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South Jersey Road Report for Tuesday, May 21
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:13 pm
Cologne Avenue, Galloway Township: Beginning Tuesday a road project will cause a detour on the avenue between Route 30 and Almond Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through the month of June.
South Jersey Road Report for Tuesday, May 21
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:13 pm
Cologne Avenue, Galloway Township: Beginning Tuesday a road project will cause a detour on the avenue between Route 30 and Almond Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through the month of June.
36 graduate from Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College
Monday, May 20, 2013 4:23 pm
Thirty-six new chefs received medals and certificates at a ceremony Monday at the Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College.
For volunteer EMS technician, saving lives is payment enough
187 x 305Scott Risley, 40, of Galloway Township, is installed recently as corporal with the Great Bay Regional Volunteer EMS in Little Egg Harbor Township.
Everyone Has A Story: For volunteer EMS technician, saving lives is payment enough
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:01 am
It took knowledge and problem-solving skills to be a good computer and network technician, and for many years Galloway Township's Scott Risley liked the work. But when he became a volunteer Emergency Medical Service technician in 2005, he found his true calling.
Little Egg Harbor's displaced still struggling to find place to call home
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:30 am
Inside a one-bedroom apartment in the senior community of Leisure Towne in Southampton, Burlington County, Roy and Jo Anne Bray constantly search for space and patience.
Little Egg Harbor after Hurricane Sandy
Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:24 pm
South Jersey Road Report for Saturday, May 18
Friday, May 17, 2013 8:14 pm
Cologne Avenue, Galloway Township: Beginning Tuesday a road project will cause a detour on the avenue between Route 30 and Almond Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through the month of June.
LEHT Dispalced
730 x 547Roy and Jo Anne Bray, like many residents of the Mystic Islands section of Little Egg Harbor, still are displaced from their home, shown behind them. They are staying in a one-bedroom apartment in Southhampton, Burlington County, that FEMA paid only for four months.
Rowan Graduation List
Friday, May 17, 2013 3:21 pm
New Jersey to use federal funds to buy homes that are flood prone
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:30 am
New Jersey will use $300 million in federal aid to buy out about 1,300 Hurricane Sandy-damaged and flood-prone homes in the state.
Christie announces buy-out program for storm-damaged houses
Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:49 pm
New Jersey will use $300 million in federal aid to buy out about 1,300 Hurricane Sandy-damaged and flood-prone homes in the state.
Gov. Chris Christie said in a news release that the state initially will target houses that have flooded repeatedly, focusing first on about 350 homes along the Delaware Bay in Lawrence Township, Cumberland County and in two Middlesex County towns. The program will target another 300 homes in the frequently flooded Passaic River basin.
“There comes a moment when you just know when Mother Nature is getting the best of you,” Christie said during a town hall meeting Thursday in Sayreville. “We’re putting a pretty quick timeline on this, a very quick timeline for government.”
None of the buyouts will be forced. Homeowners must agree to sell. The program could expand later if there is the demand, Christie said.
The state will operate the buyout program, which would vastly expand the existing Blue Acres program, with offers first coming in July and the first closings expected by Labor Day. The rest of the closings should be complete within one year.
The buyout program will focus on clusters of houses or entire neighborhoods that suffered storm damaged, with the buildings purchased by the state to eventually be demolished and the land turned into open space to absorb future flooding, state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin said in a news release.
“It is up to these communities to make the tough decisions on whether to sell or rebuild,” Martin said in the release. “We understand this is a very personal and difficult decision to make for people who were decimated by Sandy and may have also suffered damage in previous storms, but who still love where they live.”
DEP has created a buyout team to process applications and finalize paperwork quickly, with staff reassigned from other areas of the department to work as case managers and work on the street, said DEP spokesman Larry Hajna. Martin and Christie pledged to make the process as easy and as quick as possible for homeowners.
Previous buyouts in the Blue Acres program have taken “anywhere from a year to two years,” Hajna said. “But we’re definitely working to make this a much quicker process.”
By the end of May, case managers will begin contacting homeowners who have expressed interest in buyouts. Some towns have given lists of interested homeowners to the state, and some homeowners have contacted the Blue Acres Program during the past few months, Hajna said.
In addition to heavy interest in places such as Sayreville and South River, Hajna said the department has received calls from homeowners in Toms River, Brick Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and the Gandy’s Beach section of Downe Township.
Established in 1995, the Blue Acres Program has purchased more than 198 properties for a total cost of $28.7 million, with most of those properties in the Raritan and Passaic River basins, according to DEP statistics. Those areas are home to more than $200 million in repeated flood losses, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency statistics.
New Jersey now ranks third in the amount of National Flood Insurance Program payouts and is fourth in the nation for flood insurance payments for repeatedly flooded properties, according to FEMA statistics.
New York has pledged to use $171 million from its first round of Community Development Block Grant disaster aid to pay for buyouts in that state. New Jersey’s money will come through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and also could come from the CDBG program, Hajna said.
Properties that have suffered storm damage, have been repeatedly flooded or that could act as a land buffer from future flooding are eligible. Property appraisals will begin in June. Homeowners interested in selling homes may contact the Blue Acres Program at 609-984-0500.
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South Jersey Road Report for Thursday, May 16
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:16 pm
Egg Harbor City, Lower Bank Road: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Green Bank Bridge in Mullica Township as an alternate route.
Linwood florist arranges for experienced workers with workshops
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:01 am
LINWOOD - An Atlantic County florist is using his customers' interest in floral design as a recruiting tool in a niche industry where it is especially hard to find experienced help.
Police Blotter
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:01 am
Atlantic City
Everyone Has a Story: Egg Harbor Township woman is known for her fondness for red
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:09 pm
Friends call her the Lady in Red.
South Jersey crabbers fishing old pots out of Great Bay
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:10 am
Braving icy winds, choppy waters and frigid winter temperature, six teams of commercial crabbers have combed the muddy bottom of Great Bay the past few months in search of, well ... trash.
South Jersey Road Report for Tuesday, May 14
Monday, May 13, 2013 11:05 pm
Egg Harbor City, Lower Bank Road: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Green Bank Bridge in Mullica Township as an alternate route.
South Jersey Road Report for Saturday, May 11
Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:01 am
n Egg Harbor City, Lower Bank Road: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Green Bank Bridge in Mullica Township as an alternate route.
Prosecutor directs police to record Ocean County drug overdoses
Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:01 am
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato has directed the county's police departments to report every drug overdose in an effort to stem a rise in heroin abuse by tracking the drug's damaging effects.
Egg Harbor City bans smoking in most city parks
Thursday, May 9, 2013 9:48 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY — Smoking is now illegal in all city parks except Lincoln Park, near the NJ Transit train station.
177th flying missions off coast, but jets may not have been source of booms
Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:53 pm
Despite night flight training off the coast, a spokesman for the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard said he could not confirm the unit's planes were the cause of the booms heard by many South Jersey residents Wednesday night.
South Jersey Road Report for Thursday, May 9
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 8:07 pm
West Avenue and 11th Street, Ocean City: The 1100 block of West Avenue and the 200 block of 11th Street will be closed to traffic between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday due to the dismantling of the water tank.
Calendar of events: A guide to what's going on in the community
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:30 pm
Happenings
South Jersey Road Report for Wednesday, May 8
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 10:12 pm
Lower Bank Road, Egg Harbor City: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Green Bank Bridge in Mullica Township as an alternate route.
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