July 29, 2014
A new GPS-based app is telling the story about the damage done by Superstorm Sandy to Seaside Park and the work that continues to get back to normal. NJ.com reports that the “Boardwalk Stories from Sandy” app launched last week. …
July 23, 2014
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney says newly released reports on the state’s biggest Superstorm Sandy recovery projects are not detailed enough. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration released its first integrity monitor reports last week, more than 16 months after Christie …
July 15, 2014
Officials of a Rockland County town along the Hudson River say nine homes that remain boarded up after Superstorm Sandy will be demolished. About 120 homes along Stony Point’s shore were flooded. Most have been restored or demolished. Now, Town …
July 10, 2014
Dozens more New Jersey homeowners will be receiving grants to raise their homes above flood level in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie traveled to Keansburg on Monday to announce that 132 more federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program …
July 3, 2014
State authorities say a northern New Jersey hotel will pay $110,000 to resolve claims that the business gouged dozens of customers following Superstorm Sandy. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced the settlement with the Comfort Suites hotel in Mahwah on …
July 1, 2014
A racing sailboat that was nearly destroyed during Superstorm Sandy has returned to the water in style. The Sinn Fein was among about 30 boats stowed at the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy, N.J., when the storm hit. It …
June 27, 2014
Environmentalists say New Jersey’s proposed new rules for coastal development would place more people and property at risk from future storms like Superstorm Sandy. At the first of three public hearings on the proposed changes Wednesday night, representatives of some …
June 18, 2014
Connecticut’s largest city is getting $10 million from the federal government to help protect it against another superstorm like Sandy in 2012. Bridgeport officials told the Connecticut Post that the money will be used to engineer strategies to protect the …
June 17, 2014
The main reason a replica 18th century ship sank during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 was because the captain and management of the HMS Bounty made a bad decision to sail into the storm, a U.S. Coast Guard report said Thursday, …
June 10, 2014
Lou Szabo’s street near the Raritan River has flooded for as long as he can remember. “When we were kids, we used to have boat races down the street,” said Szabo, now in his 40s. “We’d jump into inner tubes …