The last 30 days since Hurricane Sandy pelted Belmar and Manasquan with incredible winds and surging waters have gone from the emergency immediately after to rebuilding and reopening in the weeks since. The Oct. 29 storm impacted so much of the Jersey Shore, while videos taken throughout the boroughs documented the damage and impact, as well as the heartfelt volunteerism and dedicated work of rebulding. Here is a gallery of videos showing some of the varied impacts of this historic storm to Belmar and Manasquan.

Miss a day on Patch and you can miss a lot. Here's a rundown of the news from the last week:   Tuesday was the deadline for school districts to report to their county tax boards on whether they planned to use their extra state aid for tax relief in the coming school year. Like most districts in the state, Barnegat didn't use the aid to lower the current tax levy. Instead, it will wait to apply the extra aid to the 2012-2013 budget – and will likely use at least some of it to bring down the tax levy, according to the business administrator.   The township offered up the costs involved in the …