to fender-benders throughout county.

Updated 4: 30 p.m. During this December storm, accidents and weather conditions are closing roads throughout Essex County. In Livingston, there was a four-car accident reported around 3:30 p.m. northbound on Eisenhower Parkway causing lane closures near the Roseland border, police said. Also reported, on East Hobart Gap Road a car hit a tree near Meadowbrook Road in Livingston.  In South Orange, police have closed the "S" curves on South Orange Avenue through the South Mountain Reservation that stretching from South Orange into Millburn at about 3:45 p.m.  Bloomfield Avenue is reportedly very congested Trains and buses are cross-honoring today. How was your commute home today? Did you experience any delays from closed roads or traffic …

Allison Knabb

8:53 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

They should have put down salt this morning. Ther is no excuse, they had plenty of warning.   more ›

NJ Transit Cross-Honoring Tickets During Storm

Cross-honoring in effect through Thursday.

As the area braces for a potential three-to-five inches of tardy snow (not quite a White Christmas, but close, right?), NJ Transit announced that it would be cross-honoring of tickets starting at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Cross-honoring will remain in effect until the end of the service day Thursday, Dec. 27, enabling customers to use their ticket or pass on an alternate travel mode—rail, bus or light rail. For example, customers who normally take the bus from Rutherford to the Port Authority Bus Terminal may use their bus pass on the train from Rutherford to New York Penn Station. Similarly, customers who normally take the bus between Atlantic City and Lindenwold may use the train instead. Customers are reminded that many NJ Transit rail lines …

Leonard Resto

7:41 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Typical NJ Transit. They will cross-honor tickets during the storm. They should do that all the time! There shouldn't be a difference between having a bus ticket or a rail ticket, it's all going to the same pocket- NJ Transit. It would be helpful if NJT would, at some point, let customers know what their travel options are if rail is out. For example, if service goes out on the Morris & Essex …   more ›

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

After the Storm: Some Helpful Insurance Hints

Among the III's Tips: file a claim immediately if you have yet to do so.

Our first reaction to the damage wrought by last weekend's unprecedented pre-Halloween Nor'easter was probably something we cannot print here. For most of us, the next thought was along the lines of: What do I do now? Thankfully, the Insurance Information Institutehas provided a course of action to help those among us beginning the road to recovery from this past weekend. Among the biggest things for those who have not done so already: contact your insurance agent or company and file a claim immediately. “Let your agent know the extent of the damage to your property and start to document your loss with lists, receipts or photographs,” III Vice President Michael Barry said on the Institute's website. If you have a home inventory, now would …

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