A number of horsetrainers and owners arehoping to do theimpossible againstTriple Crown heroAmerican Pharoah atSundays HaskellInvitational. Sports, 1C

Pharoahsrivals dreamof upset

Leo Brancato learned the hard way that

when youre part of the RREM pro-

gram, your home is not your own.

New Jersey says only 64 out of roughly

8,600 homes have been released from

the Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Elevation and

Mitigation program, the states largest reconstruc-

tion program for homeowners trying to rebuild af-

ter superstorm Sandy.

EXCLUSIVE: FOR MANY, SANDY PROBLEMS...

JEAN MIKLE AND RUSS ZIMMER @JEANMIKLE @RUSSZIMMER

See RREM, Page 7A

Ive jumped through

all the hoops. I cant

get out of the RREM

program.

LEO BRANCATO,DURING HIS MONTHS-LONG BATTLE

EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFUL TO HAVE A

STATE DEED RESTRICTION LIFTED ON HIS

TOMS RIVER WATERFRONT HOME AFTER

HE COMPLETED POST-SANDY REBUILDING

When your home isntyours to sell

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If last week felt uncomfortable, get ready for amuch longer hot spell this week.

In fact, Monmouth and Ocean counties may face aweeklong heat wave, with inland temperatures in the90s beginning today and possibly lingering into Mon-day, a forecaster said.

It looks like it gets going (today), said Valerie Me-ola, a meteorologist in the National Weather ServicesMount Holly Office. We do have forecast highs in thelower 90s through a good part of the state. Along thecoast, it will be cooler, probably in the mid-80s.

State Climatologist David A. Robinson said weregoing to be battling a week to 10 days of above-normal(temperatures), with vacillating levels of humidityand a couple of days where things (really are) baking.

The heat will arrive after several days of largelygorgeous weather with low humidity, which followeda recent three-day heat wave. Robinson noted that thehottest weeks of summer tend to be the last two weeksof July into the first week of August.

Weeklongheat wavepossible Temps, humidity risingtoday, forecasters sayTODD B. BATES @TODDBBATESAPP

See HEAT, Page 5A

Pick any random Tuesday night or Wednesday af-ternoon over the past six decades, and theres a goodchance around a kitchen table somewhere in New Jer-sey, The Wippities were sitting down for coffee andcake.

For 68 years, four lifelong friends, Millie Coughlinand Anne Tomaro of Manasquan, along with TerryPerna of Marlboroand Rosalie Petoia of Newark, havebeen meeting once a week, every week, without fail.

Nothing ever stopped us from having our meet-ing, Tomaro said. You have to die to leave this club.

Until now.

DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

At the final gathering of The Wippities are (from left) RosaliePetoia of Newark, Anne Tomaro of Manasquan, MillieCoughlin of Manasquan and Terry Perna of Marlboro.

Friends club endsafter 68-year runANDREW GOUDSWARD @AGOUDSWARDAPP

See FRIENDS, Page 10A

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