Sunday August 28, 2011, 10:28 AM

Bergenfield Road Closures due to flooding, wires down, etc:
Woodbine St between Lake & New Bridge – Flooding
Grove St between Bush & S. Christie – Flooding
Irving Place between DeMott & W. Johnson – Tree down
School Street between Elm and Apartment parking lot – Flooding
Prospect Ave between Hallberg & New Bridge – Trees & Wires down
Sylvan Ave between Washington & Murray Hill Terrace – Trees & Wires down
Murray Hill Terrace near Sylvan – Trees & Wires down
Wilbur Rd between Maiden & New Bridge – Flooding
Garden Street between Lake & Anderson – Tree down

• About 250,000 PSE&G customers are without power at this time statewide. An additional 70,000 customers have had their power restored. The number of outages continues to climb as Hurricane Irene moves north. The utility provides electric service to 2.2 million customers and is estimating that full restoration may take several days to a week.

For information on hurricane preparedness, download the "Hurricane Safety Checklist" published by the American Red Cross.

For additional information, visit the website of the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, as well as ready.gov.

The West Nile Virus Season is officially here in New Jersey, with the first case in Hamilton Township.

Tax Bills for 3rd and 4th Quarter 2011/1st and 2nd Quarter 2012: Tax bills will be sent out this week and the grace period for the 3rdquarter will be extended to August 29th.

The Mayor & Council Work Session scheduled for Tuesday, August 2, 2011 has been rescheduled to Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. in the Executive Council Chambers.

This change was made so the governing body can attend National Night Out at Memorial Park on Tuesday, August 2.

The Bergenfield Police Traffic Division is reporting an update to the railroad crossing closures by CSX for the following locations, with the following dates of closure:

• Main Street: July 31
• Church Street: August 7
• Central Avenue: August 14

All crossings are estimated to be closed for one week for repair work.

The 28th Annual National Night Out will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd, 5-9pm, at Memorial Park, sponsored by the Bergenfield Police Department, the Bergenfield Fire Department, and the Bergenfield Auxiliary Police, to promote cooperative, police-community crime prevention and public safety efforts.

The Borough of Bergenfield, in partnership with the Bergen County Utilities Authority and Safeguard Document Destruction, will host a confidential document shredding program for Bergenfield residents on Saturday August 20th, 2011, between the hours of 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the rear parking lot of Borough Hall located at 198 N. Washington Ave. The event will be held rain or shine.