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FILE- Mayor Patrick Rosenello stands next to a destroyed section of sand dune in North Wildwood N.J., Jan. 22, 2024.. on April 25, 2024, North Wildwood and the state of New Jersey announced an agreement for an emergency beach replenishment project there to protect the city until a full-blown beach fill can be done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that may still be two years away. Winter storms punched a hole through what is left of the city's eroded dune system, leaving it more vulnerable than ever to destructive flooding. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

Help is coming for a Jersey Shore town that’s losing the man-vs-nature battle on its eroded beaches

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Heavy equipment operators remove old dune fencing and other debris from a badly eroded section of beach in North Wildwood, N.J., Monday, May 22, 2023. The Jersey Shore town, which has been locked in a high-stakes, long-running legal battle with the state of New Jersey over how to protect its beaches while waiting for a federal and state beach replenishment project that is at least two years away, got emergency permission last week from state environmental officials to repair damaged dunes before the start of summer tourism season this weekend. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Emergency beach repairs start in New Jersey town amid $33M legal fight with state

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune Feb. 24, 2023, in North Wildwood, N.J. On May 17, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection allowed North Wildwood to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront after both sides have fought for years over how to protect the narrowing beaches. Litigation over the best way to protect the beach remains active. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey blinks in dune repairs standoff, allows emergency erosion fixes in defiant town

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Judge won’t close beach where 3 died after the sand gave way

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Brandy Smith, left; Kole Smith, center, and Sandra Smith, right, speak to reporters following a court hearing Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N. J., at which their family asked a judge to order a section of beach in North Wildwood, N,J., to be permanently closed. Brad Smith was walking on the beach in July 2012 when the sand near the water’s edge gave way, plunging him and Brandy into the swirling waters of an inlet. Brady was rescued by a passerby but her father died. Two others died in a nearly identical accident at the same spot in 2009. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Families beg to close beach where 3 died as sand gave way

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press