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NEW JERSEY GUBERNATORIAL RACE

Life after Christie:


Who will fill his role?
Not too early for people youve probably never heard of to start planning
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Randy Brown

Jon Bramnick

Jack M. Ciattarelli

Macedonia Baptist Church Pastor Tommy D. Miles prays for


young black men and law enforcement officials on Sunday.

Service unites
young black
men and law
enforcement
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Steven M. Fulop

Kim Guadagno

While New Jersey voters are


transfixed by the race to decide
the next president, potential candidates already are lining up for
the job now held by Gov. Chris
Christie.
Campaign donors are starting
to place their bets, even with the
election nearly 17 months away.
Eleven people have signaled interest in running, five of whom are
backed by super PACs that have
raised a combined $10.6 million.
Its still early but I dont find it
surprising that we have so many
people looking at the governors
race, said Matthew Hale, a Seton
Hall University associate professor in the Department of Political
Science and Public Affairs. Especially with Democrats, who are
are all lining up because the thinking is, whoever wins their primary
next year will win the general, moreso given Chris Christies unpopularity.
Were a blue state that historically goes back to Democrats after taking a flier on a Republican
every once in a while. That sequence looks to be in play again,
Hale said.
Senate President Stephen
Sweeney, a Democrat, has the best

Steve Sweeney

Pastor Tommy D. Miles called the young boys in his


church to the front of the congregation.
How many of you are driving? he asked. Have
you ever had fear of being pulled over?
He then called up the law enforcement officials sitting in the front of the pews. I understand that fear, he
said.
These men sitting over here are not like some of the
men in uniform that youve heard about. They are here
when they didnt have to be here.
Could you put your hands on their shoulders? he
asked the police officers from Neptune Township,
See SERVICE, Page 5A

INSIDE

Tom Kean Jr.

Black Lives Matter activist released on bond Sunday after


being arrested Saturday on the side of a highway while
videotaping a protest. STORY, 3B

Five Nights calls


a nightmare for
Freddies pizzeria
MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP

See GOVERNOR, Page 8A

Raymond Lesniak

AUSTIN BOGUES @AUSTINBOGUES

Phil Murphy

John Wisniewski

LONG BRANCH - The telephone at Freddies Restaurant and Pizzeria in Long Branch doesnt stop ringing, but instead of a blessing, it is a curse.
The calls are from children nationwide, who want to
know if Freddies is, in fact, Freddys Fazbear Pizza, the
setting for a popular online video game called Five
Nights at Freddys.
The calls are relentless.
We give cellphones to our kids, and we are not paying attention to what they are doing, said Oscar Hernandez, manager of Freddies. One number, for example, he doesnt call 10, 15 times. No, over that. Imagine
one number calling over 20, 30 times.
And multiply that by thousands. Freddies is trapped
in a sea of never-ending telephone calls, and it is hurting
business. The restaurant added phone lines. It shifted
employees around to handle incoming calls. And its
regular customers have had trouble getting through to
place their orders.
See CALLS, Page 8A

Brick health costs take bigger bite


AMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP

BRICK - Health insurance premiums are not just


draining wallets at doctors offices and pharmacies,
they are taking a bigger bite out of Brick homeowners property tax bills.
Health insurance costs for municipal workers and
police could reach as high as $14.5 million this year, or
14 percent of the $103.3 million municipal budget.
Thats up 13.2 percent from last years $12.8 million
health care tab.

Hillary Clinton has opened a


huge advantage among
female voters. STORY, 1B

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The percentage of the municipal budget devoted


to paying health insurance has risen 2.5 percent in the
past three years, according to municipal documents.
In 2013, the township paid nearly $11.2 million for employee health insurance, or 11.4 percent of the $98.5
million municipal budget that year.
The reason for the increase is due toa double-digit
rise in health care costs, despite the fact that Brick
self-insures its employees.
See BRICK, Page 8A

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