Confusing bureaucracy, a lack of clear guidelines, contradictory information and scant money for rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy were just some of the issues that New Jersey homeowners raised during a meeting with Sen. Robert Menendez on Monday. Menendez met with …
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie drew applause by bashing the federal flood insurance program at a town hall in a community hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. The governor is also complaining about the federal bureaucracy that he says is delaying …
Monmouth County’s Superstorm Sandy fraud task force has closed its office in the county’s Bayshore region. In the year since opening, the New Jersey task force has reviewed 232 cases. About 92 cases were referred to the county’s consumer affairs …
Authorities say a vacant Jersey Shore home damaged by Superstorm Sandy was destroyed by a fire that then spread to a neighboring residence that also was impacted by the storm. No injuries were reported in the two Toms River fires, …
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed an order to allow the state to knock down homes and other buildings left dilapidated by Superstorm Sandy. He set aside $15 million in federal storm aid to pay for the program as …
Overall satisfaction among homeowners who filed a property claim improves for the second consecutive year, according to the J.D. Power 2014 Property Claims Satisfaction Study. While it has been more than 16 months since Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast, its …
The National Park Service is making $1.5 million available for owners of historic properties that sustained damaged when Hurricane Sandy lashed Virginia in October 2012. The grant money is available to private property owners, organizations or local governments. The properties …
The captain of a replica 18th-century sailing ship that sank off North Carolina in Superstorm Sandy made a reckless decision to sail the HMS Bounty into the hurricane’s well-forecast path, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Monday. The three-masted wooden …
New Jersey residents will be able to comment at three public hearings next week on the state’s plans to spend more than $1.4 billion in Superstorm Sandy recovery aid. The state is holding hearings Tuesday at Stockton University in Galloway …
Restoring housing and shoring up critical infrastructure will be the focus of how New Jersey spends its next round of Superstorm Sandy relief money. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said Monday that its plans to spend $1.46 billion in federal storm …