Like the many other prisons we’ve visited, entering Bayside State in Cumberland County entails a lengthy security process. After passing through the metal detectors and scanners, we’re led by an officer towards a floor-to-ceiling gate of metal bars. It slowly slides open to admit us into a square enclosure with only enough space for a […]
In the days following the devastation of Super Storm Sandy, Miriam Tanguay, a Catholic Charities employee, remembers working seven days a week at distribution sites in Wildwood and Northfield giving out donated food and supplies to storm victims. She would return at the end of the long days in the cold, not to her home, […]
Frances Hallman’s home was still riddled with mold two years after Super Storm Sandy. Even though she had sustained considerable damages connected to the storm, as a mobile home resident she didn’t qualify for FEMA aid. The heavy rains of Sandy had caused her roof to buckle from water weight and cave in over her […]