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12.27.15
VOLUME 136
NUMBER 309
SINCE 1879
@ISSUE 1AABUSINESS 6AACLASSIFIED 1DLOCAL 3AOBITUARIES 12A
This year was one of transition for the New Jersey entertain-ment scene. The year’s biggest stories portend even biggerthings happening in the future. STORY, 1E
SUNDAY BEST
Jersey Shore wasrocking in 2015
Japan says armed Chinese shipinfiltrated its waters. STORY, 1B
You only need to think about all thebills you have in your life and the inter-actions you have with companies everyday to realize that sometimes thingscan go wrong.
Problems can occur and, in 2015,Press on Your Side saw plenty of them.
Old electric bills were charged to the wrong per-son. Residents had troubles with appliance warrantiesand a home warranty company. One reader wascharged for a dating service he never joined, whileanother couldn’t get his money back for a simplepurchase: an electric toothbrush. Transferring anindividual retirement account and closing a smallsavings account at a bank was trouble for one Laceyresident.
We helped to unwind and straighten out many
problems. Others we couldn’t fix.Scammers continued to plague Jersey Shore resi-
dents, hitting at them with a torrent of fake lettersand phone calls. Some people fought back and somegot educated. It’s clear that fraudsters leave devas-tation in their wake.
So here are the top issues that we heard about:
See PRESS, Page 7A
Press on Your Side’s top fixes of the yearDAVID P. WILLIS PRESS ON YOUR SIDE
TOP STORIES OF
2015Top Shore stories and more. 4AWhat made business news. 6AA
The Top 10 sports breakdown. 9CTop 10 entertainment stories. 1E
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2015 ALL-SHOREFOOTBALL STARS
Check out our expanded Sports coverage
for this season’s top offensive, defensive
high school football athletes. Plus, be sure
to visit us online at app.com for more.
Man with head trauma found dead inside Lakewood home. STORY, 3A
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