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Slew of Outages Lingers in Tri-State Area Four Days After Storm

NEW YORK — More than 695,000 homes and businesses in the New York tri-state area were still without electricity at midday Saturday as utilities continued trying to get the lights on four days after Tropical Storm Isaias. Tuesday’s storm dealt …

A Year After Blaze, Notre Dame Restoration Halted by Virus

PARIS — The Cathedral of Notre Dame stands crippled and alone, locked in a dangerous web of twisted scaffolding one year after a cataclysmic fire gutted its interior, toppled its famous spire and horrified the world. Some of the 40,000 …

Three Myths About Contents Restoration

After a fire or water loss, common misconceptions homeowners and carriers often have is that damaged contents cannot be restored so they should be automatically replaced, or even cashed out. These, as well as other myths related to contents restoration, …

Four New Jersey Men Arrested in Alleged Adjuster Scam

TRENTON, New Jersey – Four Mercer County men and six of their associated businesses were charged Wednesday with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering in connection with a bank scheme involving the deposit of nearly $1.4 million in phony or forged …

St. Gregory’s to Begin Restoration After 2011 Quake

Work is expected to begin in January on the restoration and renovation of St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, about 14 months after the largest earthquake in recorded Oklahoma history resulted in major damage to the small campus’ main building. The …

LWG Consulting Merges with Electronic Loss Consultants

LWG Consulting announced their merger with Newark, N.J.-based Electronic Loss Consultants. Prior to the merger, Electronic Loss Consultants, managed by Stephen Aghaei, offered equipment loss consulting and equipment restoration services to insurance claims professionals primarily along the East Coast of …

Restoration Brings Back Fire-damaged Fla. Theatre

When the downtown Milton fire of January 2009 was over, the historic Imogene Theatre stood blackened, broken and soggy. “The fire was our worst nightmare,” said Wes Meiss, president of the Santa Rosa Historical Society, which owns the theater. “At …

Power Restoration in Snowy East Could Take Days

Residents across the Northeast woke up to cold, dark homes and one of the earliest snow days in memory Monday after a storm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines and …

Swiggum Named President of Paul Davis National

Paul Davis National, the large loss specialists for Paul Davis Restoration, has named Lloyd Swiggum president of the company. Swiggum’s responsibilities will include overseeing the commercial and industrial property damage restoration organization and assisting customers following flooding, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, …

ADK Wins Restoration Industry Award

Northbrook, Illinois-based Alliance Disaster Kleenup (ADK) has been named the winner of the 2011 Phoenix Award by the Restoration Industry Association (RIA). The award, given for innovation in restoration and reconstruction, was given to the company for its work at …