Asbury Park Press front page, Sunday, June 28, 2015
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ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION APP.COM $2.00 VOLUME 136 NUMBER 153 SINCE 1879 @ISSUE 1AA BUSINESS 6AA CLASSIFIED 1D LOCAL 3A LOTTERIES 2A OBITUARIES 16A OPINION 4AA SPORTS 1C SUNDAY BEST 1E WEATHER 12C First of three parts A doe, startled by visitors, darts for cover in New Jersey’s Pinelands. Albert D. Horner, landscape photographer, spots a newborn fawn on the side of the dirt road — near where its mother had been seconds before. Nestled in forest debris with legs splayed, the newcomer looks like it is trying to evade detection. Its wide-open eyes are un- blinking. “She just gave birth to that thing,” says an astounded Horner, who thinks it was born that day or perhaps the previous one. This is one face of the Pinelands, a vast, verdant and diverse region that takes in about one-fifth of the state. A different one emerges just up the road, in Wharton State Forest, near the tea-colored Batsto River. There, a sign is unambiguous: “No motorized vehicles. No litter- ing or dumping. No alcoholic beverages.” It is sum- marily ignored. Large ruts from off-road vehicles, illegal on state- owned lands, scar the sandy soil. Tracks gouge the beach along the water. A large campfire site lies near a How you can help save the diverse wilderness TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Damage to the New Jersey Pinelands from off-road vehicles and trash left behind after weekend parties is seen on June 5. Wear and tear from off-road vehicles is just one of many critical issues facing the 1.1-million-acre Pinelands nearly four decades after it became America’s first national reserve TODD B. BATES @TODDBBATESAPP ARE NEW JERSEY’S PINELANDS See PINELANDS, Page 4A Yup, it appears to be official — Gov. Chris Christie is running for president. On Saturday, the Associated Press re- ported that Christie’s political team had just gone live with a presidential cam- paign website on behalf of the Republi- can: https://www.chrischristie.com. As late as Thursday, Christie had been coy about his presidential ambitions — despite multiple reports that he plans next week to add his name to the long list of candidates who will seek the GOP nomination for president in 2016. “There’s been absolutely no final de- cision made by me,” Christie said on New Jersey 101.5 FM on Thursday night. “There’s lots of people speculating about lots of things, and I can’t be held to ac- count for every bit of speculation that’s in the press.” Christie made that statement Thurs- day even though he is expected to an- nounce his presidential bid in his child- hood hometown of Livingston Tuesday. The website itself was absent of any detail, but the governor’s campaign slo- gan appears to be “Telling it like it is.” There were no position statements on the site, just a home page at this point with a hazy photo of Christie in a suit — his back almost to the camera, micro- phone in one hand, gesturing with his other, against the backdrop of an Amer- ican flag. Scroll down and there’s a red button to make a campaign contribution and a blue button to sign up to volunteer on the Christie campaign. The website includes the required notice, “Paid for by Chris Christie for President, Inc.” Erik Larsen: 732-682-9359 or [email protected]Gov mum, but website up and running ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN What’s new for this year’s Macy’s fireworks? ONLY ON NEWSSTANDS: UP TO $992 IN COUPON SAVINGS INSIDE Sunday Best She stole millions from the elderly. Her only tool: the law. Our exclusive investigation exposes this shocking crime — and shows how billions are stolen each year across the nation. Only on APP.com Insider, for subscribers only. Visit APP.com and click on the “Insider” icon at the top middle of the page. Look under “Extras” for the link to “Betrayal of trust.” Web exclusive: Betrayal of trust 06.28.15
