All but 4,000 customers in NYSEG's Brewster division, which includes parts of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, will have power restored late Friday, the company said in a news release early Friday morning. The remaining customers will be back online by Monday night. Company spokesperson Clay Ellis said that more than 1,500 people— including more than 530 line and tree crews from as far away as the Midwest—are now working on power restorations, which are 93 percent complete.  In Westchester, 7,650 customers are still without power; in Bedford the number of customers is 1,720 (out of …

Irene is gone but the headaches remain. Furniture to untie and put back, gardens to restore, friends and businesses to contact and reassure, appointments to postpone and kids to entertain and get ready for school, twigs and branches to lift and saw…maybe worse. Still, the most irritating Irene-ism to deal with is no power…looking like none until Saturday in my South Salem neighborhood; that’ll be a week. (And in many other areas around Westhcester, none until Thursday night). So how to feed the family until we’re all back on line? And what about the stuff in that quickly warming fridge? First…

The lights started coming on in Bedford Village Tuesday morning. Dina Clayson and her staff were putting the merchandise back into window displays at Consider the Cook—they had taken it out before the hurricane to save new product from potentially being damaged in the storm. The store survived the storm, unscathed. "We only lost one day of business, on Monday, but I don't know how many people will be coming in today," said Clayson, the shop's owner. "We sold a lot of french presses before the storm though!" Across the street at Bedford Gourmet, where the power had not yet returned, they weren…

Update, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 Power is restored to the Katonah pool, and it will re-open to the public Aug. 31 at noon. The pool house is available Tuesday from 4 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. for residents to take showers. For the remainder of the week, pool house facilities are open: Wednesday, August 31st Thursday, September 1st Friday, September 2nd 9am to 12pm– Open for Showers 12pm to 7pm– Pool open for swimming 7pm to 7:45pm– Open for showers If residents have questions, they may call the recreation office at: 666-7004 Bedford Hills and Bedford Village pools remain closed due to lack of power.  First …

Update, Wed. Aug. 30, 4 a.m. In a statement released Tuesday night, NYSEG reported that the majority of customers who are still without power are projected to have service restored by Friday night; all power is projected to be restored early next week for the 32,000 customers in its Brewster Division (parts of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties). Of its 6,629 customers in Bedford, 2,952 were without power as of 4 a.m. Wednesday morning; 12,786 customers in Westchester do not have electricity. NYSEG officials said that of the 272,000 power interruptions that occured because of the storm…

Ever wonder why you hear some hurricane names again? Or why some names disappear? Here's the scoop on hurricane names, straight from NOAA: For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each of six years. In other words, one list is repeated every seventh year. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from…

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Nita Lowey and several other officials toured Rye’s downtown business district on Monday morning, thanking local police and hearing from business owners hard hit by flooding. The two toured with a coterie of state, county and city leaders all in need of federal disaster assistance funds. County Executive Rob Astorino, Legislator Judy Myers, and State Assemblyman George Latimer, Rye Mayor Doug French and Councilwoman Paula Gamache all accompanied Gillibrand and Lowey on the tour. While the event was straightforward: meet and greet local police, …

If you're running out of water for bathing and flushing toilets, no problem. But if you want a flashlight to find your way around the house tonight in the dark, you're out of luck. Though Shop Rite in Bedford Hills and Target in Mount Kisco had sold out of bottled water, more will be delivered Tuesday. And the A&P in Katonah has a plentiful supply of water, according to a spokesperson. In many local shops, flashlights and battery supplies are nearly wiped out. "We've sold out of almost every battery, and that's the most requested item," said David Vasquez, who works at Katonah Paint and …

Updated, Sept. 1, 3 p.m. The Town of Bedford has lifted the state of emergency, as of noon on Wednesday, and the the list of closed roads is getting smaller. The number of roads that were completely closed or partially blocked has shrunk from over 40 down to 27 roads. Most major intersections have also had power restored, including the traffic lights at Route 35 and Route 22, making travel safer for residents. The list below is updated as of Sept. 1. Updated 1 p.m. Aug. 30 Town officials and highway workers have been working around the clock to clear roads, but it's slow going, said David …

Updated, 11:00 a.m. With 75 percent of Bedford and 99 percent of Lewisboro still with no power, residents need food, water and ice. Power has mostly been restored to Katonah, Bedford Hills and the Route 117 corridor. However, power is not restored to businesses in Bedford Village and most storefronts are closed there. And just as Lewisboro residents celebrated the opening of DeCicco's in its town hub, the Cross River Plaza, again residents will have to travel for provisions—at least for a day or more. Most of the supermarkets and delis that are open have reported they are out of ice. Dry ice …