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VOLUME136

NUMBER 7

SINCE 1879

ADVICE D5

CLASSIFIED E1

COMICS D4

LOCAL A3

LUXURY LIVING D1

OBITUARIES A12

OPINION A15

SPORTS C1

WEATHER C8

YOUR MONEY A6

If you must go outdoors, make sure exposed skin is covered. Stay warm by wearing layers of lightweight clothing. Wear gloves and a hat to help prevent losing body heat. Protect exposed water pipes with heating tape or by trick-ling water through them to prevent freezing.

If you are using a space heater, place it on a level, hard sur-face and keep anything flammable at least 3 feet away. Never use a stove or oven to heat your home. Never operate a generator inside your home.Sources: National Weather Service, American Red Cross

Dangerously cold air and winds gusting to around 35 mph mean wind chill temps as low as

10 below zero this morning. This can lead to frostbite and hypothermia. To stay safe:

An Arctic blast has the Shore in the grips of a deep freeze. To see a video,

scan the QR code or visit APP.com

TRENTON Foes of New Jerseys newest standard-ized test turned out in droves Wednesday to protest theexam and other classroom changes they contend willharm thousands of students.

Braving the frigid weather, so many came to testifybefore the State Board of Education that public testi-mony was broken into four conference rooms acrosstwo buildings. An overwhelming majority of speakers parents, students and educators were critical ofthe new testing regime and the policy changes thatcome with it.

Public schools have a few short months before theirfirst full-scale implementation of the PARCC, or Part-nership for Assessment of Readiness for College andCareers. In two bouts this year, the new test will be ad-ministered to children in grades three through 12. Asthe first testing period draws near, opposition hasgrown more vocal to the new tests rigor and high-stakes consequences.

Parent Gayle Heinrich said New Jerseys regimewill limit the future of children like her son, a sopho-more at Toms River High School North who has specialeducational needs.

The tests should not impact my sons ability to grad-

Foes urge

state to drop

school testPARCC denounced intestimony before board

AMANDA OGLESBY@OGLESBYAPP

THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Jacob Hartmann, a Toms River High School South freshman,speaks about PARCC in Trenton Wednesday.

SeePARCC, Page A5

ASBURY PARK Friends and family of Prize R. John-son, the victim of a fatal stabbing Monday in AsburyPark, described him as a star a budding musicianwho had his eye on success, for himself and others.

We just wanted to get our family out of the hoods,said Nyrhique Smith, 17, a cousin who attends school inManalapan. He went hard at rapping and football. Imgoing hard at basketball.

Johnson, 19, of Neptune, was found dead inside aWashington Village apartment. Police responded to a911 call of the stabbing shortly before 10 p.m. and wentto the apartment at 1259 Washington Ave. Initial calls topolice reported a stabbing on Ridge Avenue.

Despite efforts to revive Johnson, he was pro-

nounced dead at 10:29 p.m. The Monmouth CountyProsecutors Office and the Asbury Park police are in-vestigating.

The victim, a former student at Asbury Park HighSchool, played football for the high school. Districtspokeswoman Chanta L. Jackson did not say when heleft or graduated.

Asbury Park School District Superintendent La-mont Repollet released a statement lamenting theloss.

He wrote: I would like to extend condolences tothe family of the late Prize Johnson during this mostdifficult time. Today, our thoughts and prayers arealso with the students and staff of Asbury Park who

Friends mourn Asbury stabbing victimSTEPH SOLIS@STEPHMSOLIS

See VICTIM, PageA10

SAVING ASPECIALYOUNG MANCOLUMN,A3

CARINOS CORNER

A number of fires tore through buildings in the re-gion Tuesday into Wednesday, leaving two men deadand damaging a motel, a supermarket and homes.

A 77-year-old man was killed in a fire in the firstblock of Shore Boulevard in Keansburg. According toneighbors, the mans wife was able to escape the blaze.A man also was killed Tuesday night in a blaze in SouthBrunswick.

A firefighter was injured Tuesday night battling ahome fire in Little Egg Harbor. He was treated at a hos-pital and released.

In Sayreville, a fast-moving fire at the Circle MotorLodge gutted a portion of the motel, leaving about 25people displaced. In South Amboy, the citys only super-market was damaged by a late-night fire Tuesday.

JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Firefighters battle a multiple-alarm blaze at the Circle Motor Lodge in Sayreville on Wednesday.

BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The scene of a fatal fire in Keansburg on Wednesday.

FIRES RAGETwo men killed, landmark motel gutted in firesthat spanned region Tuesday to Wednesday

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Man dies in Keansburg fire, STORY, A4 Fire guts landmark motel, STORY, A4

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