Tuesday, April 30, 2013
'It is ridiculous to be paying this much in taxes and nobody cares,' said W.L. Bill Allen Jr.
Montclair resident W.L. Bill Allen Jr. is reminded daily of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy every time he looks at his backyard. Six months after the superstorm ripped through Montclair, wreaking havoc along the East Coast, a large tree branch reaching as tall as the home's second-story windows still rests on the roof of a sun room in Allen's backyard. Littered around the large limb are myriad tree stumps — some weighing more than 100 pounds. Allen’s backyard is adjacent to the Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve in Upper Montclair. Pointing to a jagged tree only a few steps away from his property line in the wildlife preserve last week, Allen said the tree limb on his home fell during Hurricane Sandy and is the township’s property…
Thursday, March 21, 2013
NJ Spotlight provides this handy interactive map detailing storm damage and costs in New Jersey.
The vast majority of those impacted by super storm Sandy last October was businesses. NJ Spotlight recently released an interactive map detailing storm damage and cost estimates broken down by municipality. In Montclair there were 2,300 businesses impacted compared to only 28 homes. Of the homes that were damaged in town, 15 had minor damage costing up to $8,000, 12 had major damage costing up to $28,800 and one had severe damage costing more than $28,800, according to the report. There was additionally one rental unit that sustained minor damage. Nearly 87,000 housing units were damaged statewide, of which about 12,500 sustained major damage or were destroyed. NJ Spotlight is an issue-driven news website that provides critical …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Legislators get tour of Shore destruction
Members of New Jersey's General Assembly toured Ocean County communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy Thursday. The tour, led by State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes, along with local officials, gave lawmakers and members of the press an up-close look at what Sandy left behind – including the remnants of the Seaside Heights boardwalk and the now-iconic Jet Star roller coaster, which dropped from Casino Pier to the ocean during the storm. Casino Pier will be repaired in what is estimated to be a $45 million project, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said, and the roller coaster will be removed from the ocean floor. However it is unlikely that Funtown Pier in neighborhing Seaside Park will be rebuilt. Though there was …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The George Inness Annex received extensive roof damage, which will total between $40,000 to $50,000 to repair.
The Montclair School District is expecting to get a bill for more than $100,000 to repair damage done by Super Storm Sandy, according to early estimates. Interim Business Administrator Nick Puleio said on Monday that the district is still evaluating the cost for repairs of the storm that knocked out power to several schools and canceled classes for more than a week, but he believed the final number will be at least six figures. Nonetheless, Puleio said the storm could have been worse. “Most of the buildings seem to have held up pretty well,” he said. Puleio reported that most of the damage from the storm was inflicted to the district’s infrastructure and school roofs. Four buildings sustained roof damage: Edgemont and Bradford …
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11:08 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013
I agree, perhaps this is the way a women would have handled it in the first place :) more ›