>New Jersey homeless census seeks to count, aid the growing number of people in need
Mike Wood, who has spent the last seven years of his life out of doors, showed no interest in traveling away from his encampment off Route 9 in Howell so he can be counted as a homeless man.
Nor does he plan to go to any local center to pick up clothing and personal items – a draw to get the homeless to take part in a statewide census scheduled for Wednesday. (Serrano, Gannett)