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  • State government should not cut reimbursement rate to program

    My name is David Miller, regional director for Young At Heart Medical Adult Day Care with two facilities in Ocean County, one in Brick Township and one in Jackson. Medical adult day care is a day program for the frail, elderly and senior population, as well as developmentally disabled and/or mentally challenged individuals. We provide…

  • MHS team places second in science competition

    MANALAPAN — A group of Manalapan High School sophomores who came up with an idea to use innovative gene therapy technology to cure people with HIV/AIDS have moved up in the ranks of competition. Mojin Chen, Vaidhy Murti, Tejas Srinivasan and Jeremy Puthumana, all of whom are students in the Freehold Regional High School District’s…

  • Michael J. Goffe

    37, of Freehold, member of the Adelphia Fire Company Michael J. Goffe Micheal J. Goffe, 37, of Freehold, died at home on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Micheal was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio before moving to Freehold in 1986. Micheal was in inventory control for Amazing Deals, Freehold prior to that Micheal was an…

  • Teens put medical knowledge to good use

    FHS seniors prepare lessons for children at Colts Neck primary school BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Freehold High School students (l-r) Jennifer Sun, Meha Halari, Harsha Ayyala and Nikita Ekhelikar conduct a dance activity with pupils at the Conover Road Primary School, Colts Neck, during an interactive health fair that brought together…

  • Claire Brock

    85, of Freehold Township, formerly of Bayonne and Old Bridge Claire Brock Ms. Brock was born in Jersey City and had lived in Bayonne and Old Bridge before moving to Silvermead, Freehold Township, five years ago. She was a parishioner of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold Twp., NJ. Ms. Brock was a member of…

  • Charles Hein Jr.

    Mr. Hein, 90, of Howell, died May 17, 2009, at home. He had lived in Lakewood before moving to Howell in 1962. Mr. Hein, a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, was the co-founder and operator of JAC Service Company, Howell, along with his brothers-in-law, Andrew and Jesse Nuccio. He retired in 1984. Mr.…

  • Henry B. Swakopf

    Mr. Swakopf, 99, of West Milford and formerly of Silvermead, Freehold, died May 15, 2009, at Milford Manor Nursing Home, West Milford. Mr. Swakopf retired in 1979 as a supervisor at Furman Leather, Maspeth, N.Y., prior to which he worked at S&S Handle, Newark, and Wrights Aeronautical, Paterson. He was predeceased by his first wife,…

  • Public encouraged to support Heart Association event

    As a local cardiologist and resident here at the Jersey Shore, it never ceases to amaze me with the talent, dedication and passion that Monmouth and Ocean county residents and businesses have to helping both our local community and our nation. I have the distinct honor as executive director of the American Heart Association Have…

  • Immigrants have a history of making a contribution

    In reply to the letter to the editor from Paul Schlaflin in May 13 News Transcript (“Constituent Says Holt’s Views Are Off-Base”), I would like to strongly disagree. If Mr. Schlaflin knew the history of our country, he would know that with the exception of the native Americans, all of us are either immigrants or…