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Lehigh Valley Native Dies After Car Accident, 47 Lehigh Valley Native Dies After Car Accident, 47
Lehigh Valley Native Dies After Car Accident, 47 Lehigh Valley native and beloved son Michael Scott Grys died suddenly from car accident injuries on Tuesday, March 29. He was 47. A Bethlehem native, Grys was known for his love for family and volunteering, his obituary says. Grys was also remembered for loving to cheer on the Philadelphia Eagles and listening to Carrie Underwood, his memorial says. “Michael touched a lot of people throughout his life and that is how he will be remembered,” reads his obituary. “He will be dearly missed by so many.” Grys leaves behind his loving mother, Maria Popowycz; brother, Christopher (Elizabeth) Grys…

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by Valerie Musson
Lifestyle
Support Rises For Victims Displaced In Hunterdon County Apartment Fire Days Before Thanksgiving Support Rises For Victims Displaced In Hunterdon County Apartment Fire Days Before Thanksgiving
Support Rises For Victims Displaced In Hunterdon County Apartment Fire Days Before Thanksgiving Community members throughout Hunterdon County are coming together to support the numerous victims of a fire that ravaged a local apartment complex just three days before Thanksgiving. The 3-alarm blaze broke out in the Hunter Hills complex on North Main Street and damaged a dozen apartments, displacing several families, authorities said. Meanwhile, one resident was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment of serious burns. Community members interested in assisting displaced and injured residents have several ways to contribute, borough officials said. “Donations of cash and gift cards…

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by Valerie Musson
News
NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam
NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam The mastermind of a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran admitted in federal court in New Jersey on Monday that he and his ex-girlfriend pocketed most of the money. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, admitted concocting a bogus feel-good story about the supposed victim coming to the rescue of Katelyn McClure after she ran out of gas on Route 95 on her way home to New Jersey from Philadelphia. Both McClure and the homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., were in on the scheme, authorities said. Together, D’Am…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life
Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life A heavy fire that tore through a row home in Reading Thursday claimed the lives of a woman and her young child, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the smoke-filled corner home in the 900 block of Muhlenberg Street just after 9:45 a.m., officials said. Crews rescued multiple people from the home, including 32-year-old Catherine May Dingle and her 9-year-old son, according to Berks and Lehigh County Coroner's Offices. Dingle died of a combination of second-and third-degree burns over 86 percent of her body and smoke inhalation injuries Thursday night at Lehigh Valle…

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by Nicole Acosta
Business
Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’ Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’
Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’ Goodwill stores in the Lehigh Valley region will temporarily stop accepting donated items starting Wednesday. While customers can still shop at its retail centers, the Goodwill Keystone Area covering 22 PA counties is ceasing donations through the end of February due to “overwhelming support.” “We need to temporarily stop collecting donations until the end of February in order to get your items sorted and out to our stores,” reads a Monday post on the nonprofit’s Facebook page. “You have been so generous! In the past few months, the community has gone above and beyond in bringing us donati…

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by Valerie Musson