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TOMS RIVER - Flu activity is at high levelsthroughout eastern portions of central and northernNew Jersey, according to state and local health depart-ments.

The Ocean County Health Department issued analert on flu activity Monday, advising residents to cov-

er coughs and sneezes, wash their hands with soap andwater, and to stay home when sick.The New Jersey Department of Health monitors flu

activity by region. It reported that flu activity was highin mid-February in the region that includes Mon-mouth, Ocean, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex andUnion counties.

We have not seen as much influenza-like illness ac-tivity compared to previous years, but we have seen anuptick over the last several weeks, Nicole Mulvaney,aspokeswoman for the Department of Health, wrote inan email. Were probably at our peak right now.

Flu activity normally peaks this time of year, shesaid.

Flu activity saidto be at highlevels at ShoreAMANDA OGLESBY@OGLESBYAPP

See FLU, Page 4A

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VOLUME137

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SINCE 1879

ADVICE 6D

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WEATHER 8C

Feds find higher cancer risk fromChinese laminate flooring; trou-

bled U.S. sellers stock dives. 1B

JACKSON - Its on the windows of nearly 800 houses: a bright red, palm-sized

sticker telling solicitors to think twice before ringing the doorbell.

Six months after the townships new no-knock ordinance went into effect,

the owners of 764 homes have signed up for protection from solicitors who sim-

ply wont take no for an answer.

They like having this tool available to them, knowing whos out on the street,

what neighborhoods theyre canvassing, Township Council President Rob

Nixon said. When it comes down to it, its really in the hands of the people in

town. If they want the tool, they have access to it.

JACKSONS NO-KNOCK LIST

WHERE CAN

SOLICITORS GO?

ANDREW FORD/STAFF PHOTO

A for sale sign was posted in front of this home on Alaska Avenue in Jackson by Remax On the Move, a Lakewood realestate agency that has received permits allowing it to solicit on exactly 135 streets, mostly in the eastern part of Jackson.

Several hundred homeowners havesigned up since law went into effect

ANDREW FORD/STAFF PHOTO

This sign was posted in front of a home on Brookwood Parkway in Jackson.

MIKE DAVIS@BYMIKEDAVIS

Where are

solicitors allowed

to knock? Check

out an interactive

map to learn

more at APP.com

Some neighborhoods inJackson where solicitorscan pay you a visit:

Brookwood

Parkway

Villanova

Drive

Buckingham

Drive

Pitney Lane

Inside

Toms River poised to banreal estate soliciting in twoareas. 3A

See NO-KNOCK, Page 4A

FREEHOLD - An Asbury Park man who police say

fired first at a city police officer during an exchangeof gunfire in November on a city street was indictedMonday morning, according to a news release fromthe Monmouth County Prosecutors Office.

Dante Allen, 20, was indicted on first-degree at-tempted murderand five other charges in connectionwith the Nov. 4 shooting off Springwood Avenue in-volving Officer Terrance McGhee. An 8-year-old girlwas injured in the crossfire when one bullet flew intoher house on Borden Avenue and grazed her forehead.

Allen also was charged with unlawful weapon pos-session, possession of a weapon for an unlawful pur-pose, possession of a prohibited weapon, receivingstolen property and cocaine possession, according tothe indictment.

The incident stemmed from a field stop around 7:15p.m. at the intersection of Boston Way and Atkins Ave-

Asbury manindicted infall shootinginvolving copSTEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Cassie Jones, 8, on the bed where she sat when a bulletgrazed her head on Nov. 4 in Asbury Park.

See INDICTED, Page 4A

VICTORY ON

THE LINELate free throws power St. John

Vianney over St. Rose in SCT.

SPORTS, PAGE 1C