Belmar

Governor Chris Christie believes the decision of whether shore towns want to rebuild or retreat should fall on the municipalities and homeowners rather than the government.

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The first wooden pylon is in Belmar's beach, signifying the beginning of the borough's new boardwalk.

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A Jersey shore town says it won't use tropical rain forest wood to rebuild a boardwalk destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.

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Staying on course for his projection to have Belmar open for tourism business by Memorial Day, Mayor Matt Doherty schedules groundbreaking to restore the borough's boardwalk for this Wednesday. And, Governor Christie will join the dignitaries in hard hats and shiny shovels.

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Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty is back in New Jersey after spending several days in Pass Christian Mississippi to learn about how the similarly sized town recovered after Hurricane Katrina.

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Even if you never go to the beach, the rebuilding of the New Jersey shore and its boardwalk businesses is directly related to how much you will pay in taxes.

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Belmar's had a boardwalk every summer since 1875, says Mayor Matt Doherty, and he doesn't intend the summer of 2013 to be the first without it.

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Superstorm Sandy annihilated the Belmar Boardwalk. Now there are plans to rebuild it. The money has to come somewhere. Rather than raising taxes for residents in the Borough, it may soon cost you more to access the beach, especially next next season.

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Folks who haven't seen their properties off the Ocean County mainland are gradually being given limited access, but the decisions are municipal and not blanket policies.

As noted elsewhere in our news section, Brick Township is carting island dwellers by school buses over the Mantoloking Bridge, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, with a schedule that continues through next Monday

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