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After Sandy’s Surge, a Slow Trickle Back to the Jersey Shore

It may be January, but Jim and Joanne Murphy are excited to get back to the beach – Normandy Beach, N.J., the community they call home. They were among the few residents who returned to the area Monday, the first …

New Jersey Shore Community Hopes Residents Can Return in January

The Jersey shore community where a roller coaster plunged into the ocean, becoming the defining image of Superstorm Sandy, hopes to let its residents move back home in January. Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said Wednesday night that he and …

Irene Tests North Carolina Island’s Evacuation Plan

With Hurricane Irene approaching, evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina early Wednesday in what would be a test of whether people in the crosshairs of what could be the first major storm in years along the …