Glen Rock September 7, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 3 Borough lost 25 trees; electricity was main problem by John Koster Glen Rock lost 25 shade trees during Hurricane Irene, and several roads were blocked for two or three days. However, the main problem reported was lack of electric power where falling trees knocked down the lines. One of the leading obstructions was a mighty maple that fell on Maple Avenue at the Rock Road intersection, closing the intersection and the road from Fair Lawn to Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus from Sunday night through Tuesday. Another a tree that blocked access took down electric lines on Harding Road was cut up and carried away on Wednesday. “We’re working with PSE&G, but we still have six sections without power,” Glen Rock Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Joanne Perry said last week. Perry said that flooded pilot lights for home heating were a secondary problem to the loss of electricity, but that Public Service Gas & Electric had received a number of requests to re-start furnaces and water heaters after Sunday’s heavy rain caused basement flooding. Perry noted that there had been no reported injuries and that the municipal pool had survived unscathed. The Glen Rock Public Library opened at noon instead of 9 a.m. on Monday, the day after the storm, with all services available. Glen Rock Paint and Hardware reported that all barbecue lighters and extra-long matches -- used by residents to re-light their pilot lights -- had sold out Tuesday, but that more had been ordered. One of the fallen trees in the borough.