Ocean Medical Center in Brick is building a cancer clinic. YOUR MONEY, 4A ASBURY PARK - The roach-infested apartment building the city shut down last week for a host of code violations had been approved by state inspectors last year, records show. An explosion last week in one of the units in the three-story building at 410 Third Ave. left dozens of residents homeless. Fire officials attribute the blast to the combustion of vapors from roach spray a tenant ‘UNINHABITABLE’ ROACH-RIDDEN BUT STATE OK’D Asbury apar tments shuttere d for code violations were cleared by New Jersey inspector s last year THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Raymonde Norde is joined by her husband, Jean Norde, and son Giovanni Norde on Friday in the driveway beside their roach-infested Asbury Park apartment at 410 Third St. that exploded last week. The apartment complex has since been closed by the city for multiple code violations. SHANNON MULLEN@MULLENAPP AND KAREN YI@KAREN_YI ASBURY PARK PRESS APP .COM $1.50 SATURDA Y 04.23.1 6 MIDDLETOWN - A popular Middletown High School South teacher who reportedly was made to re- sign for showing his students a video clip that poked fun at Donald Trump has rescinded his resignation and is no longer the subject of any school board action. Joe Ventre initially agreed to step down at the end of the year after administrators — prompted by at least one parental complaint — took issue with the history teacher’s showing a segment from HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” according to the New York Post. The segment, which originally aired several weeks ago, was a full-on send up of the GOP presidential candi- date. One of the l ines: “Donald Tru mp can seem appeal- ing until you take a closer look, much like the lunch buf- fet at a strip club.” No other presidential candidates were lampooned in the same way, News12 reported. On Friday, Middletown Superintendent William George III told the Asbury Park Press that the situation had changed. “Today, the staff member withdrew (the ) letter of Middletown teacher won’t step down over Trump video RUSS ZIMMER@RUSSZIMMER See VIDEO, Page 5A TOMS RIVER - Howard Birdsall, the former head of what was once one of New Jersey’s oldest and most prestigious engineering firms, was sentenced to four ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO Howard Birdsall of Brielle (center) apologized in state Superior Court before he was sentenced to prison. Ex-Birdsall chiefgets 4 years for pay -to-pl ay sch eme KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP Ex-Monmouth teacher gets 5 years for sexting, 3A
