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10-Year-Old Nassau Girl Battling Brain Cancer Sparks Swelling Of Support 10-Year-Old Nassau Girl Battling Brain Cancer Sparks Swelling Of Support
10-Year-Old Nassau Girl Battling Brain Cancer Sparks Swelling Of Support Support is flooding in for a 10-year-old Long Island girl who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. Kimberly Nugent, of Lynbrook, was taken to the hospital after suffering from headaches and nausea, according to a GoFundMe. Doctors diagnosed her with medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, and performed surgery to remove most of it. While the operation was successful, Kimberly will still require long-term chemotherapy and radiation treatments, family friend Jon Gladstone wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. Nearly $50,000 had been raised to support the Nugent family as of Monday, Aug. 18. …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Mets' Brett Baty Pops The Question In Cape May Mets' Brett Baty Pops The Question In Cape May
Mets' Brett Baty Pops The Question In Cape May Brett Baty is officially off the market — both on the field and in love. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Sprys (@annasprys) The Mets third baseman, 25, popped the question to longtime girlfriend Anna Sprys last week during a picture-perfect proposal in Cape May. Sprys shared the big moment on Instagram, posting an Instagram alub of Baty down on one knee and the two popping champagne with the caption: "Forever with my best friend 🤍." The post is a full-circle moment for the couple, who first appeared to go public in July 202…

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by Cecilia Levine
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University Of New Haven Joins Long Island, Wagner In NEC As Part Of NCAA D-I Move University Of New Haven Joins Long Island, Wagner In NEC As Part Of NCAA D-I Move
University Of New Haven Joins Long Island, Wagner In NEC As Part Of NCAA D-I Move The University of New Haven is taking a huge step up in sports and competing at the level of the UConn Huskies. The Chargers will officially elevate their programs to NCAA Division I. New Haven will become the 10th full-time member of the Northeast Conference on Tuesday, July 1. The move was announced on Tuesday, May 6, by NEC commissioner Noreen Morris and university president Jens Frederiksen. Despite its name, the college has its main campus in West Haven and a satellite campus in Orange. The private university will be the seventh Connecticut school at the NCAA's top leve…

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by Chris Spiker
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NY Teen Dies Week After Suffering Cardiac Arrest During Volleyball Tournament: 'Is With God' NY Teen Dies Week After Suffering Cardiac Arrest During Volleyball Tournament: 'Is With God'
NY Teen Dies Week After Suffering Cardiac Arrest During Volleyball Tournament: 'Is With God' A New York teen died a week after going into cardiac arrest during a volleyball tournament. The Albany-area athlete, a member of the Capital Region Sliders Volleyball Club, was playing in the Boston Volleyball Festival when he collapsed inside the Boston Convention Center on Friday night, Feb. 21, as Daily Voice reported. In an update Friday, Feb. 28, family friend Odette Fung announced that the boy had died. “On behalf of the family, it is with the heaviest of hearts that I inform you that their son is with God,” Fung wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. “With or without knowing you, the family …

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY Volleyball Player Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Tournament, Community Rallies In Support NY Volleyball Player Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Tournament, Community Rallies In Support
NY Volleyball Player Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Tournament, Community Rallies In Support A New York teen is fighting for his life after going into cardiac arrest during a volleyball tournament. The Albany-area athlete, a member of the Capital Region Sliders Volleyball Club, was playing in the Boston Volleyball Festival when he collapsed inside the Boston Convention Center on Friday night, Feb. 21, police told WCVB. Days later, the boy remained hospitalized in critical condition, according to family friend Odette Fung. “A family in my son’s club volleyball team is amid a parent’s worst nightmare,” Fung wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. The boy’s age and hometown were not immediate…

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by Michael Mashburn