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'Bright, Kind' High School Senior Dies From Cancer With Medical-Bill Worries On His Mind 'Bright, Kind' High School Senior Dies From Cancer With Medical-Bill Worries On His Mind
'Bright, Kind' High School Senior Dies From Cancer With Medical-Bill Worries On His Mind A high school senior who had been fighting various forms of cancer for the past five years, died due to the illness last week with a pressing, unresolved problem on his mind. Who was going to take care of his single mother, who was recently diagnosed with a stomach cyst, and grandmother if he can’t? In the months before he died on Feb. 13, Cory James Blanchard, an 18-year-old senior student at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, got involved with a GoFundMe campaign. The goal of “Hope for Cory” is to raise money to help cover medical bills and associated costs (such as gas to and from Bosto…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Fiance Desperately Fundraising $10,000 Reward For Information On Girlfriend's Killer Fiance Desperately Fundraising $10,000 Reward For Information On Girlfriend's Killer
Fiance Desperately Fundraising $10,000 Reward For Information On Girlfriend's Killer A grieving fiance is raising money to offer a reward for information on his girlfriend’s killer. Jennifer Hicks, 20, of Springfield, was fatally shot in a commuter parking lot in Manchester, Connecticut, on Aug. 2. Police said the killing was not random, according to The Hartford Courant. Hicks was killed over a weekend that saw three double shootings in Manchester, Bridgeport, and New London. Hicks’ fiance Joshua Saylor, of Chicopee, has started a GoFundMe campaign so he can offer a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest for what happened that night in the Buckland Hills …

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by Kristin Palpini