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Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother
Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother A 7-year-old girl has died nearly two weeks after an apartment fire that also claimed the life of her 12-year-old brother, authorities said. Hope Marles had been critically injured in the May 7 blaze at the Fox Meadow apartments that left her brother AJ dead, according to a GoFundMe page launched for the family. The siblings' 35-year-old mother remains in an area hospital and is in stable condition, Maple Shade police said. The children’s organs and tissues were donated to the “Gift of Life” donor program, police said, "giving others the opportunity to live." The fire broke out …

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Paramus Buy Buy Baby Donates Car Seat To Toddler With Heart Defect Paramus Buy Buy Baby Donates Car Seat To Toddler With Heart Defect
Paramus Buy Buy Baby Donates Car Seat To Toddler With Heart Defect MaryAnn LaBarbiera of Paramus was fully prepared last month to host an ailing Filipino baby and his mother. Or so she thought. The very day baby Lucas and his mom Ana Mallaria were arriving in the U.S. for life changing heart surgery, however, Paramus Police Sergeant Brian Linden spotted a problem. The car seat. It was outdated. Unsafe. Downright dangerous. Linden wanted to be sure that almost-2-year-old Lucas -- who was being sponsored by the Paramus Rotary Club through the Gift of Life program -- would be as safe as possible during his three-week stay in the U.S. That meant a safe car…

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by Cecilia Levine