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Doorbells ring, charges fly at Shore towns

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - A crowded city like nothing New Jersey has ever seen is rising over this once sleepy Ocean County township, and its neighbors are on edge.

A Haredi Jewish man pushes a stroller down Clifton Avenue in Lakewood. Haredi Jews constitute more than 60 percent of the town’s population of 100,000.
A Haredi Jewish man pushes a stroller down Clifton Avenue in Lakewood. Haredi Jews constitute more than 60 percent of the town’s population of 100,000.Read moreED HILLE / Staff Photographer