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ASBURY PARK PRESS

MONDAY 03.30.15

Eggciting
Kids join fun hunt on
Seaside Heights
beach. LOCAL, 3A

Try these 10 cant-miss Freehold restaurants. @PLAY, 1C

11
DAYS

SELLOFF PLAN:
WHATS NEXT?

TO GO
What happens when a film
fest and a music fest collide?
Dont miss the film Jaco and Robert Trujillo
from Metallica, 3A

Riders love
Lakewoods
new shuttle
Transit service is called
game-changer for town

NOAH K. MURRAY/SPECIAL TO THE ASBURY PARK PRESS

Supporters of the two Monmouth County-owned nursing homes hold up signs during a meeting last week at which the county
Board of Chosen Freeholders voted to authorize the sale of the money-losing facilities to private operators.

SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP

County: Nursing homes

residents wont suffer

LAKEWOOD Yaakov Rosenberg is one happy guy.

The 21-year-old rabbinical student doesnt drive,

which makes getting around town a chore. When he
cant find a ride, he walks, like legions of other students
do here in every kind of weather.
But there he was Tuesday, wearing a smile that belied
the dreary, drizzly morning, zipping downtown on the
L Lakewoods new community shuttle.
When I heard them announce this, I was waiting for
this day, Rosenberg said. I think its an amazing
thing.
So far, the L stands for Loving it. And whats not to

SUSANNE CERVENKA @SCERVENKA

See SHUTTLE, Page 4A

Scan the QR code to take a

video ride on the Lakewood
L or view it at

www.app.com

NOAH K. MURRAY/SPECIAL TO THE ASBURY PARK PRESS

Monmouth County Freeholders Lillian G. Burry and Gary J.

Rich listen to residents and workers from the countys two
nursing homes at Tuesdays meeting in Freehold.

FREEHOLD One thing is known: Monmouth County

is getting out of the nursing home business after running
the Geraldine L. Thompson and John L. Montgomery
care centers for decades.
But questions still linger for all involved residents,
employees and taxpayers. The most frequent one: What
happens next?
A rough timeline has the sale of the nursing homes
happening sometime this summer, according to information discussed when the Monmouth County Board of
Chosen Freeholders introduced its budget Thursday.
But much needs to happen between now and then.

See SELLOFF, Page 6A

Benefit for girl shows good in people

JERRY CARINO CARINOS CORNER
POINT PLEASANT BEACH Bella
enjoys the simple things. Petting the
dog. Listening to music. Nestling in her
mothers arms.
Life around her, though, is pretty
complicated. The 11-year-old has endured daily seizures since she was 2.
She takes at least 12 pills per day,

Bethany
Links
daughter
Bella (left)
suffers from
a disease
that causes
frequent,
serious
seizures.

speaks little and remembers even less. Her mom,

Bethany Link, is a 36-year-old divorcee who raises
three kids mostly on grit. The family has moved twice
in the past year, trying to find a stable housing situation.
Its hard, but shes just an angel, Bethany said. I
hit a spot after the divorce where we didnt have anything, and I was mad at God. I spoke to a spiritual

TOM SPADER/
STAFF

See CARINO, Page 4A

PHOTOGRAPHER

WILL U.S. ARMED FORCES GET 401(K) PLANS? PAGE 1B

H.S. Spring
Preview: Golf
Shore boys, girls teams getting
into the swing of the season.

SPORTS, 1D & 3D

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