Asbury Park Press front page Wednesday, May 20 2015
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Economy Sandy Recovery Road Construction Gas prices Weather PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Hazlet Police Cmdr. Mike Duncan (left) before the Law Enforcement Memorial Service Tuesday. The light on Dawn Stevens’ front porch has burned steadily since January. She has left it lit since she lost her husband, John Scott Ste- vens. “In my mind he’s just out late,” she said, “Or he’s in class or he’s still working a job.” She finds comfort in the glow of the light, as did he. “That’s what we always did for each other when one of us was working a weird shift,” she said. On Jan. 8, Stevens was working undercov- er as a detective for the Ocean County Prose- cutor’s Office. The 2004 Honda Civic he was driving smashed into a tree in Lacey. As a dispatcher for the Lacey Township Po- lice Department, Dawn handled the 911call of Fallen Ocean Co. officer honored KEN SERRANO @KENSERRANOAPP See HONORED, Page 4A ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION APP.COM $1.00 LLLLLLLL WEDNESDAY 05.20.15 VOLUME 136 NUMBER 120 SINCE 1879 ADVICE 7D CLASSIFIED 1E COMICS 6D LOCAL 3A OBITUARIES 13A OPINION 16A SPORTS 1C TABLE 1D WEATHER 10C YOUR MONEY 12A Admit it. In the back of your mind on a bitter March day, you wondered if maybe this was the year when summer wouldn’t ar- rive, when you would be stuck wearing your heavy winter coat, mittens and ski cap for days and months and years on end. But time is funny. Winter seems long ago. And now here come the tourists, over the roads and water and rails to the Jersey Shore, with beach chairs, sunscreen and children in tow. “It’s a magical thing. I don’t know how to explain,” Dana Lancellotti, Ocean County’s director of business development and tourism, said Tuesday on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, where elected leaders and tourism officials gathered to kick off the season. “People who have been here through their childhood, growing up in the summers here will always keep this place close to their heart.” The summer tourism season kicks off this Memorial Day weekend, and, if the past few centuries are an indication, visi- tors will be drawn to the Shore to take a break from their whirlwind daily lives. They’ll fill hotels, restaurants, ice cream shops and beaches, giving Mon- mouth and Ocean counties a windfall. Last year, they generated $6.6 billion, a 3.7 per- cent improvement from 2013, when the Shore was still stumbling back from super- storm Sandy. Will the Shore surpass last year? Here are five things to watch: 1. The economy Consumers are in better shape than last summer, economists said. New Jersey’s unemployment rate of 6.5 percent has remained steady since last summer, but other indicators point up. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent Five Shore signs of summer As tourism season heats up, what to watch out for to signal a successful year MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP See SHORE, Page 6A MANASQUAN — One of two men accused of coaxing an autistic Howell man to jump off a jetty here in February has been separated from the U.S. Air Force, allowing the munici- pal court case against the pair to move for- ward. Municipal Judge Paul J. Capotorto said Tuesday the trial of Christopher Tilton and Nicholas Formica on charges brought against them by the mother of Parker Drake is likely to be scheduled for July or early August. A previous trial date in April had been ad- journed at the request of Tilton’sattorney, Al- ton D. Kenney, after Kenney informed the court that Tilton had joined the Air Force and was in basic training. Kenney, after a brief conference in court on Tuesday, said Tilton, 19, of Howell was sep- arated from the military after questions were posed to the Air Force about him by the Autistic plunge case trial imminent KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP See TRIAL, Page 4A WHO ARE THE 170 CHARGED IN WACO MOTORCYCLE GANG SHOOTOUT? PAGE 1B Timberwolves win top draft pick New home of Karl-Anthony Towns, the presumptive No. 1 pick? 1C You’ll find exciting features including hot deals exclusively for app users. Download today for free by searching “Go Jersey Shore” in Apple and Android app stores. Coming Friday: Your Summer Guide to the Jersey Shore DOWNLOAD OUR 2015 ‘GO JERSEY SHORE’ APP
Asbury Park Press front page for Wednesday, May 20 2015.
TRANSCRIPT
Economy
Sandy Recovery
Road Construction
Gas prices
Weather
PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Hazlet Police Cmdr. Mike Duncan (left) before theLaw Enforcement
Memorial Service Tuesday.
The light on Dawn Stevens front porch hasburned steadily since
January. She has left itlit since she lost her husband, John Scott
Ste-vens.
In my mind hes just out late, she said,Or hes in class or hes
still working a job.
She finds comfort in the glow of the light,as did he.
Thats what we always did for each otherwhen one of us was
working a weird shift,she said.
On Jan. 8, Stevens was working undercov-er as a detective for
the Ocean County Prose-cutors Office. The 2004 Honda Civic he
wasdriving smashed into a tree in Lacey.
As a dispatcher for the Lacey Township Po-lice Department, Dawn
handled the 911call of
Fallen Ocean Co.officer honored
KEN SERRANO @KENSERRANOAPP
See HONORED, Page 4A
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