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County Issues a Storm Update. Ice at Bloomingdale’s. No shelters.

Posted on July 21, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Westchester County Department of Communications and WPCNR News July 21, 2006: Con Edison continues to assure the county that it is working around the clock to get full restoration of power. The utility says ALL power should be restored by Sunday afternoon.

As of 3 p.m. Friday, 6,000 customers in the county were still without power — including some customers who lost it due to Friday morning’s storm in some areas. The customers who are out are MAINLY in White Plains, Greenburgh, Scarsdale and Yonkers.

(WPCNR was told by a Con Edison spokesperson there were 1,000 White Plains residents without power as of 3 P.M — see our report of two hours ago. )

White Plains Details. Yard Tree Debris Hamper Restoration.

Saxon Woods lost power again late this afternoon when a lightning strike in connection with a 4 P.M. thunderstorm knocked out a wire, but Con Edison has since fixed that, WPCNR colleague Peter Katz reports. Katz says the White Plains DPW is doing extensive, fast-moving cleanup in his area.

Con Ed hopes to have all but 2,700 county households restored by the end of Friday, the county reports.

The City of White Plains spokesperson David Maloney reported the Department of Public Works had cleared all streets as of 3 P.M., however the DPW is still doing massive cleanup operations of debris in yards, which still are preventing Con Ed ability to restore power to individual houses and delays reconnection.

An E-Mail letter from David Roseman a White Plains resident received at 4 PM highlights the house-to-house problems the City DPW and Con Edison have to work out for each individual power outage:

“Hi,

I live on Oakley Road and am without electric. As of last night, Con Ed promised power back on by Midnight last night. As of this morning, they promised tonight. As of 30 minutes ago, they pushed it back to Sunday, claiming that Con Ed work crews had surveyed the repair work, and determined that there were trees blocking the lines needing repair. I send this as it conflicts with your report from the mayor’s office. If you find out which party is twisting the truth, please post it.”

IF YOU ARE WITHOUT POWER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REPORTED IT TO CON EDISON BY CALLING 1-800-75-CONED

If you have already reported it, Con Ed should be able to give you an estimated restoration time. Call that same number and make sure you speak to a customer service representative.

Con Ed has told the county that its estimates have been generally accurate.

The utility will continue to distribute dry ice at Bloomingdale’s in White Plains and at the Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers.

Please pass on this information to any friends who are without power.

Louis Cappelli Gift for High School Loucks Field Is $1 Million.

Posted on July 21, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By John F. Bailey. July 21, 2006. UPDATED 6:40 P.M. E.D.T.: As reported by WPCNR last week, Geoffrey Thompson, spokesperson for Louis Cappelli, the Super Developer, announced today Mr. Cappelli has asked his Louis Cappelli Foundation board to donate $1 Million to the renovation of Loucks Field in White Plains. Thompson, at this point describes the gift as cash. To date, Mr. Cappelli is the only corporate citizen of White Plains who has stepped to aid the School District on the High School athletic field project. The city government has not indicated it will match the gift in any way at this time.

Paul Wood, City Executive Officer, contacted WPCNR at 5:30 to clarify that the $1 Million may be a contribution “in kind,” and the form of it had not been “finalized” yet. Wood also said that the city was responsible for the gift, because Mr. Cappelli had asked the city recently what he could do for the city, (in connection with his enthusiasm at building 221 Main beyond his site plan approval). Wood said the city suggested Cappelli contribute to the school district.

Mr. Cappelli contributed $1 Million to Grace Church last year for renovation of Samaritan House, the women’s shelter, whose residents have reportedly been housed elsewhere. When first announced, the gift was reported to be cash, but WPCNR learned that it was in “in kind” services, design of renovations and construction of the renovation, which is under way. While Mr. Cappelli’s firm is renovating, his construction crews are using the Grace Church driveway for delivery of cement to the 221 Main project.

Cappelli the man behind the Rennaissance in White Plains, the philanthropist who has contributed approximately $12 Million to White Plains in the last five years since he came to town, has stepped up to donate yet another gift.

The renovation of the White Plains High School Loucks Field will add a state-of-the-art-track, soccer, football, field hockey and lacrosse artificial turf playing surface, new spectator stands, press box, lights and dressing rooms to the site of the New York State Loucks Games was put last night by Triton Construction Corporation as $5,777, 742. The school district apprised of the gift by the city last week, had been hoping it would defray the escalating cost of the capital construction bond put last night at $70 Million, and calculated to go up 2% a quarter before construction begins.

Mike Graessle, chair of the Capital Projects Committee last night, held open the possibility that the committee is leaning to eliminating the artificial turf and stands at the Middle School Highlands Parker Stadium (a cost of $3,672,717), and spending substantially less on redoing the stands at Parker in order to bring down the cost of the bond.

The Cappelli gift defrays $1 Million of the High School Field Cost, and should the district trim the Parker Stadium cost below a million, the bond could be cut by $3.5 Million, and state aid of $2.5 Million could cut the bond back to under $65 Million. To date the Capital Projects Committee has not indicated what projects other than the two athletic fields they will recommend cutting, if any cuts are even being anticipated. A $66 Million Bond Issue, including Loucks Field renovation would cost $66 additional taxes to owners of a $15,000 Assessed house, beginning in 2007-2008

1,000 Out to Go at 3 P.M. — Race Against the Weather

Posted on July 21, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. July 21, 2006. 3 P.M. E.D.T.: A Con Edison spokesperson, Alfonso Quiroz, has confirmed at 3 P.M., there are 1,000 White Plains residents still without power in the city at this hour. According to David Maloney of the Mayor’s Office, the city has cleared the last of streets of tree debris and Con Edison and their crews can get right to the remaining outages.

Taste of White Plains Postponed Until September.

Posted on July 21, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR DOWNTOWN DAILY. July 21, 2006: Taste of Downtown White Plains Food Festival and Car Show has been postponed due to rain and scattered thunderstorms predicted for Saturday, July 22. A Taste of Downtown White Plains has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 9th, 2006. For more information, please contact the White Plains Downtown BID at 914-328-5166