Delbarton Blessed With Power, Phones in Time for Opening

We were beginning to worry about . Just before Hurricane Irene hit, the headmaster had and its many old, majestic trees.

After the storm, we knew the campus had lost power along with many residents in the Route 24/Mendham Road area of Morris Township.

As residents began getting their power back over Labor Day weekend, we decided to check in with our contact at Delbarton, Communications Director Jessica Fiddes.

We sent an email. It bounced back.

We called. No one answered.

We checked the web site. It had disappeared.

A drive past the campus on Monday told the tale. Multiple Verizon trucks were clustered near the entrance, working on the wires. About a hundred feet away, JCP&L crews were also hard at work.

On Tuesday, we reached Fiddes by phone.

"Two enormous trees fell and took out the wires on Route 24," she said. "We had no power and no internet until last night."

The campus overall fared "quite well," Fiddes said, so classes will begin on Wednesday, as planned (sorry, guys).

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