The Superstorm Sandy disaster and recovery on Long Beach Island, as chronicled for seven months by the staff of The SandPaper. Part 5.

The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, only slightly damaged by the storm, invited the public to Loveladies for a Friday, Nov. 16 “Relax, Recover, Rebuild” social, with free food and music from Maryann Haug and Chuck Paul. “Perhaps we were mostly spared for a reason.