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Asbury Park Press front page for Thursday, July 9 2015.
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ASBURY PARK PRESS APP.COM $1.00
Come to Long Branchfor a summer concertListen to local bands perform their music this summer as part of Thursdays by the Sea.
See ashow atBrookdaleSee college studentsperform Shakespeareoutdoors.
Paint aseashell inBayshoreJoin children and parents as they get creative withnature.
Happy hourArtisans Restaurant & Brewery: TomsRiver, 2-6 p.m., $4.95 house drinks; $3.95 pintsof Artisans beer; $2 off premium drinks;$3.95 most bottles of beer; free buffet.
Ottos Bar: Oakhurst, 12-7 p.m., $2.50domestic beers; $4 import beers; $4.50 housewine; $5 double well drinks.
Langosta Lounge: Asbury Park, 4-7 p.m.,$4 craft beers; $3 Miller Lite, Bud Lightand Bud bottles; $5 house wines; $5well drinks; $8 well martini andsignature cocktails; $5 appetizers.
VOLUME 136
NUMBER 163
SINCE 1879
THURSDAY 07.09.15
beacheditionYOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHORE
All this and more inside! 2A
ADVICE 5DCLASSIFIED 1ECOMICS 4DLOCAL 3ALUXURY LIVING D1
OBITUARIES 12AOPINION 15ASPORTS 1CWEATHER 10CYOUR MONEY 10A
COMPUTER GLITCHES HIT NYSE, UNITED PAGE 1B
TRENTON The state education commissioner,charged with putting a New Jersey stamp on the re-placement to the Common Core State Standards, prom-ised Wednesday a speedy review and reassessment butforecast no top-to-bottom overhaul.
Education Commissioner David C. Hespe and De-
partment of Education officials laid out a plan beforethe State Board of Education to review and revise theexisting academic benchmarks, which have facedmonths of grass-roots and political opposition.
New Jersey residents will have to wait six monthsbefore they learn what changes are coming to the much
Education waiting game 6-month review of Common Core standards orderedAMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP
See CORE, Page 6A
TRENTON New Jersey Gov. Chris Christiehas been absent from the state for all or part of230 days since the beginning of 2014, and the paceof his departures is only accelerating.
Since officially launching his long-shot bid forthe White House on June 30, Christie has been onthe road all or part of eight days, including treksto New Hampshire and Maine.
This weeks travels include a two-day visit toIdaho, where he will mingle with Tesla founderElon Musk, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg,media giant Rupert Murdoch and others at the an-nual Allen and Co. conference at Sun Valley Re-sort, an event known as the summer camp forbillionaires. Coming up: Another visit to Iowa,host of the first-in-the-nation nominating contest.
Certainly of late, the many Christie absenceshave made Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno seem morelike the states chief executive than understudy.She temporarily is put in charge of New Jerseywhenever the governor leaves the state.
New Jersey taxpayers also have a role to play. They shoulder some of the traveling gover-
Christie on the roadTravels leave Guadagnoin charge of state,taxpayers on the hook BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP
See CHRISTIE, Page 8A
GANNETT PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ALEX RILEY
TOP AND ABOVE: THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER;
MIDDLE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Top: Chris Christie (left) accepts the endorsement ofMaine Gov. Paul LePage at Beckys Diner in Portland,Maine. Middle: Christie signs a campaign card forSandown, N.H., resident Russ Walters. Above: Christievisits with Grace Miller of Nevada, Iowa, at HickoryPark Restaurant in Ames, Iowa.
Thats why we created theoffice of lieutenant governor.Our staffs all work together.
LT. GOV. KIM GUADAGNO
Coming Sunday: How one lawyer stole millions from the elderly
Women, the privately insured and individuals withhigher incomes: They are doing heroin in greater num-bers. And the drug is killing them.
But its not just the unconventional faces of heroinwho are increasingly succumbing to the deadly high; allusers on the whole are dying more.
Heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States
nearly doubled between 2011 to 2013, from 1.4 to 2.7 per100,000 people, according to the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention in a report released Tuesday. In2013, there were 8,200 heroin-related overdose deathsacross the nation.
The heroin death rate in New Jersey remains muchhigher than the U.S. rate. From 2011 to 2013, the rate in
Heroins stranglehold keeps growingKEN SERRANO @KENSERRANOAPP
See HEROIN, Page 6A
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