PROPERTY TAX CRISISSPECIAL REPORT
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VOLUME 136
NUMBER 243
SINCE 1879
@ISSUE 1AABUSINESS 6AACLASSIFIED 1DLOCAL 3ALOTTERIES 2A
OBITUARIES 20AOPINION 4AASPORTS 1CSUNDAY BEST 1EWEATHER 14C
Asbury Park has always been a city rich in diversity and at itsannual Zombie Walk, so too were its undead. STORY, 15A
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Zombies invadeAsbury Park
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Homeowners from various walks of lifeshow their 2015 property tax bills.Clockwise, from upper right: RichardRecupero, Eatontown, taxes up 11 per-cent from 2014; Doreen Longo, TomsRiver, up 5 percent; Nancy and VincentRusso, retired, Manalapan, up 20 per-cent; Jonathan Simoes, Neptune, up 7percent; Yessenia “Jessie” Martinez,
Long Branch, up 5 percent.
JAMES J. CONNOLLY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER;
ASBURY PARK DESIGN STUDIO ILLUSTRATION
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MORE COVERAGE INSIDE
Five solutions, Page 3AA family’s heartbreak, Page 7ATax change over time, Page 8AWhy New Jersey is like Bolivia, Page 10AExperts, leaders offer their ideas, Page 1AA
WE CAN’TAFFORD
NEW JERSEYNew Jersey’s property tax is the highest in
the nation. Tens of thousands face losing
their homes in tax sales. It will only get
worse. The tax increase this year will be
$540 million. It is destroying the way we
live. Here’s how you can fight back. Now.
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