As of this morning, many areas of Lakewood are still without power since last night at 10 PM. The Lakewood Cheder and Orchos Chaim have both canceled school today. The Pine Street area is also without power. JCP&L continues to push back the estimated restoration times now at
11pm tonight.
Weather in Lakewood today will hit
99° with record breaking temps.
The heatwave is particularly dangerous, as many elderly residents are stuck at home without power. Some are now staying with relatives. This is the third round of power outages, in 24 hours and residents are beginning to question whether the ovperdevelopment, particularly with many new office buildings, has strained the power grid. There's concern that it can’t handle peak demand, especially during a heatwave.