1. Belmar Protecting the Rainforest with its Boardwalk, Receives N.J. Sierra Club Praise
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of global climate change and the impacts from severe weather. There is no sustainable way to harvest Ipe and there are no certified programs to do so. The Governor and FEMA should not allow tropical woods ...

2. Binge Drinking Often Overlooked Among Young Women, High School Girls
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A somewhat unnoticed problem among women and high school-aged girls is a high rate of binge drinking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

3. Hypocrites in Congress: Here's a List of 37 Obstructionists
(Opinion/Commentary)

... applauded FEMA flooding relief. 5. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH): Asked for disaster relief after storms. 6. Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX): Asked President George W. Bush to approve disaster relief after storms ...

4. Sandy Relief Aid infighting: Only $9 Billion Approved; Talk of 'Pork' Projects takes Center Stage
(U.S./Nation)

... the bill was badly needed because the National Flood Insurance Program is on the verge of running out of money. The Daily Record reported that FEMA says nearly 140,000 flooding claims worth $1.7 billion ...

5. Sandy Aid Bill Blocked; Jersey Congressmen Deplore GOP Decision
(N.J./State)

... The delay compounds the disaster. “It has been said, ‘Well, FEMA has some money already in their account that will last for many weeks.’  But we’re not just talking about FEMA.  We’re talking ...

6. Fighting Insurance Companies over the Definition of a Basement
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM When is a basement not a basement? When it doesn’t meet the National Flood Insurance Program definition of a basement. Jersey City resident Patrick Donnelly filed ...

7. Sex Discrimination? Firing of 'Irresistible' Woman Employee is Legal, says All-Male Court
(Life/Style)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A dentist is within his legal rights to fire a female assistant whose looks tempted him to have an affair, according to an all-male Iowa Supreme Court. Dr. James ...

8. Young Child Stabbed Multiple Times in Newark
(N.J./State)

...  The child was rushed to University Hospital where he remains in critical condition. In the second incident, the body of an unidentified black female was found this morning on Newton Street. This woman ...

9. Senators argue 'One Dark Thirty' inaccurate, overdramatized
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in collaboration with CIA insiders.  According to Mail Online, Director Kathryn Bigelow focuses on the role of a junior female CIA analyst named Maya in the account, who is played by Jessica ...

10. Explosive Situation Averted in N.J.? Teen Arrested after Cops find Bomb-Making Materials
(N.J./State)

... He was released to his mother. In Linwood, N.J. a 15-year old female at Mainland Regional High School was charged with using text messages to make threats around the school.  She has been charged ...

11. flaws in FEMA maps
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The new FEMA maps are not based on the best science and data. They do not consider Sandy storm surge elevations or the effects of sea level risk, climate change, and extreme weather, as mandated under ...

12. First wave of FEMA housing trailers arrive in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM South Jersey has seen the first sign of FEMA’s assistance over the weekend. On Saturday morning the first of the temporary housing units from FEMA arrived ...

13. Screen Actors Guild spreads the most love to Les Miserables, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook
(Entertainment/Movies)

... nominees are Javier Bardem (SkyFall), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master) and Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln). In the female category we’re betting Oscar gold is between Sally ...

14. Drop Dead, Jersey! N.J. GOP Congressman audaciously threatens to deny N.J. Aid from Sandy
(N.J./State)

... for Congress to look at them, and to also look for what I was asking for, that we never got with Katrina, and that was some degree of accountability. You remember all the stories about the FEMA trailers, ...

15. The monumental task to help the homeless: Jersey, FEMA to expand temporary housing for storm victims
(N.J./State)

In response to a housing need unlike any New Jersey has before encountered, the Christie Administration expanded a multi-faceted housing strategy with the support of FEMA to provide additional resources ...

16. Poor Sandy organization prevented FEMA responders from helping
(N.J./State)

BY GINA G. SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Some FEMA workers deployed to the Garden State before Hurricane Sandy made landfall say they were stalled for days before assignments were handed out; claiming ...

17. Christie 'humbled' by Sandy and some inconvenient political truths on the Daily Show
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY The gargantuan governor of the Garden State, or simply "Hurricane Super Fleece," brought his brash, Joisey-guy style to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ...

18. Pallone Criticizes FEMA Response to Temporary Housing Needs for Sandy Victims
(N.J./State)

BY FRANK PALLONE, JR. Following an afternoon conference call with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released a statement today voicing his concern ...

19. Fort Monmouth renovations underway to house Hurricane Sandy victims
(N.J./State)

... housing could be made readily available depending on the growing needs of New Jersey residents and an evaluation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The base, which is not far from some ...

20. Belmar looks to up beach badge fees to help pay $20 million for new boardwalk
(N.J./State)

... for missing completion dates, and financial incentives to finish the boardwalk ahead of schedule. The town expects to have 75 percent of its costs reimbursed by FEMA. Governor Chris Christie said, ...