Hurricane Sandy

Stunning Video of Mantoloking Breach, Reconstruction Effort

'Miracle of Route 35' video released by engineering firm that oversaw the closing of the Mantoloking breach

Arora and Associates, a Lawrenceville-based consulting civil and structural engineering firm, released a video Wednesday that contains stunning footage of the Mantoloking breach created by Superstorm Sandy. The video chronicles the efforts of the company's employees to engineer a solution to closing the breach, shoring up the island and rebuilding Route 35 and the base of the Mantoloking Bridge intersection.

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Betty Ann Fuller

10:05 am on Monday, April 15, 2013

@ MEB: agreed, especially those who used this route to get the trains from BayHead or PPB.   more ›

VIDEO: High Winds, Heavy Surf, Preparations at Oceanfront

Shore prepares for yet another blow

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Colonia Man ID'd as Man Who Died in Boating Crash

Eric Kim died when his boat and "No Surrender" crashed

A man from the Colonia section of Woodbridge died after his boat and another boat collided on the ocean off Long Branch, state police said on Monday morning. Eric Kim, 31, died after his boat was struck off Long Branch by "No Surrender," a 38-foot boat piloted by Thomas Oloughlin, 44, of Princeton, on Saturday afternoon, said Sgt. Brian Polite. Kim's passenger, Soo Lee, 34, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, suffered cuts, but was not seriously injured, Polite said. Polite said police are not releasing the names of the passengers aboard "No Surrender," but did say that the pilot and passengers were not injured. Kim may have originally been taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune for head injuries. He was later pronounced dead at …

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Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: Nearly 247,000 Without Power in Ocean and Monmouth

Outages to increase as Sandy barrels towards the Shore

Update, 6 p.m.: Outages have reached 126,739 in Ocean County and 120,000 in Monmouth County. --- There are nearly 24,000 reported power outages in Monmouth and Ocean counties as of early Monday afternoon, according to a Jersey Central Power & Light map. As of early Monday afternoon, there were 23,559 outages reported in Monmouth and Ocean. However, there was no way to immediately learn if some without power have not reported it yet because they may have no means of communication without electricity. But according to the information available, the highest number of outages in one town in the two counties was Middletown, with 6,869. Another town with a high number of reported outages was Berkeley in southern Ocean County with 1,848. …

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Hurricane Sandy

Point Pleasant Beach: Stay Out of Town!

Police ask that people stay away from beach and boardwalk

Point Pleasant Beach police are strongly urging that people not come to town to look at the ocean or Manasquan Inlet. "We seem to be having an influx of people coming into town in order to look at the ocean and inlet," said Detective Pat Petruzziello early Sunday afternoon. He said police are strongly urging people "to not come into town for this purpose as we are in the midst of a mandatory evacuation." The police are currently working on getting residents and visitors east of the NJ Transit train tracks, on Arnold Avenue and Route 35 north, out of town as quickly as possible and by a 4 p.m. deadline at the latest. For the residents east of the tracks who are still in their homes, police are issuing the following reminder: "The Point …

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Point Beach Workers Save 3 Trapped in Inlet Rocks Thurs. Night

Police, fire and first aid work together to save a woman, a man and a boy

Point Beach police, fire and first aid responders worked in the cold, rising tide of the Manasquan Inlet waters Thursday night to save a woman and a boy who had tried to save her himself. Maureen Bush, 29, Manchester, fell between sharp, craggy rocks into the inlet water, and Daniel Reinhardt, 16, who had tried to save her, are both OK after being rescued by the emergency responders, said Police Detective Clint Daniel. "The 16-year-old boy was fantastic and should be commended," Daniel said at police headquarters Thursday night. "He tried to get her out, but it was just too slippery. Everyone worked together and did a great job." Daniel said the incident should be a wake-up call to everyone to never go on the inlet rocks, which are …

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Time To Take the Plunge: Seaside Heights' Polar Bear Plunge Tops $1 Million in Donations

Large scale event draws thousands, raises funds for Special Olympics

Cold, wet, winter sand gathers around bare feet, and then, the final moments: the countdown. Suddenly, what sounds like a battle cry erupts from the beach, and thousands charge into the ocean (some, though, charge more timidly than others). It's February. The Atlantic Ocean is approximately 44 degrees. And it's one of the more crowded beach days of the year for Seaside Heights. The Polar Bear Plunge has already raised $1.065 million, which is more than last year, the day before the event. Thousands don swim suits and costumes and splash around, while tens of thousands more gawk from the boardwalk, or stand nearby with warm towels to throw around their shivering brethren. The day has no equal, said Thomas McGovern, one of the top …

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Forget the Stereotypes, Jersey's Beaches are Pristine

National report from environmental group finds Garden State's beaches are among the nation's cleanest

Not even Snooki and the gang could get in the way of the facts. New Jersey's beaches are among the nation's cleanest, according to a report out this week. But one local beach along Barnegat Bay was still singled out for its nagging pollution issues. The Natural Resources Defense Council issued its Annual Beach Report yesterday, just in time for the Independence Day holiday. The report shows that the nation's beaches saw the second-highest number of closing and advisory days in more than two decades last year, but New Jersey had among the lowest number of closings, along with the Delmarva region and the southeast. More good news came in the form of water contamination - or, specifically, a lack of it. New Jersey beaches were the second-…

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VIDEO: Thousands 'Plunge' Into Chilly Ocean in Seaside Heights

Event benefits the Special Olympics

Organizers of the 18th annual Seaside Heights Polar Bear Plunge, a fundraiser that benefits the Special Olympics of New Jersey, said more than 5,000 people took a  swim on Saturday. Thousands more cheered from the beach as friends, relatives and co-workers braved chilly ocean temperatures to help support the cause.

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Ocean County Pledges $4.7M for Social Services

Freeholders award 19 contracts to cover a number of services

A $4.77 million social service safety net for senior citizens, juveniles and the mentally ill is being spread this week in Ocean County, with the awarding of 19 contracts by the county's freeholders. Senior citizen nutrition and socialization programs delivered by Community Services Inc. of Ocean County, Lakewood, will cost $2.54 million. That includes $1.09 million for weekday home delivered meals, $121,479 to provide them on weekends, and $782,173 for meals for the elderly served at nutrition sites around the county. Another $508,583 will be spent by the same agency for socialization efforts. The bulk of the money for those programs comes from the federal Older Americans Act. Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari said 220,000 home delivered meals …

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