Vol. 17 - No. 5
In This Week’s Edition
THE HOWELL
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CONGRATS CLASS OF 2019
Local Students Represent NJ In Battle Against Alzheimer’s
Government Page 7.
Community News! Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
Pages 8-11.
Dear Pharmacist Metformin’s Pros And Cons
Page 15.
Inside The Law Page 17.
Business Directory Page 18.
Classifieds Page 21.
Fun Page Page 20.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
—Photos courtesy Freehold Regional High School District By Kimberly Bosco HOWELL – Congratulations to the Howell High School Class of 2019. Seniors were honored in a ceremony on June 24, 2019 before
moving on to the next steps in their education. Howell High School student Kayla Laufer was named valedictorian and Laura Babiak was named salutatorian.
Officials Streamlining Human Services With Monmouth County ACTS By Kimberly Bosco FREEHOLD – In an effort to better, and more efficiently, meet the needs of residents, Monmouth County recently launched its Monmouth ACTS program. Monmouth ACTS stands for “Assisting Community Through Services.” In collaboration with the Human Services Advisory Council as well as local non-profit organizations, county officials created Monmouth ACTS as a way to enhance access to human services resources, such as those for addiction, mental health, and homelessness. The public-private initiative was born out of a 2016 Monmouth County Human Services Needs
Assessment. The assessment surveyed the needs of residents throughout Monmouth County, as well as “the strengths, capabilities and interests of service providers and community stakeholders,” according to officials. The report following the needs assessment, entitled “A Call To Action,” worked on laying out a roadmap for filling in the gaps in human services identified in the assessment. “We found out that many Monmouth County residents struggle to have their basic needs met,” said Monmouth County Freeholder Sue Kiley, liaison to the county’s health and human services (Community - See Page 6)
| June 29, 2019
By Kimberly Bosco FR EEHOLD – St udents at Freehold Township High School are helping to shape the face of the fight against Alzheimer’s – literally. On June 13, several hundred students decked out in purple gear took to the school grounds to form a human outline of New Jersey State, with the help of the statewide nonprofit, Alzheimer’s New Jersey. Alzheimer’s New Jersey is an independent non-profit that aims to address “the needs of people in New Jersey who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, by providing programs and community partnerships that increase awareness and access to services,” according to their website. Formerly known as the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, the organization changed their name in 2015 in order to better reflect their “commitment to individuals and families that are impacted by Alzheimer’s and dementia right here at home in New Jersey.” Students were doing their part in bringing awareness to the devastating disease through Alzheimer’s New Jersey’s 2019 Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s. An aerial view shows hundreds of students standing shoulder to shoulder in their purple t-shirts, forming the shape of New Jersey, in solidarity with those who suffer from Alzheimer’s in our home state. Purple is the national color of the Alzheimer’s movement. According to the organization, Freehold Township High School students have raised over $100,000 for Alzheimer’s New Jersey education, support and advocacy programs over the past 15 years. These funds go towards “programs such as care consultations, family support groups, Alzheimer New Jersey’s Telephone Helpline, the Respite Care and Wellness Program, the (Awareness - See Page 4)
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