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SPRING MIGRATION

WHALE

WATCHERSDELIGHT

30,000Humpback whalesworldwide

102,000Fin whales worldwide

20,000Minke whalesalong East Coast of U.S.and Canada, (Minke also inhabit the PacificOcean, however data is not available for alllocations)

300-400Northern Atlantic Right whalesoff EastCoast of U.S. and Canada

2005 data from the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

JEFF COLSON/STAFF ILLUSTRATIONS

Don and Merryl Richards werefishing for summer flounder off DealMonday morning when they were vis-ited by a large sea creature.

It was an absolutely magnificent,beautiful day. Then, all of the sudden,we heard this spout sound and we turnaround and there was a whale, saidMerryl Richards, 61, of Livingston.We just stopped fishing and enjoyedthe show.

Richards said the whale breachedthree of four times, each time withhundreds of menhaden, an oily baitfish, in its mouth. She estimates the

whale was bigger than the 33-footboat they were in.Weve traveled to Alaska, Aus-

tralia and Boston and have seen them,and this was as good a show as any,said Richards, who with her husbanddock their boat in the Shark River.

She said they gave the whale plen-

Humpbacks, others

seen breaching just

off Jersey coastlineBy Dan Radel @DanielRadelAPP

WATCH VIDEOScan the QR code or visitAPP.com to see a videoof a whale spotted offLavallette.

SeeWHALE, Page A4

This week, the Asbury Park Presslooks at the physical and emotional is-sues veterans of veterans from the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan.

The military order was sudden.Army Lt. Col. John Hodson Jr., an Oaklyn, Camden

County, native, was directed to leave Afghanistan fivemonths early as part of the U.S. militarys troop with-drawal.

After serving as an adviser to high-ranking Afghan

See LOSS, PageA4

Survivors guilt over

loss of second familyBy Carol Comegno @CarolComegno

Lt. Col. John Hodson Jr. kneels at the grave of Col. Paul M.Kelly at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.DENISE HENHOEFFER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RETURNING HOME

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FRIDAY 06.20.14

VOLUME135

NUMBER 147

SINCE 1879

ADVICE, COMICS JERSEY ALIVE!

CLASSIFIED D1

HOOK, LINE & SINKER E1

LOTTERIES A2

OBITUARIES A15

OPINION A10

SPORTS C1

TODAY A3

WEATHER C7

YOUR MONEY A14

TRENTONAssembly Democrats are now on boardwith their Senate colleagues in pushing for higher in-come taxes on wealthy households to avoid cutting thepension payment in New Jerseys 2015 budget.

Details of the Assembly Democrats budget blue-print remain sketchy, although Speaker Vincent Prieto,D-Hudson, said he hopes the spending plan and associ-ated tax increases will be approved by the Assemblynext Thursday. The deadline to adopt a budget is June30.

Prieto said he hoped to start the income-tax hike at $1million, rather than at the $500,000 level proposedWednesday by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester. He said other details envisioned by Senate

New pushfor tax hike

on wealthyDemocratic legislators craftplan; gov turns thumbs down

By Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_

SeeWEALTHY, Page A5

INSIDE

For a story on the New Jersey job market, seePage A14.

BEATLE

VS. JERSEYBOYSRingo plays N.J. while Four

Seasons film opens nationwide

jerseyalive!

SHARK FEVER: CATCH IT!HOOK, LINE & SINKER, PAGE E1

HORSE RACING

MONMOUTH PARKWith Tonalist, who defeated California Chrome

at the Belmont Stakes, pointed toward the Jim

Dandy at Saratoga, the $1million Haskell

Invitational might be left without a marquee

horse. Sports,C1

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