Asbury Park Press front page, Friday, January 2, 2015
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Asbury Park Press APP .COM $1.00 FRIDA Y 01 .02.1 5 $50M MISSING IN CHILD PROTECTION FUND Press investigation, COMING SUNDA Y Ocean County had the second highest birth rate in Babies bring new year , new happiness AMANDA OGLESBY ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS —A quick glance at 82 Avenue D tells passersby that this house is not a home. Windows on the side of the house are boarded, the lawn is messy, and notices on the front door an d windows procla im that the two- story house with light blue siding is vacant, though not abandoned, according to the mort- gage company that owns the property . Borough Administrator Adam Hubeny said this house is one of three in the borough that drew complaints from neighbors, and led to the adoption of a new town ordinance last month meant to hold creditors accountable for the con- dition of properties that are no longer occupied. Avenue D neighbor Danielle Patrick says that “the yard can get out of control.” Should banks have to pay? T owns push creditor s to cl aim, main tain their foreclosures RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER What’s your New Year’s resolution? Lose weight? Save money? Get more sleep? Christian Boujaoude, a junior at Monmouth Regional High School, has a much more ambitious goal for 2015: Put a dent in human traffickin g. The 16-year -old humanitarian from Eatontown is not just thinking about it. He’s doing it, one bar of soap at a time. “I knew I wanted to make a difference,” Boujaoude said last week. “I just had to figure out how to do so.” He did. Thanks to a $1,000 grant from Youth Ser- vice America, Boujaoude coordinated the labeling and shipping of 2,000 bars of soap to Arizona hotels ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl there. The small stickers on the soap display a hotline number for Shore student has big dream for 2015 Monmouth Regional H.S. junio r earn s gran t to combat human trafficking See CARINO, Page A4 BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Christian Boujaoude (left), a Monmouth Regional High School student, stands with history teacher Joe Nappi. JERRY CARINO CARINO’S CORNER See BANKS, Page A7 1,899 Monmouth County homes entering foreclosure in 2014 (through Oct. 31) 2,554 Ocean County homes entering foreclosure in 2014 (through Oct. 31) $1,500 The maximum fine that towns can impose upon banks per day for maintenance violations 60 Towns that require mortgage companies to notify them of foreclosed properties. There were 30 foreclosure notices in Atlantic Highlands through October , a total that already was greater than all of 2013.
