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Tent City in Lakewood – Learn More About Them

Dennis and Judi Show — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:06:16 +0000

Dennis and Judi discussed how tent cities are popping up more frequently around NJ and whether or not NJ Legislature should do something about them or just leave them.

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Judge Orders Help for NJ Tent City Residents

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:05:02 +0000

Residents of a New Jersey homeless encampment will not be evicted from their tents in the woods without being offered indoor housing for at least a year under terms of an agreement reached Friday.

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Lakewood Moves To Close Tent City

Dan Alexander — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:57:19 +0000

Officials in Lakewood are taking steps to dismantle Tent City. Summonses were issued last week to the encampment’s leaders where about 80 people now live. Steve Brigham, who founded the encampment in Ocean County and works with its homeless residents, tells the Asbury Park Press that authorities initially told him they would impose daily fines [...]

Two Residents Injured In Tent City Fire

Joel Mahan — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:07:29 +0000

Two residents of Tent City in Lakewood have been injured by a fire overnight.

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Fire At Tent City In Lakewood Injures 78 Year Old Man

Jason Allentoff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:14:35 +0000

Fire broke out at Lakewood's Tent City encampment early Monday morning sending one of the residents to the hospital.

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Lakewood Police Arrest Man For Tent City Stabbing

Joel Mahan — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:55:01 +0000

Lakewood Police have found the man who is suspected of stabbing two people at the Tent City homeless camp.

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Homeless Man Sues, Says Volunteer Stole His House

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:01:51 +0000

A New Jersey man who once lived in a waterfront home at the Jersey shore now lives in a teepee made of plastic tarpaulins in muddy, mosquito-infested woods.

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