FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP―Applewood Estates, CentraState’s active, continuing care retirement community, is sponsoring a seminar, "Understanding Today’s Retirement Living Options," on Thursday, February 25, 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 6, 10:30 a.m. at Applewood Estates, One Applewood Drive.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP –The CARF Continuing Care Accreditation Commission, the nation’s only system for accrediting continuing care retirement communities, has accredited Applewood Estates, CentraState’s active continuing care retirement community, for another five-year term. Nationally, only 15 percent of all continuing care retirement communities have earned this recognition.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP—The Current Events Club at Applewood Estates, CentraState’s active continuing care retirement community, will host a free candidate forum on October 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the community’s Performing Arts Center. Gubernatorial representatives from all three candidates are scheduled to attend.

FREEHOLD—David Metz, owner of the Metz Bicycle Museum and resident of Applewood Estates, will host the 2009 International Cycling History Conference on July 29 - August 1 at the Metz Bicycle Museum, 54 W. Main Street and the Courtyard on Main, 30 W. Main Street. The annual conference is hosted at selected historical cycling sites worldwide.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP—The Performing Arts Center at Applewood Estates will serve as the new home for Monmouth Symphony Orchestra rehearsals beginning this fall. While arts organizations continue to feel the pinch of a struggling economy and diminished public funding, Applewood Estates, CentraState’s continuing care retirement community, is committed to doing its part to support regional arts organizations.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP—Applewood Estates, CentraState’s active continuing care retirement community, is offering the Applewood Fair on Saturday, May 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the community. The event is open to the public.

The fair will feature rides and games for children, hot food, sweets and beverages.