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MONDAY 05.19.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 119
SINCE 1879
ADVICE C4
BUSINESS A8
CLASSIFIED C6
COMICS C5
LOCAL A3
LOTTERIES A2
OBITUARIES A9
OPINION A11
SPORTS D1
WEATHER D8
ROAD TO RECOVERY
GETTING IT ALL BACK IN SHAPE
The sports complex at Toms River High School
North, damaged during superstorm Sandy, will be
fixed up by fall with the help of Architecture for
Humanity, a nonprofit devoted to rebuilding
communities affected by disasters. TODAY, A3
AT&T ACQUIRES DIRECTV FOR $48.5 BILLION PAGE 1B
Private lawyers hired by Gov. Chris Christies office
after the George Washington Bridge scandal erupted
are on pace to bill taxpayers roughly $3 million for their
work, and it appears well over half that tab is being in-
curred for events unrelated to whatever led to the lane
closures in Fort Lee.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher originally was hired for an
internal investigation of the bridge incident and coop-
eration with the inquiry into that matter by the U.S. At-
torneys Office. But its work rapidly expanded to in-
clude a review of the allegations leveled by Hoboken
Mayor Dawn Zimmer that federal Sandy aid was with-
held by the state because of the citys unwillingness to
approve an unrelated development project.
The cost for the review was nearly $1.1 million just
for three weeks in January, not counting similarly in-
tense hours logged in February and March and addi-
Christie attorney Randy Mastro holds up a copy of his
report during a March news conference. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lawyers for
gov on pace
to bill $3M
Fees for internal report, response
to probe on lane closures scandal
By Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_
See BILL, Page A5
New Jersey recreational boating deaths were up
slightly in 2013 while U.S. recreational boating deaths
were at an all-time low of 560 in 2013, according to an
annual Coast Guard report.
Despite a boating season stunted by the aftermath of
superstorm Sandy, New Jersey had a slight uptick in
boating accidents 123 compared with 115 in 2012.
There were eight fatalities, a casualty rate consistent
with the six to eight deaths seen annually on New Jer-
sey waters since 2009.
State Police could not provide a detailed breakdown
of the accidents or trends theyve seen, but the post-
Sandy cleanup of back bay waters removed most debris
and navigation hazards by the time activity finally
picked up in early August.
U.S. boating deaths
drop to all-time low
See BOATING, Page A6
By Kirk Moore @KirkMooreAPP
ASBURY PARK The old, white house at 508 Fourth Ave. has many stories to tell.
At various times its been a single-family residence, a boarding house and the Florence
Hotel. Built in 1878, only seven years after Asbury Park was founded, it hosted its most
celebrated resident early on writer Stephen Crane, most famous for his 1895 Civil War
novel, The Red Badge of Courage.
PRESERVING ASBURY PARK HISTORY
SAVING THE
CRANE HOUSE
The Asbury Park Historical Society is trying to raise money to restore the house where author Stephen Crane lived in the
late 19th Century. TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
$250,000 sought to renovate authors boyhood home in city
By Jean Mikle @jeanmikle
A photograph of Stephen Crane in a 1957 edition of
The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories.
STEPHEN CRANE HOUSE
1878: Crane house was built, making it perhaps the
oldest residential structure remaining in Asbury Park.
1883: An 11-year-old Stephen Crane moved into the
house, purchased by his mother, Mary Helen Peck Crane,
after the death of Cranes father.
1885: Crane began his writing career in Asbury Park,
with his first story, Uncle Jake and the Bell Handle.
1888-1892: Crane spent these summers working as his
brother Townleys assistant at a Jersey Shore news bu-
reau Townley operated.
1995: The dilapidated house was purchased for $7,500
by city residents Regina and Tom Hayes to prevent it
from being demolished.
Source: Asbury Park Historical Society
See CRANE, Page A6