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Game result rocks Shore area viewing party. 3A

Aquatic visitors
This summer, you may see dolphins, sharks
or maybe even whales swimming by
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Mike McNeil, executive director of STEPS (Solutions to End

Poverty Soon), talks with staffers Angela Caldwell (center),
intake specialist, and Lynne Liotino, vice president.

Can the
poor afford
to live at
the Shore?
COURTESY OF G. AARON NOORIGIAN, WALL

A humpback whale breaches off Spring Lake. The landmark Essex and Sussex Condominiums is in the background.

DAN RADEL @DANIELRADELAPP

oing to the beach anytime soon?

Dont forget to pack binoculars
because theres a very good
chance youll catch a glimpse of a
playful pod of bottlenose dol-

phins.
If youre really lucky, you might see a barnacle-covered humpback whale.
If you see a mermaid, definitely send a
picture, joked Bob Schoelkopf, founder and
executive director of the Marine Mammal
Stranding Center in Brigantine.
The bottlenose dolphins come to New Jersey waters in the spring to birth and stay the
whole summer, feeding on assorted baitfish.
Theyll come right into the surf and back
bays.
If you go offshore, youll see 50 of them
together. Then they break off into family
groups of five to 10 dolphin and come right
into the inlets, said Schoelkopf.
Bottlenose dolphins can grow up to 10 to 14
feet, weigh over a thousand pounds and travel at speeds of 18 mph in the ocean. Their
curved mouths give the impression that they
are smiling.
Youll see their dorsal fin and head come
out of the water to breathe. If you dont see
their heads come out, then its not a dolphin,
said Schoelkopf.
It could be a shark.
There are several types of sharks that are
typically docile among them sand tiger
See VISITORS, Page 6A

Bottlenose dolphins come to New Jersey waters in the spring to birth and
stay the whole summer. Theyll come right into the surf and back bays.

RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER

It was a superstorm Sandy double-whammy.

About 15,600 rental units in New Jersey sustained severe damage during the hurricane, forcing thousands of
renters out of their homes. These newly homeless tenants quickly learned that they were priced out of the majority of available rental homes that survived the storm.
A new, $700 million Sandy federal aid program designed to increase affordable housing was supposed to
help address their predicament. But thats not whats
happening in Monmouth and Ocean counties, where the
program is being used to build more senior housing
leaving many displaced families still scrambling for an
affordable place to live.
See POOR, Page 5A

Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso, the

assignment judge for the Ocean County
vicinage, has retired.

Revered Ocean
jurist steps down
KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP
TOMS RIVER Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso has faced tough choices during his career.
And the right choice isnt always the popular one, he
said.
For instance, Grasso figured his 2010 order prohibiting prayer at the start of Point Pleasant Beach Borough Council meetings wouldnt go over too well.
I understand peoples religious beliefs, but the issue was what it was, Grasso said recently during an
interview in his chambers. I see the issue as separation

See GRASSO, Page 5A

GREEKS TELL EUROPE NO ON AUSTERITY DEMANDS. WHATS NEXT? PAGE 1B

Local

Weekend was
full of booms
Even when the fireworks werent going off, the long Fourth of
July weekend was a spectacular time for Shore area tourism,
happy businesses and local officials proclaim. Page 3A

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