Established in October, the Gloucester Family Health Center at 302 Washington St. offers a broad scope of services uniquely tailored to care for the local community.
The new Gloucester center is the fourth site of its parent company, North Shore Community Health Inc., which operates three other locations in Salem and Peabody. The non-profit organizations receive both Medicaid and Medicare funding and are overseen by a board of directors, half of Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the stories that will be on-line Sunday, as well as in our print editions this weekend,
stories you haven’t read in any other news source!
says crime is down, but the 2008
statistics tell a different story.
Crime is down in some categories, true, but not in murder and rape. In the wake of a tragic shooting in the quiet Hamilton Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning, a block from McNair Academic High School, downtown residents Read the rest of this entry »

Children can do well despite a family’s financial setbacks, says Jana Martin, a psychologist in Long Beach, Calif.
-Parents should explain what is changing and what isn’t, she suggests. “We may have to move, but you’ll get to keep your bed and your favorite things.” Keep as many family routines as possible. If something has to go, try to give options: The family makes pizza together instead of going out.
-Invite teenagers to help brainstorm ways Read the rest of this entry »

Appalled and frustrated come to mind upon learning that for years there have been former Hoboken city employees, classified as ineligible, receiving taxpayer funded healthcare benefits. This goes beyond mismanagement, seems that Judy Tripodi, our state fiscal monitor, has uncovered yet another one of the many unethical practices plaguing Hoboken.
What is even more troubling and should be of great concern especially with a Mayoral election this Read the rest of this entry »

In 2008, the NJ National Guard deployed the highest number of troops in it’s history. This information was given to Ryan Toth, the founder of Total Core Fitness Boot Camp, by a boot camper who is in the Guard. To help the families of the Guard, toys which are collected for the Annual Boot Camp For Toys workout, would be donated to them.
“When word got out that we were collecting for the families of our troops, people opened up their pockets and Read the rest of this entry »

When cancer strikes one member of a family, what seems like an intensely personal catastrophe can suddenly bring down the entire household.
But Sunday, for 200 men, women and children who know the disease’s terrible toll all too well, a holiday party hosted by a unique program for patients and their families offered a chance to give thanks, both for a happier ending and for the help they received in getting there.
“It’s like they don’t care about Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
It all started with a family health and fitness camp that ended in November. It targets families with children that are overweight and teaches them how to conquer obesity as a family.
Local families are taking part in the Family Health and Fitness Camp to change the way they eat and live their lives.
“We do something weekly and generally we alternate between something that involves physical activity. We’ve done basketball, Read the rest of this entry »

Making good on a longtime Democratic goal, federal lawmakers and President Barack Obama have approved an expansion of the state Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. The measure will continue health-care coverage for about 7 million children already enrolled in SCHIP and extend coverage to another 4 million children.
The SCHIP expansion, costing $35 billion over five years, is worthwhile given rising unemployment and an increasingly bleak Read the rest of this entry »

The increases are particularly pronounced in the region’s largest and wealthiest jurisdictions as employers cut benefits and eliminate jobs. In
, for instance, requests for the state’s insurance program for children, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS), were up 16 percent between November 2007 and November 2008. In Alexandria, caseloads increased 20 percent, and in
, they were up 16.5 percent.
Overall, caseloads in Northern Virginia Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine being a teenager, taken by your family to another state and dropped off at a hospital — so someone else would take responsibility for you.
It’s happened twice over the last week in Nebraska.
In one case, a 13 year old Michigan boy got in a car with his mom, who drove over 700 miles to Omaha to leave him at a medical center in the middle of the night.
In another case, a 15 year old Iowa girl was deposited by her grandparents at Omaha’s Read the rest of this entry »