Panhandle is prominent
in Scenic Roadway Plan
County hoping to enhance and preserve its scenic roadway system
Correspondent
By jane meggitt
     Based on a countywide scenic roadway plan, the panhandle area ranks highest in miles of scenic byways.
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Funds approved for local trail projects
     Bob Shinn, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, announced the dedication of $1.6 million in federal funds to improve and develop state and local trails.
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Handicapped High Riders to host cycle tour
     The Handicapped High Riders Club, which gives children and adults an opportunity to ride or carriage-drive horses at Riding High Farm in Upper Freehold, will sponsor its eighth benefit cycle tour Oct. 6. The tour will consist of 10-, 30- and 62-mile rides, and will start and finish at the Cream Ridg...
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Roosevelt to hold
community blood drive
     A community blood drive will be conducted by Central Jersey Blood Center from 5-9 p.m. Sept. 27 at Roosevelt Borough Hall, Rochdale Avenue. Anyone who is 18 years of age or older, weighs more than 110 pounds, and has not donated blood within the past eight weeks is eligible to donate. For more infor...
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Scouting available for boys with special needs
     Cub Scout Pack 454 and Boy Scout Troop 454 offer the Scouting program for boys with special needs. There will be an open house for boys ages 7-17 (or age/grade equivalent) from 7-9 p.m. Sept. 20 at Freehold Elks Lodge No. 1454, East Main Street, Freehold, at the intersections of routes 537 and 79. F...
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Free bereavement groups meet in Englishtown
     Two free, nondenominational bereavement support groups meet twice a month at First Presbyterian Church, 50 Main St., Englishtown.
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Panhandle residents offer a helping hand
Staff Writer
By linda denicola
     There are myriad ways in which the heartbreaking events in lower Manhattan and in Washington, D.C. have affected the lives of local residents.
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VNA to sponsor a day
at Jolly Cackle Farm
     The Children’s Auxiliary of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey will sponsor "An Afternoon at Jolly Cackle Farm" from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Locust farm of Francoise and Harvey Rambach, who have hosted the event since its inception in 1992.
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