Above: See storm damage to Bay Head s dunes.
Five New Jersey counties were made eligible for federal aid Wednesday following the White House s issue of a major disaster declaration for the winter storm of Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
The declaration to New Jersey will enable communities in Cape May, Morris, Ocean, Sussex and Warren counties to cost-share storm expenses with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for work including emergency repairs and facility replacements.
The winter storm dumped snow across New Jersey and brought pounding waves to the Jersey Shore, where the rough surf carved out beaches and dunes that towns depend on for flood protection and summer tourism.
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Amethyst Beach Motel owner John Fernicola has resisted the Borough of Point Pleasant Beach s efforts to acquire his 40-room motor lodge and 1.5 acres surrounding it.Courtesy of John Fernicola
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Not for John Fernicola.
Fernicola is the motel owner from Point Pleasant Beach who’s been in the news lately because the borough wants to take his property through eminent domain and turn the site into a parking lot.
The motel has sparked numerous calls to the police. Members of the Borough Council are arguing that acquiring the site through eminent domain would rid the town of a perennial trouble spot.
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The rate of increase in the number of coronavirus cases has slowed in Ocean County. Take a look at town-by-town counts. (Shutterstock)
OCEAN COUNTY, NJ The increase in Ocean County s coronavirus case rate slowed again, after a few weeks of a spike in cases
(see town-by-town totals below).
Ocean County recorded 63,752 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 999 cases, or 1.59 percent, from April 16, when 62,753 cases were reported.
Variants of the virus that spread more quickly have played some part in the increase in cases.
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The New Jersey Department of Health s most recent COVID-19 Activity Level Report, issued Thursday for the week ending April 17, shows most of the state remains in the orange high risk zone, with a rate of 10 to 25 cases per 100,000 people.