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MONDAY 05.26.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 125
SINCE 1879
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ADVICE C4
BUSINESS A5
CLASSIFIED C6
COMICS C5
LOCAL A3
LOTTERIES A2
OBITUARIES A7
OPINION A9
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WEEKEND GETAWAY
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THREE DEAD IN BOARDWALK SHOOTING IN MYRTLE BEACH PAGE 1B
While many were heading to the Shore for
the start of Memorial Day weekend Friday,
Boy Scouts from Troop 20 took time to re-
place 500 American flags on veterans
graves at Riverside Cemetery in Toms River.
HONORING
THE FALLEN
Aidan Nelson, 11, and Michael Luland,12, members of Toms River Boy Scout Troop 20, place American flags on veterans
graves at the Riverside Cemetery in Toms River on Friday in honor of Memorial Day. DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Toms River scouts place 500 American flags at veterans graves
By Stephanie Loder @Loder1
SOLEMN DUTY
Scan the QR code for more photos of
Troop 20s work at Riverside Cemetery in
Toms River.
TRENTON Its got numbers so large few people can
relate, barely comprehensible acronyms and govern-
ment-speak that confuse even the well-meaning and a
significant impact on every person in New Jersey look-
ing for helpful services, tax relief or both.
New Jerseys state budget has moved back onto cen-
ter stage, as it does each year as the June 30 deadline
draws closer for approving a plan for taxes and spend-
ing. Adding to the annual drama this season is Gov.
Chris Christies reduction of pension contributions,
which unions are suing to block.
In the interest of prepping you for the five weeks
ahead, lets walk through the budget. Really: This is in-
tended to be helpful, not confusing.
First a disclaimer, perhaps even a confession. When
the state talks about its budget, and when journalists
DEADLINE IS JUNE 30
Get ready
for budget
drama, N.J.
Christie, lawmakers to hammer
out details of $32.7 billion plan
By Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_
See BUDGET, Page A6
There is no breathing room left.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE
MIDDLETOWN Paul Migliaccio says he wont ever
take another day of his life for granted.
Migliaccio had just finished a breakfast of eggs-
over-easy, ham, home fries, whole wheat toast and
black coffee with his wife, Diedre, on May 12 at the
King Arms II Diner in Belford. Thats when he suffered
a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest.
He was saved by diner owner Jim Anastasakos, who,
with another man, performed cardiopulmonary resus-
citation on Migliaccio to keep him alive until police and
emergency medical technicians arrived with a defibril-
lator and got his heart started in the ambulance.
For 28 years, my wife and I have gone to breakfast
Monday mornings, Migliaccio said. This time, after
we had breakfast together, I asked for the check and
Diner owner saves
his customers life
Victim returns to offer thanks
after surviving heart attack
By Stephanie Loder @Loder1
and Kirk Moore @KirkMooreAPP
See CPR, Page A6
The beach was jammed with colored blankets
and canvas chairs, and the smell of backyard barbe-
cue wafted through the air. It almost seemed like a
typical Memorial Day Sunday in Ortley Beach. Al-
most. But not quite.
The second Memorial Day weekend after super-
storm Sandy devastated the Toms River beachfront
neighborhood brought with it a sense of encourage-
ment, tempered by the reality that Ortley is still not
close to full recovery.
The way we view it, its encouraging, said Jo
Ann Petruzel, who co-owns Barnacle Bills Arcade
and Miniature Golf on Route 35 North with her hus-
band, Bill. There is a sense of things coming
back.
Barnacle Bills Arcade, which reopened Satur-
day evening for the first time since Sandy struck, is
one of the things thats come back for the summer.
See ORTLEY, Page A8
Ortley kicks off second summer post-Sandy
By Jean Mikle @jeanmikle