Asbury Park Press front page Tuesday, May 26 2015
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Out with the suburbs, in with the cities. And superstorm Sandy didn’t help. Towns along the shoreline in Monmouth and Ocean counties lost thousands of residents during the first part of the decade, while urban areas such as Jer- sey City, Hoboken and Newark absorbed an influx, new U.S. Census Bureau data show. The migration figures seem to support the belief that the millennial genera- tion — those born roughly between 1980 and 2000 and raised during the digital age — are gravitating to cities where they can live, work and find entertain- ment without needing a car. “The areas closest to New York City are growing,” said James W. Hughes, an economist and dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. “New York over the past decade has accounted for the lion’s share of job growth in the region. That’s the economic locomotive, and that’s where young people are gravitating.” BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG BOOM New census figures show shift out of N.J. suburbs to the major metro areas MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP GROWING AND SHRINKING IN N.J. 5 towns with the most growth, 2010-14: 1. Jersey City: +13,432 2. Monroe (Middlesex Co.): +3,480 3. Franklin (Somerset Co.): +3,449 4. Elizabeth: +3,431 5. Hoboken: +3,195 5 towns with biggest declines,2010-14: 1. Trenton: -919 2. Vernon: -717 3. Washington Township: -672 4. Lower Township: -626 5. Winslow: -619 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Tucked in the back of the MielevilleTrailer Park in Hazlet is a faded yellow-and-green trailer with a Holly- wood connection. Rust seals shut one entrance, while the other, once locked by the down-and-almost-out fictional wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson, is now secured by means of a wooden closet door nailed over the passage. The mobile home looked rough by design seven years ago, when it served as the home base of Mickey Rourke’s redemptive protagonist in the Academy Award-nominated movie “The Wrestler.” Now it is offi- cially uninhabitable. The trailer is one of 32 slated to be either hauled away or rehabilitated under order of the township be- cause they are fire hazards or otherwise public health risks. In all, 108 out of 130 trailers in the park have been RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER TANYA BREEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The Mieleville Trailer Park’s owner has been ordered by Hazlet to repair or remove 32 abandoned trailers that the township says represent threats to public health or fire hazards. Curtain falls for mobile home that once starred in movie ‘Wrestler’ See MOBILE HOME, Page 6A ASBURY PARK PRESS APP.COM $1.00 LLLLLLLL TUESDAY 05.26.15 SEASIDE HEIGHTS — The borough, whose boardwalk wreckage was one of the lasting images of superstorm Sandy, owes the federal government $2.75 million for excess or misspent disaster aid, according to an audit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Just over $2 million of the total owed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency is money that re- mained after projects in the borough cost less than was estimated, most notably the boardwalk that was devas- tated when the superstorm made landfall in October 2012. The remainder of the bill is referred to as “question- able” costs, such as towing cars out of private drive- ways and failing to properly document certain ex- penses. The results were contained in a 17-page audit report circulated late Thursday afternoon by the DHS’s Office of the Inspector General. FEMA is part of the Home- land Security Department. In the immediate aftermath of Sandy, FEMA provid- RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER $2.75M bill for borough See AUDIT, Page 7A FEMA audit: Seaside Heights owes for excess, misspent aid NATIONAL CEREMONIES HONOR THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE PAGES 1B, 3B GANNETT ILLUSTRATION/ JOANNE WALSH See CITIES, Page 11A Parades pay tribute Freehold, Toms River events draw crowds. Today, 3A ADVICE 6D CLASSIFIED 7D COMICS 4D HEALTHY LIVING 1D MOVIES 3D OBITUARIES 10A OPINION 13A SPORTS 1C TECH TUESDAY 8A WEATHER 8C VOLUME 136, NUMBER 125 SINCE 1879 ASBURY PARK PRESS MAP Darker colors on the map indicate highest growth; the lightest color shows a decline.
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Asbury Park Press front page for Tuesday, May 26 2015.
Transcript of Asbury Park Press front page Tuesday, May 26 2015
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Out with the suburbs, in with the cities. And superstorm Sandy didnt help.Towns along the shoreline in Monmouth and Ocean counties lost thousands
of residents during the first part of the decade, while urban areas such as Jer-sey City, Hoboken and Newark absorbed an influx, new U.S. Census Bureaudata show.
The migration figures seem to support the belief that the millennial genera-tion those born roughly between 1980 and 2000 and raised during the digitalage are gravitating to cities where they can live, work and find entertain-ment without needing a car.
The areas closest to New York City are growing, said James W. Hughes, aneconomist and dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and PublicPolicy at Rutgers University. New York over the past decade has accountedfor the lions share of job growth in the region. Thats the economic locomotive,and thats where young people are gravitating.
BRIGHTLIGHTS,BIG BOOM
New censusfigures showshift out ofN.J. suburbsto the majormetro areas
MICHAEL L. DIAMOND@MDIAMONDAPP
GROWING AND SHRINKING IN N.J.
5 towns with the most growth, 2010-14:
1. Jersey City: +13,4322. Monroe (Middlesex Co.): +3,4803. Franklin (Somerset Co.): +3,4494. Elizabeth: +3,4315. Hoboken: +3,195
5 towns with biggest declines, 2010-14:
1. Trenton: -9192. Vernon: -7173. Washington Township: -6724. Lower Township: -6265. Winslow: -619
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Tucked in the back of the Mieleville Trailer Park inHazlet is a faded yellow-and-green trailer with a Holly-wood connection.
Rust seals shut one entrance, while the other, oncelocked by the down-and-almost-out fictional wrestlerRandy The Ram Robinson, is now secured by meansof a wooden closet door nailed over the passage.
The mobile home looked rough by design sevenyears ago, when it served as the home base of MickeyRourkes redemptive protagonist in the AcademyAward-nominated movie The Wrestler. Now it is offi-cially uninhabitable.
The trailer is one of 32 slated to be either hauledaway or rehabilitated under order of the township be-cause they are fire hazards or otherwise public healthrisks.
In all, 108 out of 130 trailers in the park have been
RUSS ZIMMER@RUSSZIMMER
TANYA BREEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Mieleville Trailer Parks owner has been ordered by Hazletto repair or remove 32 abandoned trailers that the townshipsays represent threats to public health or fire hazards.
Curtain falls for
mobile home that
once starred in
movie Wrestler
See MOBILE HOME, Page 6A
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