As the spring sun glinted off the Atlantic Ocean at the tiny resort town of Avon-by-the-Sea, a small brown and white dog raced gleefully down the empty beach. “He’s the only one getting anything done,” muttered a scowling hard-hat worker, …
Repair costs for Long Island, N.Y., municipalities hit by Superstorm Sandy could top $520 million. Newsday reports that the bill reflects the most recent estimates for the island’s 13 towns, two cities and 10 of its hardest-hit villages. Among the …
Hurricane Sandy has silenced the thousands of slot machines and high-rollers who normally crowd the black jack and roulette tables of Atlantic City, but the resort’s casino companies wager they could be back in business within days. The storm that …