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home finally are getting mortared into place. And the $145,000

from the states Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and

Mitigation program is in the bank. As the second summer after super-

storm Sandy approaches, Appleby does not expect to be in the home any-

time soon. Still, his story is one of the RREM programs positive out-

comes. Homeowners in 272 ZIP codes started out like Appleby. More

than 16,600 applications were submitted to the RREM and Resettlement

programs, according to data obtained by the Fair Share Housing Center.

Chuck Appleby, in the process of elevating and repairing his Seaside Park home, spentcountless hours wading through a tangle of red tape from insurance claims, FEMA and thestates RREM program, which has provided $145,000. FILE PHOTO

Navigating bureaucracy takes perseverance

By Russ Zimmer @Russzimmerand Ken Serrano @KenSerranoAPP

586The number of days since superstorm Sandydissipated. Some residents still are waitingto move back into their homes because ofdelays in the RREM process.

11,838The number of RREM and Resettlement ap-plications filed in Monmouth and Ocean coun-ties by homeowners seeking to rebuild. Thatsmore than 71 percent of the total statewide.

State data provided by the Fair Share Housing Center

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VOLUME 135

NUMBER 136

SINCE 1879

ADVICE E11

CLASSIFIED D1

LOCAL A3

LOTTERIES A2

OBITUARIES A14

OPINION AA6

PUZZLES E9

SPORTS C1

WEATHER C12

YOUR MONEY AA4

THE CONCERT YOULL NEVER FORGET

WHAT SHOW WAS THE BEST EVER?

Readers and Press staffers weigh in on the

musical performances that always will give them

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HOLMDEL A proposed tax deal with a companyplanning to redevelop one of the largest buildings in thestate could bring a $71million windfall to the township.

Township Committee members introduced a finan-cial agreement Thursday with the redeveloper of themassive and vacant 1.7 million-square-foot former Bell

Labs-Lucent office building, which they contend wouldbring $71million in new revenue over the next 30 years.

Known as a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, theproposed agreement would benefit the municipalityonly, and not the schools. Currently, the annual tax billfor the building is $450,000, Committeeman Joseph Po-nisi said.

If the 30-year plan is enacted, the developer would

Tax deal on Bell Labssite may yield $71MBy Larry Higgs @APPLarry

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LAKEWOOD School officials are talking privatelyabout finding a way to avert the call for parents to drive

thousands of students to their private schools this weekas a protest against the rollback of publicly fundedcourtesy busing.

Regardless of the outcome of the conversations be-tween public and nonpublic school officials, all schoolbuses will roll on Tuesday and Wednesday, Superinten-dent Laura Winters said.

Were working toward reaching a resolution byTuesday, Winters said. We have a statutory obligationto send the buses, even if only one child gets on.

Rabbi Yisroel Schenkolewski a longtime politicaland Orthodox Jewish community leader in Lakewoodsigned off on a letter last week calling for the parentsof nonpublic school students to drive their children toclasses and not allow them to ride the buses on Tuesdayand Wednesday.

Writing the letter on behalf of Iggud Hamosdos aconsortium of private Orthodox schools in Lakewood Schenkolewski wants parents to fill the streets with

School buses and other vehicles clog Ninth Street inLakewood on Friday. THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Talks occurring

on Lakewood

traffic protestDistrict seeking to avert gridlock;

schools chief says buses will rollBy Kevin Pentn @kevinpentonAPP

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