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12.27.15

VOLUME 136

NUMBER 309

SINCE 1879

@ISSUE 1AABUSINESS 6AACLASSIFIED 1DLOCAL 3AOBITUARIES 12A

This year was one of transition for the New Jersey entertain-ment scene. The year’s biggest stories portend even biggerthings happening in the future. STORY, 1E

SUNDAY BEST

Jersey Shore wasrocking in 2015

Japan says armed Chinese shipinfiltrated its waters. STORY, 1B

You only need to think about all thebills you have in your life and the inter-actions you have with companies everyday to realize that sometimes thingscan go wrong.

Problems can occur and, in 2015,Press on Your Side saw plenty of them.

Old electric bills were charged to the wrong per-son. Residents had troubles with appliance warrantiesand a home warranty company. One reader wascharged for a dating service he never joined, whileanother couldn’t get his money back for a simplepurchase: an electric toothbrush. Transferring anindividual retirement account and closing a smallsavings account at a bank was trouble for one Laceyresident.

We helped to unwind and straighten out many

problems. Others we couldn’t fix.Scammers continued to plague Jersey Shore resi-

dents, hitting at them with a torrent of fake lettersand phone calls. Some people fought back and somegot educated. It’s clear that fraudsters leave devas-tation in their wake.

So here are the top issues that we heard about:

See PRESS, Page 7A

Press on Your Side’s top fixes of the yearDAVID P. WILLIS PRESS ON YOUR SIDE

TOP STORIES OF

2015Top Shore stories and more. 4AWhat made business news. 6AA

The Top 10 sports breakdown. 9CTop 10 entertainment stories. 1E

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2015 ALL-SHOREFOOTBALL STARS

Check out our expanded Sports coverage

for this season’s top offensive, defensive

high school football athletes. Plus, be sure

to visit us online at app.com for more.

Man with head trauma found dead inside Lakewood home. STORY, 3A

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