Paterson, NJ
News
Support Surges For Clifton Disability Care Center ‘Ready To Close Doors’ Amid Pandemic Struggle Support Surges For Clifton Disability Care Center ‘Ready To Close Doors’ Amid Pandemic Struggle
Support Surges For Clifton Disability Care Center ‘Ready To Close Doors’ Amid Pandemic Struggle The Clifton community is rallying to support a local center for adults with disabilities that is “ready to close its doors” due to financial struggles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Jersey Elks Developmental Disabilities Agency (NJEDDA) has suffered a serious financial burden since the start of the pandemic, according to a GoFundMe launched by several parents of adults in its 21+ program. In addition to providing services to more than 45 adults with a range of developmental disabilities, the center maintains vans for transportation assistance and other specialized equipment for ongoi…

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by Valerie Musson
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
News
'We Only Had Each Other': PA Woman, 26, Seeks Help Burying Mom Years After Dad 'We Only Had Each Other': PA Woman, 26, Seeks Help Burying Mom Years After Dad
'We Only Had Each Other': PA Woman, 26, Seeks Help Burying Mom Years After Dad When Kendall Rienzo was 11 years old, she experienced something no child should: The death of a parent. Her father, Kenneth Rienzo, died of liver disease, around Thanksgiving time in 2006. Fourteen years later, Kendall finds herself back in the same hell. This time, she's mourning the loss of her mother.  Jo-Ann Maletto died earlier this month after a fire broke out in her Upper Gwynedd apartment. Kendall, an only child, had raised more than $760 as of  on a GoFundMe as of Saturday afternoon. "My mom meant the world to me," said Kendall, now 26, of Warrington -- a mom herself to a 7-year-…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
News
Community Rallies For Bucks County Firefighter Battling Cancer For 5th Time Community Rallies For Bucks County Firefighter Battling Cancer For 5th Time
Community Rallies For Bucks County Firefighter Battling Cancer For 5th Time The community in Bucks County is rallying for a beloved volunteer firefighter battling cancer for the fifth time. John Scheetz -- a current trustee, former president and life member of the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company -- was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. Since then, he's underwent countless surgeries in treatments. Next month, he's going to have his bladder and prostate removed. Scheetz -- formerly a borough councilman -- has been out of work since the fall, and is facing at least another three months off. While he's currently awaiting approval for short-term disability, his …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop' Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop'
Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop' A Rochelle Park Township Committee member who accused Mayor Nicholas LiBassi of using his wheelchair as a “prop” to get elected has been censured by a majority of her colleagues. “The only reason you got elected was because of your wheelchair,” Committeewoman Linda Boniface told the mayor during a June closed session, according to a censure resolution approved by a 3-2 vote late last month. Boniface, a Democrat, made the remark to the Republican mayor – who was confined to a wheelchair by a 1996 spinal cord injury -- during what ostensibly had been an interview for a new township police chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma
Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma A Carmel High School student was able to receive his diploma thanks to the help of the entire 2019 graduating class, and family and friends attending the event. Jack Higgins, who is autistic and hypersensitive to sound, was able to receive his diploma after the school's principal, Lou Riolo, asked all attending the event to hold "silent graduation," when he accepted his diploma. The students all attending agreed and Higgins, escorted by his brothers, was able to walk to the podium and accept his diploma with all silent, but with many clapping silently. As the young teen was leaving the are…

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by Kathy Reakes
Paterson, NJ
Lifestyle
Single Clifton Mom With 'Heart Of Gold' Battles Cancer For Fourth Time Single Clifton Mom With 'Heart Of Gold' Battles Cancer For Fourth Time
Single Clifton Mom With 'Heart Of Gold' Battles Cancer For Fourth Time Catherine Clinton of Clifton has survived cancer three times already. The first at 24 years old, ovarian cancer. Then breast, decades later. Last year, the single mom fought skin cancer. This year, Clinton was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic terminal breast cancer. Her neighbors are making sure she won't fight alone. More than $7,700 had been raised for Clinton as of Sunday on a GoFundMe, launched by Kate Cade. "All her life the single mother of two has worked tirelessly to help other people , working with children with disabilities," Cade wrote.  "She has tried to impro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport
Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport Footage of a child throwing an 8-hour tantrum on a Lufthansa flight from Germany to Newark is going viral. Shane Townley of New York City posted the video to YouTube in August 2017 -- which has amounted more than 2.1 million views. The young boy climbs on seats, shrieks and runs around the aircraft for the entirety of the flight, before a full-blown tantrum upon landing, Daily Mail reports. Sources told Daily Mail that the boy suffers an unspecified disability. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE.

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by Cecilia Levine