New Jersey has formally requested emergency federal assistance to repair beaches and dunes damaged by September's powerful nor'easter. According to SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com, Governor Mikie Sherrill's administration announced Friday, October 16, that it has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite assistance for eight federal coastal storm protection project areas across New Jersey. Five of those project areas directly involve Atlantic and Cape May counties, including the shorelines of Brigantine, Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Longport, Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor.