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Christie welcomes Shore-goers back to Belmar on brand new boardwalk

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger
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on May 23, 2013 at 6:45 AM, updated May 23, 2013 at 8:38 AM

Belmar - It’s not life at the Jersey Shore for Mary Hanley if she can’t take her usual strolls on the boardwalk from Spring Lake to Belmar.

So when the Belmar boardwalk, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, officially opened Wednesday to great fanfare, Hanley said she had to be there.

"I’m a walker," said Hanley, who lives in the Greenbriar I adult community in Brick. "When I couldn’t walk on the boardwalk, it was horrible. I felt like a caged animal."

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Sandy-struck museums aim to reopen in Point Pleasant after devastating losses

Tuesday, May 07th, 2013

By Mark Di Ionno/Star-Ledger Columnist
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on May 07, 2013 at 7:00 AM, updated May 07, 2013 at 7:10 AM

POINT PLEASANT — They are sister museums in spirit and space.

The New Jersey Museum of Boating and the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey, shared members, a building and a mission to honor the memory and craftsmanship like wooden hulls and spoke wheels.

"It was a tremendous marriage between the two," said Steve Zboyan, curator and treasure of the car side.

The wedding, so to speak, became official last Sept. 15, the day of the car museum’s grand opening.

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Crane rips apart Mantoloking house in Barnegat Bay

Thursday, May 02nd, 2013

By Erin O'Neill/The Star-Ledger
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on May 02, 2013 at 10:36 AM, updated May 02, 2013 at 2:02 PM

The 2.2-mile borough has been working with oceanfront homeowners to get easements allowing the Army Corp of Engineers to build an engineered dune system along the coastline.
Nebel said that the borough has 128 oceanfront properties and so far has 115 easements .

He said he expected the other 13 easements to come in soon.

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Feds approve New Jersey's plan to spend $1.8 billion in Sandy aid

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

By Erin O'Neill/The Star-Ledger
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on April 29, 2013 at 1:07 PM, updated April 29, 2013 at 6:03 PM

HIGHLANDS — Marking six months since Hurricane Sandy’s landfall on the Jersey Shore, officials announced today that the federal government has signed off on more than $1.8 billion in aid to help residents recover from the Oct. 29 storm.

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