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Shores top
H.S. basketball
players?
Stephen Edelson shares his list
from the 1960s. Sports, 1C

BLIZZARD 2016

OH NO! MORE SNOW ON WAY

AFTER HISTORIC STORM
Forecasts: Thu.
storm wont be
nearly as bad
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Among sledders enjoying Mondays day off from school near the Ocean Road canal bridge off Route 88 in Point Pleasant are
(from left) Nate Fletcher, 10; Matt Zabilowicz, 11; and his twin brother Logan, all of Point Pleasant.

Dont put away those shovels just yet.

This weekends winter storm was one of the worst
noreasters to hit New Jersey and brought a historic
combination of snow and flooding, weather experts
say.
But more snow may be on the way: Meteorologists are predicting another round of rain and snow
Thursday and Friday; the good news, they say, is that
it wont be anywhere near this weekends massive
storm.
State climatologist David Robinson said this
weekends storm ranks among the 10 most severe noreasters on record, with nearly 2 feet of snow falling
in parts of the state and high tides bringing significant coastal flooding. Robinsons records date back
to the late 1800s.
The noreaster, Robinson said, was historic because its rare that both flooding and snow happen at
such a high magnitude during the same weather
event.
I cant recall one (noreaster) where the two
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AFTER THE STORM

Neptune parents upset by school opening; kids elsewhere
enjoy day off; how area towns fared. Stories, 3A
The noreasters business winners and losers. 4A
South Jersey senator asks Christie to seek disaster aid. 10A

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noreaster and its
aftermath, plus videos and other
storm coverage, on your desktop or
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A Texas grand jury has indicted two of the people who made
undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood staff. 1B
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Dunes are left badly eroded from the weekend storm at the northern end of Normandy Beach in Toms River on Monday.

Surging waves
damaged dunes,
exposed sea wall

Lakewood plow
crews AWOL for
heavy snowfall

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In Ortley Beach, a frontal dune was washed away.

In Brick, the steel wall protecting homes and Route
35 from the oceans surge was exposed after the ocean
scoured away mounds of sand that were piled in front
of it.
In the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, the
ocean clawed away a chunk of beachfront.
The ocean made its way over the wall, said Brick
Mayor John G. Ducey. If we didnt have that steel
wall, any house on the oceanfront would have been destroyed.
The extent of erosion from Saturdays fierce noreaster will not be fully known until the state Department of Environmental Protection completes a beach
survey thats expected to be released today or
Wednesday. But following a coastline tour Monday,
DEP Commissioner Bob Martin, concerned about the

LAKEWOOD - A large percentage of unionized

public works employees failed to show up for work
during the weekends snowstorm, leaving snowplows
sitting idle and snowbound residents and business
owners fuming about the sluggish cleanup.
The no-shows have landed the public works director, Alvin Burdge, in the hot seat. An online petition
drive seeking Burdges ouster was launched on
change.org. Meanwhile, the township manager and
township attorney were conducting interviews with
employees.
There are some personnel issues that are going to
be resolved, Township Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein said Monday.
With the township buried in more than a foot of
snow, the lack of manpower forced the township to
hire private contractors to clear the streets, which

See DAMAGE, Page 10A

See WORKERS, Page 10A

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