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Thousands Raised To Help Young Son Of Western Mass Police Officer Diagnosed With Leukemia Thousands Raised To Help Young Son Of Western Mass Police Officer Diagnosed With Leukemia
Thousands Raised To Help Young Son Of Western Mass Police Officer Diagnosed With Leukemia A Massachusetts community has come together to raise tens of thousands of dollars to go toward helping a police officer's brave 11-month-old son fight a tough battle against cancer. The outpouring of support began after Hampden County police officer Crystal Conroy, a member of the Holyoke Police Department, learned her 11-month-old son Ashton has leukemia.  After the harrowing diagnosis was made, Conroy was forced to leave work for the foreseeable future to take care of Ashton as he fights the disease. Additionally, more strain was placed on the family, as Conroy's husband Ch…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
'Gentle Giant' Dies In Route 109 Car Crash In Dover, Family Remembers Selfless Spirit 'Gentle Giant' Dies In Route 109 Car Crash In Dover, Family Remembers Selfless Spirit
'Gentle Giant' Dies In Route 109 Car Crash In Dover, Family Remembers Selfless Spirit A 51-year-old father who "suffered quietly with Leukemia" was found by police, unresponsive and without a pulse, after a car crash that would claim his life, officials say.  Keith James, who was referred to as "the Bear" by his daughters, was traveling on Route 109 when, due to "yet unknown reasons," his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a pole, the Dover Police Department told Daily Voice.  Responding police officers administered CPR and he was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, on Thursday, May 18.  For his family, Keith's unexpected pas…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Tewksbury Rallies For 12-Year-Old Who Prepped For Softball Season, Got Cancer Diagnosis Instead Tewksbury Rallies For 12-Year-Old Who Prepped For Softball Season, Got Cancer Diagnosis Instead
Tewksbury Rallies For 12-Year-Old Who Prepped For Softball Season, Got Cancer Diagnosis Instead "Jocelyn has the support of the Tewksbury community behind her," said one of the donors to a GoFundMe for a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with leukemia. Jocelyn Coppola was preparing for her sixth softball season on Saturday, March 26, the GoFundMe campaign description reads, but only four days later was told by her doctor that she was facing a leukemia diagnosis.  "In a matter of only 4 days, a family's life has been turned completely upside-down," the fundraiser description reads. Coppola is expected to require two years of treatment for the disease, but she is not doing it a…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Neighbors
Support Surges For Millis Cancer Survivor Who Endured Second Leg Amputation Support Surges For Millis Cancer Survivor Who Endured Second Leg Amputation
Support Surges For Millis Cancer Survivor Who Endured Second Leg Amputation Donations have poured in for a husband and father from Millis who has undergone two below-the-knee amputations only months apart, according to an online fundraiser. Jimmy Giles, who grew up in Medway and lives in Millis, is used to hardships. He was diagnosed with leukemia as child but survived, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf.  "While he was healthy for many years after his bone marrow transplant, he always knew that the cancer treatments left him immunocompromised," the campaign reads.  My brother in law and sister in law need your help. He’s in the hospital recoveri…

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by David Cifarelli
Neighbors
Westford Girl's Leukemia Diagnosis Is 'Worst News Imaginable' For Family Westford Girl's Leukemia Diagnosis Is 'Worst News Imaginable' For Family
Westford Girl's Leukemia Diagnosis Is 'Worst News Imaginable' For Family Every parent is afraid of getting the 'worst news imaginable' regarding their children and for one family from the Merrimack Valley, that unfortunately became a reality, an online fundraiser reads.  Rebecca Ennis' 6-year-old daughter Olivia was diagnosed with Leukemia the last week of March, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized by Rebecca's sister Jennifer Troester.  The Westford mom will now be out of a job as Ennis travels to and from Boston while Olivia gets treatment, Troester said. She hopes the GoFundMe will help ease the family's financial burden.  "No parent should have to fa…

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by David Cifarelli
Lifestyle
Salisbury Teen Dies On Christmas, Community 'Rallies The Troops' To Donate Salisbury Teen Dies On Christmas, Community 'Rallies The Troops' To Donate
Salisbury Teen Dies On Christmas, Community 'Rallies The Troops' To Donate What once was a fundraiser to help a Salisbury teenager battle leukemia has now become an effort to honor her life.  Hailey Stone was first diagnosed in 2018 and was hospitalized at Boston Children's Hospital for weeks, followed by years of treatment, read a GoFundMe that raised almost $20,000 when the teen was first diagnosed with the disease.  The original GoFundMe was created to help with the Triton High School student's medical bills, but new fundraisers are collecting funds to help the family with funeral costs.  "Salisbury is the best community I know, and wheneve…

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by Morgan Gonzales