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In Ortley Beach, Memories Of Sandy Drive Effort To Help Ian Victims
Ortley Beach is hosting a concert and a vigil Saturday to mark the storm's 10th anniversary. A documentary on Ortley also is being shown.

Ortley Beach is hosting a concert and a vigil Saturday to mark the storm's 10th anniversary. A documentary on Ortley also is being shown.

Here are some hard lessons from one of the worst storms New Jersey has ever seen, according to eight experts from Rutgers University.
"The Jersey Storm: Sandy in Monmouth County,” a film commissioned by the County Clerk's Office, premieres Friday at Monmouth University.
Orange and Rockland, which supplies about 50% of electricity to Wyckoff, stepped up disaster response efforts after Hurricane Sandy.
The storm changed the face of the Jersey Shore and changed lives all over NJ. Patch takes a look back for the 10th anniversary of the storm.
A seasonal Sandy Hook park ranger entered the national park the morning right after the storm, and he will never forget what he saw:
Superstorm Sandy caused some of the worst hurricane-related damage to ever hit New Jersey. Morris County remembers that period.
Morris County has come a long way since Superstorm Sandy ten years ago, thanks to improved communications and infrastructure.
Billions of gallons of wastewater spilled into Newark Bay. There's a plan to stop it from happening again – but not everyone's on board.
Superstorm Sandy was predicted to hit NJ four days before it made landfall. It caused flooding and deaths long before reaching the Shore.
Sandy remains the number one storm in terms of outages in PECO’s history, officials said.
“Five days without power and we didn’t have a generator,” an Easttown resident recalls.
Through the darkness came the hopeful words of Bucks County’s LisaBeth Weber singing about the hundreds of linemen who restored our power.
Rebuilding Together Bergen Co. helped 225 low-income families recover from Hurricane Sandy by offering free home repairs and improvements.
Ten years ago, Sandy struck, permanently changing the lives of those in Ocean County. Berkeley looks back on that time.
Sandy wreaked havoc on Lacey and the surrounding areas. But it was kindness from volunteers that helped the community rebuild.
Princeton Borough and Township saw power outages, flooding & the death of a longtime resident as Superstorm Sandy hit NJ 10 years ago.
On Sandy's 10-year anniversary, Yardley reflects on losing power, avoiding flooding, and finishing a task no matter Mother Nature's wrath.
Amid power outages and storm damage, the Lunch Break social services agency in Red Bank filled a need for warmth, food and community.
Historic marinas in Red Bank - Monmouth Boat Club, Irwin Marine - saw significant flooding after Superstorm Sandy, but got back on course.
After Superstorm Sandy wiped out power for 16 days, Warren Township worked to become better prepared for future storms to come.
Nick Honachefsky is among the untold numbers whose journey to return home after Superstorm Sandy has been fraught with challenges.
From setting up a kitchen for the displaced to clean-up that lasted months, South Brunswick remembers Superstorm Sandy 10 years later.
With improved communications and infrastructure, Summit has come a long way since Superstorm Sandy hit 10 years ago.
The Merion Fire Company of Ardmore and Ardmore Rotary made sure impacted residents got much needed supplies 10 years ago.
Crisis-level flooding. Widespread power outages. A prison escape. Election season chaos. Take a look back on Sandy’s impact in Newark.
Bohemian Raspberry served as a way station for residents during Superstorm Sandy. Now ten years later, the shop will shutter for good.
These two bait 'n tackle shop owners really are 'Jersey Strong,' as Sandy devastated their business a decade ago, and they built back alone:
The historic hurricane knocked out power for almost a million customers in PECO's service area 10 years ago.
After two failed attempts to get to a hospital in the middle of the storm, Christine Schleppy gave birth to her son in a church gymnasium.