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Friday, November 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Legislative, Local Officials Seek to Get 'Out in Front' of Sandy Recovery

State agencies, legislators, local officials attend special hearing in Wall

Municipalities throughout the region are looking for answers about how to deal with the lasting impact of superstorm Sandy. State Sen. Robert Singer and Assemblyman Sean Kean (both R-30) provided an opportunity Thursday night for residents to hear directly from relevant agencies at a special hearing attended by local officials at the Wall Municipal Complex. Representatives from FEMA, the Department of Banking and Insurance, the Small Business Administration and others answered questions on topics ranging from how shore towns can rebuild their boardwalks to how more inland towns can afford to clear tons of trees and debris from their roadways. "We really had a concentrated few towns that were impacted to the level where they need to avail …

Mickey Brewster

10:19 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012

I say, let's stage a protest against JCP&L. I know at least 5000 of my immediate neighbors who'd be there. Our goal? Move the GD Substation up the hill! I swear to god. I'm gonna have T-shirts made!   more ›

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Shoreview

The Slow, Sad Song of Snow

Is this the best time of year?

Is the snow season really the happiest season of all? "Sara C." said she didn't get a Brick plow until 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The snow fell on Sunday. Her husband missed three days of work because he was too busy clearing it all out. "What do we pay taxes for?" she wrote. "No one cares about the people who live behind the 7-Eleven off of Chambersbridge Road in Brick." "Kelly," another Brick resident, said she had to walk through four feet of snow drifts to be picked up for work on Midstreams Road. "I saw a plow on the next street over on a plowed road - I begged him to go one street over and plow my road," she said. Did it work? "His plow would not be able to move the snow since it's so high!!!!!!" And it's not just in Brick, where a litany …

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Catherine Galioto

2:16 am on Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Hi Kevin, definitely check out our video and photos from that very intersection among the storm coverage on Toms River Patch. Some stories to check out are here: http://patch.com/A-cS2K | http://patch.com/A-cPlw | http://patch.com/A-cNQH The last one in particular has some great shots of Route 37 and Vaughn.   more ›

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