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  • Wellness Day scheduled

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Centra-State Healthcare System and Friends’ Health Network will present a Gala Day of Wellness on Oct. 26 from 1-5 p.m. at The Greystone Manor, South Street. The program will feature nationally renowned speakers and authors Deepak Chopra, M.D., Bernie Siegel, M.D., and Rabbi Harold Kushner. Book signings will be available. Edward Soffen,…

  • New identity theft bill increases state penalties

    New identity theft bill increases state penalties Gov. James E. McGreevey signed Assembly bill A-3226, which increases the penalties for anyone convicted of identity theft crimes. The bill provides restitution and restoration of a victim’s financial status and credit history, according to a press release. Attorney General Peter Harvey, members of the state police, and…

  • Office plan puts home on verge of demolition

    A developer hopes to build a two-story, 49,000-square-foot office complex at 83 South St. across from St. Rose of Lima School. 1836 structure on South St. would give way to new building BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The fate of the 19th-century John Wesley Bartleson house at 83 South St. rests with the Freehold…

  • Dushahra festival aims to promote Indian culture

    Oct. 18 event to featuremusic, dancing, food,crafts and fireworks BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Oct. 18 event to feature music, dancing, food, crafts and fireworks BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Gov. James McGreevey offers his best wishes for the success of the Dushahra Festival 2003 to members of the organizing committee. Cultural programs, music and dancing,…

  • Freehold planning to shut day laborers’ muster zone

    Freehold planning to shut day laborers’ muster zone Mayor Wilson FREEHOLD — Borough officials are planning to do away with the so-called muster zone on Throckmorton Street where day laborers gather and wait to be picked up for work. Mayor Michael Wilson said in a press release issued Friday that conditions at the muster zone…

  • Bracelets to keep track of el­derly

    earch teams now have a new tool at their disposal to aid in finding patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia when they wander away. Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley and John A. Wanat, executive di­rector of the Monmouth County Office on Aging, have announced a new collabora­tive program to locate and rescue Alzheimer’s patients who…

  • Monmouth fire academy graduates new firefighters

    Monmouth fire academy graduates new firefighters HOWELL — A graduation ceremony was held Aug. 23 for 21 firefighters at the Monmouth County Fire Academy, Route 33. According to a press release from the county, the Firefighter I Program Course is a rigorous 112 hours of instruction over a period of 12 days and contains all…

  • Dems: Residential building needs to be watched closely

    Grover Burrows,Lucretia Saracenoseek Marlboro seats BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Dems: Residential building needs to be watched closely Grover Burrows, Lucretia Saraceno seek Marlboro seats BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Grover Burrows and Lucretia Saraceno, the Democrats running for two seats on the Township Council, say they would like to control, but not completely…

  • Flu clinics scheduled

    The Monmouth County Board of Health has scheduled several flu and pneumonia vaccine clinics for county residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, recommends the flu vaccine for persons 50 years of age and older; and persons 18-50 years old with long-term health problems, a weakened immune system, who are undergoing cancer treatment,…