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High School Senior Killed In Jersey Shore Crash High School Senior Killed In Jersey Shore Crash
High School Senior Killed In Jersey Shore Crash An 18-year-old Jersey Shore senior due to graduate from high school next month was killed in a crash, authorities said. Lauren Hewski, a senior at Saint John Vianney High School in Holmdel, was identified as the victim in the fatal wreck at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday May 11 on Laird Road in Colts Neck, according to multiple media accounts. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said the teenager was a passenger in a Jeep Cherokee that overturned just west of Longbridge Road. The 17-year-old driver was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries. "The circumstances behind a sing…

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by Jon Craig
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High School Senior Could Be Youngest Zoning Board Member In History For This NJ Town High School Senior Could Be Youngest Zoning Board Member In History For This NJ Town
High School Senior Could Be Youngest Zoning Board Member In History For This NJ Town At 18 years old, Hagr Elweshahy was appointed to the Linden Zoning Board this week. The high school senior's new role makes her the youngest Zoning Board member in city history. Elweshahy was appointed to the Board by Linden Mayor Derek Armstead at the Tuesday night, Feb. 21 City Council meeting. A lifelong Linden resident and Linden High School student, Elweshahy is slated to graduate as the school’s 2023 valedictorian, and is the Commander of Linden’s ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps).  She is also Linden High School’s Student Council President, former National Honor Society Offi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
NJ Star Athlete Found Dead In Central PA Dorm Room NJ Star Athlete Found Dead In Central PA Dorm Room
NJ Star Athlete Found Dead In Central PA Dorm Room A 21-year-old star athlete from New Jersey was found dead in his dorm room on Saturday, Oct. 8, according to York College of Pennsylvania school officials.  Andrew "Drew" Ruehlicke, of Mullica Hill, "was found unresponsive in his residence hall room earlier today and was later deemed deceased," Richard T. Satterlee, Ph.D, Dean of Student Development and Campus Life told Daily Voice in an email on Monday, Oct. 10.  Ruehlicke was a junior majoring in sport management, and a forward on the college's men's soccer team, according to the school's rooster.  He graduated from Bishop Eustace Prep …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Tufts Lacrosse Player From Hudson Valley Dies In Hot Dog Eating Contest Tufts Lacrosse Player From Hudson Valley Dies In Hot Dog Eating Contest
Tufts Lacrosse Player From Hudson Valley Dies In Hot Dog Eating Contest A college student from the Hudson Valley has died from injuries in a hot dog eating contest on Saturday, Oct. 16. Rockland County resident Madie Nicpon, a 2019 graduate of Suffern High School, was a junior at Tufts University in Massachusetts.  She fell unconscious during an off-campus charity fundraiser and died at a Boston hospital the following day, WCVB, ABC 5 in Boston reports. Nicpon was a biopsychology major and a member of the college's women’s lacrosse team. News of the tragedy was shared with the university community in a statement signed by Tufts' president, dean of studen…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar
Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar Mary Damino of Hackensack not only survived the coronavirus – she’s lived to see 100. Family members, close friends and staff members at the Teaneck Nursing and Rehab Center joined Damino for a triple-digit birthday celebration on Thursday. There were flowers, a cake and champagne to mark the occasion. The youngest of five children, Damino was born on Huyler Street at a time when the life expectancy for women was a little under 62 years, nearly two years longer than men. That same year, the late Nancy Reagan, Betty Friedan and John Glenn were born. Also born in 1921 were fashion …

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by Tony Greco (SPECIAL TO DAILY VOICE)