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WEDNESDAY 05.04.16

Cruz drops out of race

Trump romps in Indiana, delivering a knockout

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Clinton focused on Nov.

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Common Core, student debt crisis and more at ONE NATION: Education,
May 10 in Asbury Park. More, Page 8A or on.app.com/OneNation.

Humpbacks and more migrating to the Jersey Shore

WHALE

TALES

Students
slaying
called a
tragedy
Father, governor talk of
NJIT shooting victim, 23
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS
ALEX N GECAN @GEEKSTERTWEETS

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP John Micalizzi often

called his only son to check in on him. Joseph Micalizzi
was studying at New Jersey Institute of Technology in
Newark to be an engineer; Joseph hoped one day to be
in management.
So on Sunday evening, like he had so many other
evenings before, John Micalizzi called his son. He
liked to make sure Joseph was safe.
Unfortunately, he wasnt that night, John Micalizzi said.
Hours after what would be the Micalizzis last chat,
Joseph, 23, was fatally shot at the Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity house near New Jersey Institute of Technology about 3:30 a.m. Monday.
His father said he heard from police that his son
was killed after he tried to fight men who broke into
the fraternity house. His sons reaction, he said, was
typical of the boy he loved.
He was a standup kid, and nobody could push him
around, John said. Thats how he was.
See SLAYING, Page 11A
Joseph
Micalizzi
was killed at
his fraternity
house in
Newark.
COURTESY OF
JOHN
MICALIZZI

DAN RADEL @DANIELRADELAPP

POINT PLEASANT BEACH - Jerry Meaney was at the end of Broadway Boulevard,
looking at the ocean, when he saw the first whales breach.
A handful of humpbacks according to witnesses who identified them were foraging on bait fish right outside of Manasquan Inlet. Bystanders said they put on quite a
show.
They (the whales) came out of the water several times. They swam north of the inlet,
about 200 to 300 yards offshore then circled back, said Meaney, a Point Pleasant Beach
resident and hobbyist photographer.
Meaney, who is also the captain of the Point Pleasant Beach First Aid Squad, was talking to a friend when the wildlife scene unfolding in the ocean got his attention.
I said I gotta go, and I raced down to the jetty, said Meaney.
See WHALES, Page 5A

WHALE WATCHING
TIPS
l Peak months: May and
June.

Humpbacks can
grow to 53 feet
in length (avg.
45-50 feet), and
weigh between
25 and 40 tons.

l Bring binoculars to the

beach.

Size relative to
a 6-foot man

l Watch for frenzied activity from birds and baitfish

on the surface.
l Board a whale watching
vessel.

Whales can live

anywhere from the
polar regions right
up to the equator.

lAll marine mammals are

protected under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act.
Boaters must keep 100 feet
away from whales and 500
yards from right whales.

Probe criticizes
N.J.s online tax
lien system
SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP

TRENTON - New Jersey officials granted a foreign-owned company and its partner a virtual monopoly over the states lucrative online tax-lien sale program, after the firms worked behind the scenes to
craft the programs parameters, a state probe has
found.
The foreign-owned firm, Realauction.com LLC,
made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on the
deal, even though it hadnt registered to do business in
New Jersey and wasnt paying state income taxes, the
State Commission of Investigation said.
The SCIs report focuses on the unusual regulatory process that resulted in Realauction and its partner, R.O.K. Industries Inc., being designated by the
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in 2011
as the states only authorized online tax-lien auction
service vendors. The firms have used that exclusive
status to secure approximately 90 no-bid contracts
with cities and towns across the state, including several municipalities in the Shore area, generating about $1
See PROBE, Page 11A

ROBERT COHN/ASBURY PARK DESIGN STUDIO GRAPHIC AND ILLUSTRATION; COURTESY OF JERRY MEANEY/BARNEGAT BAY ISLAND, NJ

A whale - which onlookers said was a humpback - is seen feeding on baitfish 200 yards off Pt. Pleasant Beach on April 26.

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