Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • September 7, 2011 Area Public Service Electric & Gas, New Jersey’s largest utility, is upgrading and replacing underground electric facilities from the utility’s Waldwick Switching Station to the South Mahwah Substation. The purpose of this infrastructure upgrade investment is to continue to ensure safe, reliable electric service for area residents and business owners. According to PSE&G, the construction activities along this 5.5-mile circuit will be completed between September and December 2011, with the majority of the work within public road rights-of-way taking place from September to November. During this period, utility service to PSE&G customers will continue as usual. Below are some key dates and locations for construction activities: In Waldwick and Allendale, crews will work on Hopper Avenue and Franklin Turnpike/CR507 beginning on or about this week (Sept. 6). The project will continue until approximately Nov. 29. PSE&G to begin work on underground facilities In Ramsey and Mahwah the project will take place at the Orange & Rockland R/W, Island Avenue, former Grant Street. Work will begin on or about Sept. 9 and continue until approximately Dec. 16. In an effort to expedite this work, PSE&G has scheduled extended work hours Monday through Friday, with some 24-hour and/or weekend work expected during certain aspects of the project. It should be noted that the construction dates and scheduled work hours identified are tentative and subject to minimal variations due to the construction process and weather-sensitive work activities. No major road closings are expected; however, lane closures and/or detours will be necessary during construction, so motorists may want to travel an alternate route until the work is completed. Local police will be on site at all times to oversee new traffic patterns. Portions of the Ramsey Bike Path may be closed during certain work activities. Interruptions will be kept to a minimum. PSE&G regrets any inconvenience the project may cause. For everyone’s safety, PSE&G crews use work area protection including local police department traffic management assistance, traffic cones, barriers, utility work signage, and flaggers to provide for a safe project completion. The utility reminds motorists to slow down and be alert when driving past a PSE&G job site. Public Service Electric and Gas Company is New Jersey’s oldest and largest regulated gas and electric delivery utility, serving nearly three-quarters of the state’s population. PSE&G is the winner of the ReliabilityOne Award for superior electric system reliability. PSE&G is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company (www.pseg.com). Glen Rock architect Glenn A. Grube will share his appreciation for Machu Picchu and the other Incan sites in the Sacred Valley in a program set for Sept. 28. Grube will speak at the Glen Rock Public Library, located at 315 Rock Road in Glen Rock, at 7 p.m. Grube, who is a member of the Glen Rock Historical Society, was inspired to visit Machu Picchu by a slide show he saw in the fourth grade, and fulfilled his dream to visit the “Lost City of the Incas” in October of 2010. His program will include practical travel tips along with an architect’s professional perspective on the Andean city and the Grube to share regard for Machu Picchu culture it commemorates. The lost city and the terraced gardens that surround it were brought to the world’s attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a graduate of Yale, Berkeley, and Harvard, who reached the Peruvian city by crawling on his hands and knees over a primitive bridge and climbing up the side of the mountain. He photographed everything he saw, and the images he took created a sensation. “I felt utterly alone,” Bingham wrote. “Then I rounded a knoll and almost staggered at the site I faced. Tier after (continued on page 8)