Community Corner

Photos: Bracing for Irene

Businesses board up and try to communicate with storm.

Employees at report that the Morris Ave. store is out of flashlights, batteries and duct tape and they are running low on tarp, sandbags and mulch. 

Some residents got in their last dogwalks and jogs in before battening down the hatches during breaks in rain. A handful of homes and stores have boarded their windows. 

Parking has been banned around Springfield's Town Hall, and signs have been placed around the flood-prone area warning motorists away. Police cruisers and other township vehicles have been moved to the Dayton High parking lot. 

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Stores are open on Rte 22, with one business owner attempting to open communications with the hurricane itself, asking it to not harm the public face of the company. 


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