The deadline for businesses to submit applications for the Stronger NJ Business Grant Program, which provides grants of up to $50,000 to properties damaged by Superstorm Sandy, is Dec. 31.
Some New Jersey tourism experts who testified before the Assembly Tourism and the Arts Committee Thursday, said the state's "Stronger than the Storm" campaign to drive people to the shore after Sandy would have been more helpful if it kicked off earlier.
Tourism promoters say the state's advertising campaign to let people know the Jersey shore was open for business was good, but came too late to save the summer.
An ordinance to allocate $3,784,800 to pay for the cost associated with eminent domain of beach front properties in Toms River has a to a final reading.
After Hurricane Irene and then again after Superstorm Sandy, tens of thousands of New Jersey families were without power for days. A new bill moving through the state legislature could make it easier for those families to know when they can go back home.