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Neighbors Raise Thousands For Family Of Bucks Drowning Victim Neighbors Raise Thousands For Family Of Bucks Drowning Victim
Neighbors Raise Thousands For Family Of Bucks Drowning Victim Bucks County neighbors and loved ones have stepped up to help an area family in their hour of mourning.  Joseph "Joey" Edward Malcolm Jr., 9, was discovered in a small pond near Vaux and Hickory drives in New Britain Borough last Monday, June 19, Daily Voice reported. The county Coroner's Office ruled later that week that he had died in an accidental drowning.  In the days since, area residents have raised a staggering $25,000 through a GoFundMe page organized by Joey's aunt and uncle, Nicole and Tom Malcolm. "While we have been able to cover all the funeral costs, there hav…

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by Mac Bullock
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Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball
Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball Members of a stunned and heartbroken community wrapped their collective hearts around a grieving Dumont family Sunday while trying to wrap their minds around the sudden death of a 14-year-old boy who collapsed while playing basketball. Aaron Vasquez, who hoped to someday become a major league baseball player or coach, had finished practicing with his recreational league team on Saturday when he decided to stick around Grant Elementary School to play ball with his younger brother, other parents said. A short time later he collapsed, they said. A coach who's a hospital medic immediately beg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For'
Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' A few days after a woman died from a gunshot wound sustained during a shooting at a birthday party, her community has come together— filling Verbeke and Susquehanna Streets with Silver, Red and white balloons. The balloons represent Jamie Bey, 27, of Harrisburg's favorite colors, as attendees of her balloon release memorial told Daily Voice. Bey is thought to have been an innocent bystander of a fight at a  Al's Bar in Harrisburg, during a birthday party on Monday, as WGAL News 8 reported.  A fight supposedly broke out inside the bar and a gun was pulled, somehow Bey ended up hit by a bull…

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by Daily Voice