To the Editor:

I am a lifelong area resident who grew up on LBI from 1967 to 1985. I recently moved back to the area and chose to live in Beach Haven West. My home was affordable shortly after Superstorm Sandy and it remains an old-school, two-story home on an oversized natural stone lot.

I have chosen to keep it that way to help allow water to run off and so far, with the exception of a few high tides, we have had no issue with flooding in the yard despite the severity and frequency of recent thunderstorms,…

October 2, 2019