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WINTERS
LAST GASP!

FRIDAY 03.06.15

(WE HOPE)
Seasons biggest storm
leads to crashes, closings
and for some fun

FEMA agrees
to evaluate
Sandy claims
JEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLE

Sandy victims who say they received paltry flood insurance settlements because of fraudulently altered
engineering reports or poor practices by engineers or
insurance companies will now have their claims reviewed by FEMA.
The decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is a victory for homeowners who have
complained about meager flood and homeowners insurance settlements that made rebuilding difficult, if not
impossible.
Its been well over two years since Sandy struck,
but sadly the pain and suffering lingers for families
struggling to rebuild their lives, said Sen. Robert Menendez, who first announced the decision. The fight
for justice and fairness for Sandy victims is far from
over. I will hold FEMAs feet to the fire until every single Sandy survivor gets what they are entitled to and
critical reforms are enacted to ensure this never happens again to disaster victims.
See FEMA, Page A4

ABOVE: PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Above: Alex Nicols of Long Branch is all smiles Thursday as he sleds the Glenwood Cemetery hill in West Long Branch.
Below: A truck overturned during the storm on Route 70 in Brick.

TODD B. BATES AND ANDREW FORD

@TODDBBATESAPP AND @ANDREWFORDNEWS

ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO

A Mantoloking home that washed into Barnegat Bay during

superstorm Sandy is seen in early 2013.

hursdays snowstorm the 17th and biggest of the

season had a major impact in New Jersey, but it
may be winters last gasp.
It dumped up to 8 inches of snow in Monmouth
and Ocean counties as of late Thursday afternoon,
leading to numerous accidents, power outages,
widespread school and government closings and
sports cancellations.
Long Branch police officers delivered a baby girl on the
side of a road during Thursdays storm. And in one accident,
a tractor-trailer jack-knifed on Route 18 in Marlboro, spilling fuel from a ruptured tank and shutting down the southbound lanes for more than two hours. No one was injured.
This is the biggest storm of the season as far as snow
totals go statewide, said David A. Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist. When you consider the broad extent of the state, this may be an impressive last gasp of
winter.
Unlike the late January blizzard that never materialized

To see a
video of
sledders in
Point Pleasant

galleries and more,

Efforts to rescue
Mater Dei get a
big push forward

visit

JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVEN

Borough, scan the QR

code. For more snow
day videos, photo

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The Diocese of Trenton approved Mater Dei Preps

plan to become private a significant step toward saving the Catholic high school from closure in June.
Under the plan, Mater Dei Prep would no longer fall
under the auspices of St. Mary Parish in Middletown.
Instead, it would be governed by a board of directors
and a school president assuming supporters raise
enough money to keep it open.
According to a memo circulated late Thursday afternoon by The Seraphs Fund, the 501(c)(3) foundation
formed last month to raise the $1million needed to keep
the 50-year-old school open, Ecclesiastical guidance
will continue from the Diocese of Trenton. Both the
board and the president will work in conjunction with
the endowment team at The Seraphs Fund to ensure
Mater Dei Prep is governed with complete financial
transparency.
Randy MacDonald, a Mater Dei class of 1974 gradu-

See SNOW, Page A6

INSIDE
Press on Your
Side: Avoid snow
plow scams. A7
For runners at
the Shore, this
has been a winter to forget. A7
Photo spread of
Shore snow day
scenes. A10
BOB BIELK/STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHER

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