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, …
As Jersey shore towns spend millions to rebuild boardwalks wrecked by Superstorm Sandy, some are opting for an additional layer of protection in the form of steel sea walls placed between the boards and the shoreline. The idea is to …
Since Superstorm Sandy smashed the Jersey shore, owners of flood-damaged homes along the New Jersey coast feared something else might happen to their properties, sitting vacant and largely unwatched. Those fears came true for a dozen homeowners Wednesday morning in …
The lifeguards had gone home, but the sun was still strong, the temperature was still high and the three 17-year-olds from northwestern New Jersey still wanted to swim. So Craig Szot, Michelle Hennelly and Kevin Reidinger ran into the surf, …
The Jersey Shore area can expect growth and more flooding in the not-so-distant future, experts say. It’s a hazardous mix that can lead to increased property damage and stormwater pollution, harming ecological and economic gems such as Barnegat Bay, barrier …