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ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION

Cancer

impacts Shore

Helping patients look, feel better. 3A

Rumson-Fair Haven coach provides inspiration. 1C
Getting the word out: Men can get breast cancer, too. 1E
What you need to know about treatment costs. 1AA

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10.04.15
STORM WATCH HURRICANE JOAQUIN
For the latest coverage, visit app.com.

WIND, RAIN
STIR FEARS
AT SHORE
Tinton Falls woman dies when tree
falls on convertible in Colts Neck

IS THE CURE
FOR BREAST
CANCER NEAR?
Doctors say its not imminent,
but we are getting closer
Why we are
pink today

MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP

KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP

The Asbury Park Press

and Gannetts five
other New Jersey
newspapers are turning some of their
newspaper pages pink
this weekend to show
support for breast
cancer research.

Editors note: The third in a series of articles

marking National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month.

The company also will

donate 5 cents from
each single-copy Asbury Park Press sold
today and 10 percent
of net advertising sales
for ads today that carry
the Susan G. Komen
for the Cure pink
ribbon logo. Circulation will make a donation from some new
subscription activations
during October, which
is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

NEW BRUNSWICK Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer sat

in her tidy office one recent day and answered a
question she must have been asked at every interview, at every dinner party, at every encounter
with strangers and friends alike: Why hasnt there
been a cure for breast cancer?
Its coming, the chief medical officer for Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey said. Maybe
not soon; breast cancer is a complex disease that
has subtypes within subtypes. But she has seen the
advances over the past 20 years that are promising
enough for her to keep chipping away.
See CANCER, Page 4A

If youd like to make a

donation to the foundations Central and
South Jersey chapter,
visit www.komencsnj.org.

TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The coastal storm continues to pound the Jersey Shore on Saturday, and in Point Pleasant
Beach, one storm watcher decided to get a closer look.

TODD B. BATES @TODDBBATESAPP

AND ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN

Flooding and high winds battered the Jersey

Shore on Saturday, threatening coastal communities that are still recovering from the devastation
wrought by superstorm Sandy three years ago. At
least one person in the region died in the storm this
weekend.
Stacey Weathers, 46, of Tinton Falls, was killed
when a tree fell on her convertible Ford Mustang as
she drove south on Route 34, said Colts Neck Police
Chief Kevin A. Sauter. Weathers was pronounced
dead at the scene at 4:41 p.m. Saturday. The crash
occurred about 15 minutes earlier, when the tree
fell from the northern side of the highway. There
were no other occupants in the vehicle, Sauter said.
Across New Jersey, the storm had caused scattered power outages. About 3,600 utility customers
had no service on Saturday afternoon. About 2inches of rain had fallen in most areas since Wednesday.
Forecasters said another 1 to 2 inches was possible
by Sunday night.
In Middle Township in Cape May County, an entire house became dislodged from its pilings in a
low-lying area. No one was in the residence when it

More shots online

For galleries of storm
photos, go to
APP.com.
Whats it like in your neighborhood? Send us your photos! Go to Facebook.com/
asburyparkpress or Tweet
us @AsburyParkPress.

See STORM, Page 14A

TANYA BREEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer has seen the advances over the past 20 years in breast
cancer research.

Hunt on for missing cargo ship

The El Faro with 33 aboard was reported disabled during height of Hurricane Joaquin. 1B

Coming next Sunday

Fight high property taxes

New Jersey has the highest average property tax in the nation. It rises $540 million a year
each year. Who is profiting from your misery and why cant this tax be fixed?
Read our exclusive investigation next Sunday and visit http://bit.ly/njtaxcutnow to sign
our Change.org petition. Well give it to lawmakers before the election. Want to voice
your ideas and join the discussion? See Page 2A.

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