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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

After Five Years, Gracedale Has Generators

Gracedale on a July afternoon
When Superstorm Sandy hit in late 2012, most of us were without power for several days. Unfortunately, that included Gracedale, the County's nursing home. Though there are back-up generators, they failed, too. Fortunately, the National Guard came through with power supplies, but not enough to generate heat. The following year (June 2013), Council included $4 million in a bond issue for five new generators. But over the next five years, they just never came. By 2015, following what seemed like a million presentations, Council member Bob Werner was frustrated. "Let's just get the damn generators up and get the people safe," he told County administrators. "We've been dealing with this for way too long." Though promised they would be here by the end of 2016, that never happened.

The long wait is finally over. Deputy public works Director Scott Parsons reports that the long-awaited generators are finally on site. He predicts they will be operational by October 1.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 11, 2018 at 8:17 AM

    They have a bed for you ?.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 11, 2018 at 8:41 AM

    October 1st of which year?

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  3. AnonymousJuly 11, 2018 at 12:23 PM

    Can anyone explain why this took so long after it was approved years ago?

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  4. Bernie O'HareJuly 11, 2018 at 3:58 PM

    I can tell you it drove Council nutz.

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  5. Chris CaseyJuly 12, 2018 at 5:34 PM

    Hurricane Chris is coming up the coast! Better get those generators hooked up before Hurricane Bernie Next year!

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