New Jersey

Domino Sugar is donating 30,200 pounds of its products to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to help victims of the massive storm called Sandy, the company announced Monday. Trucks carrying the Domino products - including brown, powdered and granulated sugars, coffee service canisters and powdered drink mixes - left Baltimore's Inner Harbor refinery Monday for storm-ravaged New Jersey. "For our company, Hurricane Sandy hit home," said Stu FitzGibbon, the Baltimore refinery's manager, in a statement.

Regarding letter writer D.B. Herman's claim that President Obama was "nowhere near" the disaster area after Hurricane Sandy, Is it possible he did not see the president with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie inspecting the destruction both from the air and on the ground ("Obama's disastrous storm response overlooked," Nov. 16)? President Bush viewed the mess from Hurricane Katrina from the comfort of Air Force One. Perhaps he joins the group of Republicans who chastised Chris Christie for praising the president for his quick response to and commitment to helping the governor and the state of New Jersey.

The Westfield Marching Band Parents Association would like to extend our warmest thanks to the staff, parents and students of Atholton High School in Columbia. The recent hurricane and snowstorm in New Jersey kept the WHS Band from practicing in the lead-up to their most crucial performances of the season, the National Championship in Annapolis and the New Jersey State Championship. By opening their facilities, striping the field, providing water, snacks and coffee for the band and parents and staff, the school provided a huge boost to the band.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., which fixed the last of its Cyclone Sandy power outages Friday, sent workers to harder-hit regions over the weekend and on Monday. BGE said 64 overhead linemen, safety and support workers are in the Philadelphia area, helping PECO. Both utilities are owned by Exelon Corp. A dozen BGE natural-gas mechanics and technicians, meanwhile, left Monday to aid New Jersey Natural Gas, which shut off service to part of the state last week because the system had been so badly damaged.

Maryland and Baltimore are sending nearly 30 more employees, including 25 state troopers, to New Jersey and New York to assist in recovery efforts following Storm Sandy. The latest deployments bring to more than 50 the number of emergency medical providers and other "first responders" from Maryland who are helping other states hit by the storm. According to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, 25 state troopers and four Baltimore City employees will be following 23 emergency workers from around the state who previously left for northern New Jersey.

Baltimore will send an "ambulance strike force" to New Jersey to help victims of superstorm Sandy, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday.  “The people of Baltimore stand with the people of New Jersey and New York who have suffered great damage and tragedy as a result of this historic storm," the mayor said in a statement.  Two Baltimore city medics and a supervisor will travel to New Jersey, overseeing a team of five medic units...

We spoke to Tom Kines, a meteorologist with AccuWeather, and asked him some of Marylanders' most pressing questions about Sandy and its aftermath.  When will it stop raining? The worst of the rain is over. The rain will continue to taper off throughout the day. By tonight, it will be a shower. By the time worst of Sandy had passed, the Baltimore region saw 6.5 inches, which is about double the total 3.33 inches of rainfall the area sees during an average October. When will the winds die down?

It took a little longer than usual, but No. 1 Gilman is back on the winning track. The Greyhounds posted a 13-6 victory over New Jersey's Don Bosco Prep at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis on Saturday night, ending the Ironmen's 46-game winning streak. Gilman lost its first two games to two nationally ranked teams, Archbishop Moeller of Ohio, and Good Counsel. By winning, Gilman avoided its worst start in 16 years under coach Biff Poggi. "Our seniors played huge today," Biff Poggi said.

Looking for some great high school football this week? Beginning Thursday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, you can find terrific matchups at the 9/11 Patriot Classic, which includes top teams from Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Three of our state's best teams, The Baltimore Sun's No. 1 Gilman and No. 2 Calvert Hall, as well as Good Counsel, highlight a three-day slate that includes No. 6 McDonogh, Archbishop Spalding and St. Mary's, as well as three of the top teams in New Jersey and the fifth-ranked team in Pennsylvania, according to the USA Today high school football rankings.

Scott Cusick might not have caught the right species of fish to win a big prize in last month's White Marlin Open, but the 40-year-old New Jersey angler certainly had a memorable — and massive — catch. Cusick set a Maryland state record when he and crew members aboard a 50-foot Viking sport fishing boat hauled in a scalloped hammerhead shark that weighed nearly 267 pounds. The catch was 12 pounds more than the previous record, set in 2009. It wasn't nearly as big as the 500-pound thresher shark that Cusick helped catch about five years ago near Matasquan, N.J. "That's the odd part that this was a state record and the other one wasn't," Cusick said last week.