Superstorm Sandy

Listen to Townsquare Tonight: One of Ocean County's longest serving freeholders takes over as the board's director this year and believes the county is ready to embrace the challenges ahead because of its strong financial footing...

As more and more towns question or even opt out of the state's dune replenishment plan, one Toms River community is proposing a storm protection alternative. Ortley Beach Voters and Taxpayers Association President Paul Jeffrey says his community has concerns about the state's plan...

A home improvement specialist in Hazlet awaits court proceedings for theft, accused of taking $120,000 toward rebuilding a Superstorm-battered home in Union Beach but never starting the job.

State lawmakers are hoping to get Congress and the U.S. Justice Department to investigate Superstorm Sandy related insurance claims. Shore 10th district lawmakers State Senator Jim Holzapfel, Assemblyman Dave Wolfe and Assemblyman Greg McGuckin introduced resolutions requesting Congress to conduct a probe and hearing to determine if flood insurance companies are revising engineering reports to den

Superstorm-afflicted homeowners beating their heads against a flood-insurance wall can expect some relief soon.

The former owner of a used-car lot in Old Bridge can expect to spend three years in prison for palming off Superstorm-damaged cars on unwitting buyers.

The Little Egg Harbor branch of Ocean County Library, 290 Mathistown Rd., will host Volunteer Lawyers for Justice: Disaster Response Program 10 a.m. to noon during Mondays in December. Common legal issues related to Superstorm Sandy include: • Insurance • FEMA • Landlord/Tenant Issues • Contract Disputes • Grants • Bankruptcy/Foreclosures. ...

Two years after Sandy, Disaster Case Managers continue to work behind the scenes to help restore the lives disrupted by the Superstorm.

On the two year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy Toms River Mayor Thomas Kelaher held up a photo showing the destruction within the Township immediately after the storm. "We stopped in the road and we looked at all of this and we said 'where do you even start to begin where to clean this up?'."

Two years ago today, many of us were getting ready. We knew Sandy was on the way. But we had no way to know what we'd be waking up to the next day.