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Beloved Jersey Shore Native, College Grad Dies After Battling Asbestos-Related Cancer, 27 Beloved Jersey Shore Native, College Grad Dies After Battling Asbestos-Related Cancer, 27
Beloved Jersey Shore Native, College Grad Dies After Battling Asbestos-Related Cancer, 27 Beloved Jersey Shore artist, athlete, and Marine Academy graduate Hanna Elizabeth Wilt died Monday, Feb. 14 after a years-long battle with Peritoneal Mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure. She was 27. Born in Spring Lake, Wilt graduated from the Marine Academy of Science and Technology, her obituary says. Wilt then went on to attend Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree. Wilt had most recently worked as a CrossFit trainer and an assistant at a ceramics studio. Meanwhile, more than $224,000 had been raised on GoFundMe for Wilt’s medical expe…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
NJ Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies, 34 NJ Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies, 34
NJ Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies, 34 Montgomery High School graduated Michelle Zimmerman died at home on Oct. 19. She was 34 years old. A Princeton native, Zimmerman was raised in Rocky Hill, CT and had been living in Milford since 2014, her obituary says.  She graduated high school in 2005 and went on to attend Syracuse University's Whitman School of Business. Zimmerman had been working as a product manager for health supplements with Healthy Directions, and previously as a marketing director for Planet Fitness and The Edge Fitness Clubs. An active member of her local CrossFit gym, Zimmerman was interested in fitness f…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
TONIGHT: Watch Howell Native Compete On The Rock's 'Titan Games' TONIGHT: Watch Howell Native Compete On The Rock's 'Titan Games'
Tonight: Watch Howell Native Compete On The Rock's 'Titan Games' One is a firefighter. Another quit her corporate job to pursue a career in fitness. The third is a DJ with an incredible weight loss journey. All three are New Jersey residents and among 32 contestants on Season 2 of NBC's "The Titan Games," premiering Monday, May 25 at 8 p.m. The three competitors representing New Jersey are Courtney Roselle, a professional CrossFit athlete and Cedar Grove native currently living in Jersey City; Shantal Athill, an Orange firefighter and former Rutgers track team member (a four-year letter winner, too), and Kareem Brinson, a DJ and fitness coach from Howell…

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by Cecilia Levine