CentraState’s MS Center
marks first anniversary
     CentraState Medical Center’s Multiple Sclerosis Center, the first of its kind in Central and South Jersey, has marked its one-year anniversary. CentraState partnered with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Jersey Chapter to bring comprehensive care closer to home for patients suffering from...
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Library events
     The Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, will host the following programs.
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MAST bowl-a-thon
benefit slated for Dec. 17
     The Key Club at Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST), Sandy Hook, will host a Bowl-a-Thon Dec. 17 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Airport Plaza Bowling Lanes, Route 36, Hazlet.
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Datebook
     • Need a Friend, a social group for singles ages 40-65, will hold a "meet and eat" Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Bell Diner, Route 9, Freehold Township. Details: (732) 625-0605 or (609) 371-2113.
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     CLARE MARIE CELANO Cesar Perales (second from right), president and counsel of the Puerto Rican Defense and Education Fund, discusses a lawsuit that claims Freehold Borough’s decision to close a public hiring area denies people’s right to work.
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Bereavement support
group offered for adults
     HUGS (Help Us Grieve Someone), a free, confidential, nondenominational be­reavement support group for adults, now meets at Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Tennent section of Manalapan.
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Area residents awarded
Poppick Scholarship
     Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, has announced the winners of its 2003 Poppick Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship was named for Harry M. Poppick, M.D., a founding member of the hospital’s medical staff and a physician in Keyport for 35 years.
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Yesteryear
100 years ago
     The perplexing tramp problem in the Freehold area is continually recurring and forming the basis of more or less interesting discussions on the subject of the most economical method of disposing of the "Weary Willies," but so far no satisfactory solution has been offered.
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