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  • Mall plans expansion for 2007

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Living in Freehold Township provides residents with many amenities such as lush greenery, country roads, farms and many lovely subdivisions. What the township does not have, however, is a Main Street. That is about to change – kind of. The Macerich…

  • State’s Latinos receive poor mental health care

    Experts say language barrier and stigma are largely to blame BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Compared to whites, Latinos in New Jersey continue to receive inferior mental health care. While social stigma and a language barrier are thought to be the main reasons, a myriad of others…

  • New ridership numbers boost call for rail line

    Ocean County and Monmouth County officials are cautiously optimistic that new ridership numbers presented last week to transportation officials may bolster the counties’ ongoing efforts to implement passenger rail service in one of the fastest-growing regions in the state. Armed with the new numbers, Ocean County Freeholder James F. Lacey and Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore…

  • Prostate cancer to be discussed

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Men and the loved ones who care about them are encouraged to attend a panel discussion, Prostate Cancer Awareness: An Evening With the Experts, presented by CentraState. The discussion will take place on Sept. 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. in CentraState Medical Center’s Zwerling Auditorium. CentraState Medical Center physicians Edward Soffen, radiation oncologist,…

  • Plans in works for new park

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – If you build it, they will come. At least according to Freewood Acres resident Kerry Williams. For more than three years, the Township Council, the Recreation Advisory Committee and citizens groups have tried to secure a park for the Freewood Acres residential…

  • Habitat cycle ride Oct. 1

    When James Wishbow first conceived the idea of raising funds for Habitat for Humanity with a motorcycle ride, he never dreamed it would be so successful. Now in its seventh year, Habitat’s annual Motorcycle Ride for Affordable Housing is gearing up with an expected turnout of 800 to 900 New Jersey bikers. The fully escorted…

  • Health officer participates in public health initiative

    Margaret Jahn, health officer for the Freehold Area Health Department, is a recent graduate of the inaugural class of the Public Health Leadership Initiative for Emer-gency Response (PHLIER) program at the New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness (NJCPHP) at the Univer-sity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-School of Public Health. The PHLIER…

  • Mayor wants curbs in older centers upgraded

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Mayor Drew Shapiro has suggested that municipal officials may want to examine the possibility of adopting an ordinance that would require the owners of older retail sites and strip malls to construct curbing that is accessible to the handicapped. Shapiro said he was moved…

  • United Way announces local grants

    The United Way of Monmouth County board of directors has officially announced that 68 local health and human service agencies will receive funding for the 2006-07 cycle. This year more than 50 volunteers assisted in the annual resource investment process reviewing more than 70 applications, making onsite visits to the agencies, conducting interviews with agency…