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Mendham-Chester, NJ
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Chester Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave Chester Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave Chester Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave
Chester Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave Erin Piacenti was on her first day back following maternity leave when she was fatally stabbed in Times Square on Monday, Aug. 31. Piacenti, a Chester, NJ resident, had welcomed her daughter Madison five months ago, according to a GoFundMe set up to support her daughter and husband, Frank. "Becoming a mother was Erin's lifelong ambition, and Madison gave her the greatest possible joy," Shray Gupta, who organized the fundraiser said. "Erin's life was defined not by the circumstances of her death, but instead by the way she lived. Erin was deeply devoted to her family and friends, except…

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by Sam Barron
Bensalem, PA
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28-Week Pregnant Mom Widowed In Fatal Go-Kart Crash: PA State Police 28-Week Pregnant Mom Widowed In Fatal Go-Kart Crash: PA State Police 28-Week Pregnant Mom Widowed In Fatal Go-Kart Crash: PA State Police
28-Week Pregnant Mom Widowed In Fatal Go-Kart Crash: PA State Police A Pennsylvania mother—28 weeks pregnant—was suddenly widowed after her husband was killed in a go-kart crash in Snyder County, according to Pennsylvania State Police and devastated loved ones. The collision happened around 7:43 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, in the area of Middle Creek Road and Sandhill Road in Spring Township, state police said. Kolbe Straw, of Beaver Springs, was operating a low-riding go-kart on Sandhill Road when he entered Middle Creek Road—failing to yield at a stop sign—and drove into the path of an oncoming Chevrolet Express passenger van, according to investigators. S…

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by Jillian Pikora
Columbia, MD
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Baltimore Comic Goes Viral For Blasting Radio Show Co-Hosts Baltimore Comic Goes Viral For Blasting Radio Show Co-Hosts Baltimore Comic Goes Viral For Blasting Radio Show Co-Hosts
Baltimore Comic Goes Viral For Blasting Radio Show Co-Hosts Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore isn’t holding back. The Baltimore comedian got real with her co-hosts on "The Breakfast Club", confronting them live on air during the Wednesday, March 19 broadcast. Moore told Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy, and Loren LoRosa—who was brought on while she was on maternity leave—that things felt different when she returned. “When I came back, it was weird,” she admitted in the video, which was going viral as of the end of the day. Moore made it clear she wasn’t thrilled about LoRosa’s continued presence on the show, explaining that there had been a plan in place…

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by Cecilia Levine
Dorchester, MA
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6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital 6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital 6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital
6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital A 6-week-old girl is one of thousands of people in Massachusetts to contract a virus that has seen a surge in cases over the past month.  Katie Hauge's niece Kinsley was hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) at Boston Children's Hospital on Friday, Nov. 4, Hauge said in a GoFundMe campaign.  Kinsley's parents, Josh and Mariah, have been traveling from Cape Cod to Boston to visit their daughter while she remains in the intensive care unit, Hauge said.  "With Kinsley only being 6 weeks into this world and the lack of maternity leave benefits available, Mariah spends the majori…

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by David Cifarelli
Lancaster, PA
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Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital
Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital When you're in the business of babies it's no surprise when babies are on the brain, maybe that's why there is a baby boom at one central Pennsylvania hospital. Eleven women who work in the Family Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital have gotten pregnant or had a baby in 2022, a spokesperson with the hospital said in a release.  “We do babies!” she says with a laugh. “That’s what we do!” nurse manager Marguerite Fritsch said. And do they ever. Among the 11 women in third-floor unit — all nurses or nurse aides — three are…

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by Jillian Pikora
Jersey City, NJ
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Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement
Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement A Hudson County company agreed to pay $195,000 to a former executive who was fired after taking maternity leave and seeking breastfeeding accommodations when she returned, state authorities said. The marketing director was on federal leave time when VCNY Home, a North Bergen-based manufacturer and importer of bedding, bath textiles and other home products, told her she couldn't take an additional 12 weeks allowed under state law to bond with and care for her newborn, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. VCNY contended that the time she was taking under the federal Fam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee
National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee A discount vision retailer with stores throughout New Jersey discriminated against a now-former employee by switching her to part time and not providing a suitable place to pump breast milk after she had a baby, a state civil rights complaint alleges. Jalaia Hill says in a state civil rights complaint that her health coverage was eliminated by the sudden position switch from full to part time when she returned from maternity leave to the America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses store in Burlington. America’s Best also “failed to reasonably accommodate her request for a place to express brea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Mom Out Of Work Raising Premie: 'It Is Not Fair' Bergenfield Mom Out Of Work Raising Premie: 'It Is Not Fair' Bergenfield Mom Out Of Work Raising Premie: 'It Is Not Fair'
Bergenfield Mom Out Of Work Raising Premie: 'It Is Not Fair' BERGENFIELD, N.J. — Elizabeth Granja of Bergenfield welcomed baby girl Scarlett Hope into the world last month -- seven weeks early. Born Dec. 29, 2017, baby weighed 2 pounds 13 ounces, and was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 -- a severe developmental delay. There is a 10 percent chance Scarlett will live for one year. Because Granja has been working at her job for less than a year, she's not eligible for FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) benefits, which ordinarily guarantee 12 weeks of leave. She gets six weeks of paid maternity leave -- but it isn't enough. As she steps away from her job t…

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by Cecilia Levine