New Jersey officials have completed buyouts of eight homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy in South River as its program to buy and demolish storm-prone properties continues.
Officials in the historic Monmouth County community of Ocean Grove is hoping to have its Sandy destroyed boardwalk repaired by July 4th. According to the Newark Star Ledger, Neptune Township has set a March 6th deadline to accept bids to repair the main section of the privately-owned boardwalk.
With numerous federal beach replenishment projects underway, any remaining unsigned easements from beachfront homeowners will not deter the Army Corps of Engineers.
Thousands of Sandy-impacted New Jerseyans remain on the waitlist for the state's primary rebuilding grant through the federal government, but a bunch of them may be waiting for absolutely nothing.
While the recovery from Superstorm Sandy continues, Memorial Day will be here before you know it and state tourism officials are hoping for a better season than last year.
Gov. Chris Christie, appearing at his first town hall-style meeting since a political payback plot engulfed his administration, heard complaints from residents still displaced by last year's Superstorm Sandy but no gripes from commuters stuck in massive traffic jams manufactured by his aides.