Hurricane Sandy

Storm Chronicles: Part 3 - A Neighborhood Transformed

Things have changed since late October, when Sandy slammed into a quiet Bayville neighborhood near the Toms River

My longtime neighbor sits at a table in her dimly-lit kitchen. She is weary and numb. Superstorm Sandy is to blame. At 82, she has decided to sell her much-loved home across the street from the Toms River at a bargain price. She is basically selling the lot in this neighborhood known as Toms River Shores in Bayville. She loves it here. Up until a few years ago, she would routinely trundle her kayak down the street, lug it over the sands of the civic association beach, shove off and paddle blissfully on the river. A gardener extraordinaire, she loved to cultivate trees from cuttings and seeds and putter around in her garden. But those days are suddenly, all too abruptly gone forever. The flood waters swamped her crawlspace, garage and …

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Point Pleasant Man Charged In Hit And Run

Driver of hit-and-run charged with assault by auto and for leaving the scene

A 22-year-old Point Pleasant driver has turned himself into the State Police after allegedly striking a pedestrian on Feb. 16 at the Forked River Service Area on the Garden State Parkway, police said. Justin J. Loverdy, 22, was charged with assault by auto and for leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injuries, Castellanos said. After turning himself in on Feb. 18, he posted bail at $20,000. The victim of the hit-and-run was Joseph Rizzo, 22, of Bayville. Rizzo was left in critical condition after the vehicle struck him at 5:25 p.m. on the northbound side of the rest stop. Loverdy fled south on the Parkway, officials said. Following the accident, Rizzo was flown to the Jersey Shore Regional Trauma Center in Neptune for …

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