Mantoloking News

"We got hit bad because the ocean washed through ...if they build up the dunes, wea ll never get that kind of surge again."

Elevation Saved Mantoloking Home: Elevating his home when it was built 30 years ago, saved Ed Wright's Mantoloking home when the ocean met the bay the the foot of the Mantoloking Bridge during Superstorm Sandy.

Superstorm Sandy's level of devastation across the Jersey Shore became a wake-up call about beachfront protection to officials, so much so that towns are about to spend several million in taxpayer dollars to bolster their fragile shores.

Mantoloking chases flooding solution: Mantoloking may have found what it needs to help minimize flooding in the borough that Sandy made vulnerable.

While areas such as Mantoloking , Ortley Beach and Long Beach Island grapple with easement holdouts for beach restoration projects, here in Manasquan and Belmar the issue is a moot point.

Mantoloking was among the towns worst hit by Superstorm Sandy. Dozens of homes there are still unaccounted for.

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Ruben J. Ramos, Jr., Grace L. Spencer and Timothy J. Eustace to assist homeowners in building stronger, smarter, more storm-resistant home was released by an Assembly panel on Monday.

Jersey beaches have opened more than six months after post-tropical cyclone Sandy caused unprecedented damage to the shore region.

Lance White , Mantoloking, helps Peter VanSciver raise a new American flag above Van Sciver's property at Herbert Road and Route 35 in Mantoloking.

These five families put the entire town in jeopardy, Mantoloking officials said Tuesday, by holding out on a needed beach protection project.

For most of the Mid-Atlantic coastline on Oct. 29, 2012, the wind came first, then the water.

Steady rain will continue to soak the tri-state area overnight and a flash flood warning will remain in effect through Saturday afternoon as the remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea hit the East Coast.

Crews from state contractor CrowderGulf have started the process of returning sand that flowed into Barnegat Bay during Superstorm Sandy to Brick Township's beachfront.

The 84-year-old Mantoloking resident was staying with family as emergency officials and contractors tried to repair the breaches Hurricane Sandy sliced through her hometown.

Or maybe you can't get online with DSL and you live in the middle of New York City, in the borough of Manhattan.

It's been a busy month in Toms River and the surrounding area. Below are the top ten most-clicked on Toms River Patch stories of May, listed in reverse order.

Governor Chris Christie and President Barack Obama have each told residents and consumers across the country that the Jersey shore is open for business this summer, but that's not true everywhere along the coast.

The beach replenishment project that will include engineered dunes and rebuilt ocean beaches between Manasquan and Barnegat inlets has been included in a list of projects the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has submitted to Congress for 2013.

THERE IS a huge rush to restore the Jersey Shore by summer. Everyone wants the coast to be what it was before Superstorm Sandy destroyed it.

Former Galloway Township Clerk Lisa Tilton has been appointed to a temporary, part-time administrative assistant position in Mantoloking.