Governor Chris Christie (R) and New Jersey U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D) joined local officials for a ribbon-cutting celebration on Wednesday that marked the official reopening of Belmar's 1.3 mile boardwalk.
Environmentalists are trying to dissuade a Jersey shore town from using tropical rain forest wood to rebuild a boardwalk destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
It wasn’t very long ago that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that parts of the famed Coney Island Boardwalk would not be reconstructed with wood, but with cement.
It was pretty unthinkable at the time.
Growing up as I did in Brooklyn, and relishing trips to the beach, you’d always look forward to walking under the boardwalk, where the sand was cool…just before hitting the Sahara of the beach
Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty called in to Jim's show this morning to discuss the new campaign to assist in the rebuilding of the 1.2 miles of Boardwalk that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy.