Christie said most New Jerseyans don't "really mind" the fee because they have beautiful beaches to sit on and ocean water that's the cleanest it's been in recent history.
Fed up with what they say is fraud, delays and denials with Sandy-related flood insurance claims, the group Stop FEMA Now on Thursday takes its fight to Washington, D.C., backed by more than 200 homeowners from New Jersey and New York.
Beach replenishment is critical to New Jersey's $43 billion tourism industry, and most of that is due to people visiting the beaches, U.S. Rep Frank LoBiondo says.
Another attempt to steal superstorm Sandy relief money ended badly for a South Jersey woman who pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying about her primary residence to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency out of about $20,000.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doesn't plan on caving to beach communities along the Jersey Coast seeking to tailor its federal dune project to meet municipality's individual storm protection needs.
The Clarion Hotel in West Atlantic City is transitioning in to the Atrium Apartments at Egg Harbor, a project mandated to satisfy the state’s obligation for affordable housing.