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South Jersey Coach, Wife Recovering From Serious Car Crash South Jersey Coach, Wife Recovering From Serious Car Crash
South Jersey Coach, Wife Recovering From Serious Car Crash A middle school coach from Atlantic County and his wife are recovering from serious injuries in a car accident. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. on April 30, in Mullica Hill, injuring Jeremiah and Onya Smith of Mays Landing. Family members are rallying to help them via this GoFundMe page. Jerry, nicknamed "Huggie," has been a football coach for the Absecon Blue Devils and a basketball coach for the Mays Landing Lakers for many years. He grew up in Brigantine and Absecon.  Onya, a native of Mays Landing, is currently at home recovering from leg and hip injuries tha…
Support Surges For Single Mom, Jersey Shore Corrections Officer Who Suffered Stroke Support Surges For Single Mom, Jersey Shore Corrections Officer Who Suffered Stroke
Support Surges For Single Mom, Jersey Shore Corrections Officer Who Suffered Stroke A 43-year-old single mom and corrections officer who suffered a stroke in the left main artery of her brain causing damage to the right side of her body is seeing support from her community. "Rachel" was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center last week for emergency brain surgery, and was recently removed from a ventilator, said Katie Olander of Toms River, who started the campaign for her friend. Rachel works as a Juvenile Correction Officer at the Ocean County Juvenile Department and is a Gold Star Sister, the campaign says. "She has a son who is absolutely devastated and left t…