Fenwick Island Still in ‘Recovery Mode’

FENWICK ISLAND -- Three weeks after Hurricane Sandy roared through the mid-Atlantic area, Fenwick Island is still picking up the pieces, but the tiny resort community just north of Ocean City is now moving beyond recovery and into a return to normalcy.

While most of the last vestiges of Sandy have long since been cleared from Ocean City and little evidence remains of the storm’s devastation, Fenwick Island was far less fortunate with most of its bayside residences flooded, decks and docks destroyed and streets clogged with debris and downed tree branches. For the last three weeks, the town has provided huge dumpsters for public and private storm damage debris and 25 have been filled to capacity and hauled away with the last expected to be taken away this week.

“We’re just about finished,” said Fenwick Island Town Manager Merritt Burke IV this week. “The last of the dumpsters are expected to be moved out today [Tuesday] and we’re moving out of the recovery mode and into the holiday preparation mode.”
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