SEASIDE PARK Kathy Delorme has lived in her

mothers house on H Street her entire life.

But now she fears she and her 78-year-old mother,
Margaret, may not be able to return to the three-story
home that is located half a block from Barnegat Bay.
Unable to afford to completely repair the dilapidated
house, Delorme was upset when the boroughs code en-
forcement department sent her mother four summons-
es on Sept. 2, charging her with failing to properly
maintain the main house and an adjacent garage, as
well as failing to keep the property clean.
Today, she will be in Municipal Court, hoping to con-
vince Municipal Court Judge James A. Liguori that she
plans to repair the home.
I dont know whats going to satisfy them, De-
lorme, 48, said Wednesday, standing inside an enclosed
See STORM, Page A4
PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Delorme home on H Street in Seaside Park awaits repairs
nearly two years after it was damaged in superstorm Sandy.
Storm-damaged
houses hit with
violation notices
By Jean Mikle @jeanmikle
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THURSDAY 09.18.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 224
SINCE 1879
ADVICE D7
CLASSIFIED E1
COMICS D6
LOCAL A3
MOVIES D2
OBITUARIES A12
OPINION A15
SPORTS C1
WEATHER C8
YOUR MONEY A6
FAIRY TALE
BEGINNINGS
No dream is too big for babys frst room
LUXURY LIVING, D1
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RUTGERS PREPARES
TO FACE NAVY
The Scarlet Knights defense is ready to hold off
the Midshipmens option offense.
Sports, C1
After spreading to a dozen states, it was only a mat-
ter of time before a virus that can cause severe respira-
tory illness in children arrived in New Jersey.
Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the Gar-
den States first case of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in a
child. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion is looking into about a dozen potential cases.
The child was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital
and was discharged after improving, according to the
state Department of Health.
Officials declined to reveal where the child lives but
stress that parents can take many steps to help keep
their children healthy. Children with asthma seem to
have a higher risk for severe respiratory illness, and
some children may need to be taken to a hospital inten-
sive care unit, according to the department.
Whats important is to make sure that everyone,
First case of
severe virus
strain in N.J.
Child treated for enterovirus D68;
preventive measures urged
By Todd B. Bates @ToddBBatesAPP
See VIRUS, Page A4
TRENTON State lawmakers unveiled nearly two
dozen bills in a sweeping effort to curb heroin and pre-
scription drug abuse, a crisis that has gripped New
Jersey and especially the Jersey Shore region.
The 21bills, formulated over the past year and a half,
strike at core weaknesses in New Jerseys substance
abuse and treatment system.
The current system is completely failing our chil-
dren, said Patty DiRenzo, a Camden County woman
whose son, Salvatore Marchese, died of a heroin over-
dose in 2010.
Legislators held up the package of bills as a compre-
hensive, evidence-based approach to an epidemic that
claimed more than 550 lives in New Jersey last year a
fifth from Ocean County. There were 112 heroin-related
deaths in Ocean County and 61 in Monmouth last year,
authorities have said.
The prescription drug monitoring program, for ex-
ample, would be changed to require pharmacies to up-
date the database once a week rather than once a month
to better monitor trends of doctor-shopping, where ad-
dicts visit multiple doctors to obtain prescriptions for
narcotics.
One bill would increase the states embarrassing
Medicaid reimbursement rate, seen as a disincentive
for health care organizations to operate in New Jersey,
said state Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, chairman
of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citi-
zens Committee. Another bill would require the state
Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to
annually compare and rank substance abuse providers.
The Overdose Protection Act, which allows law en-
forcement to carry the opiate antidote naloxone, would
See HEROIN, Page A4
COST OF EFFORT
The 21 bills unveiled by state lawmakers are estimated
to cost $20 million. A breakdown of some of the initia-
tives:
Department of Human Services appropriation for
substance-abuse prevention and programs: $5 million
Extending the Overdose Prevention Act: $500,000
The Poison Control Center establishing a clearing-
house of drug overdose information: $500,000
ONLINE
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We know that since the dawn
of drugs and alcohol, people
have been addicted and will be
addicted. But we can make a
difference.
STATE SEN. JOSEPH F. VITALE
After overdoses claim 550 lives
in New Jersey, lawmakers
strategize counteroffensive
By Dustin Racioppi @dracioppi