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Delaware
News
Child Abuse Accusations Against Delco Non-Profit Founder, Fiance Child Abuse Accusations Against Delco Non-Profit Founder, Fiance
Child Abuse Accusations Against Delco Non-Profit Founder, Fiance The head of the Pennsylvania-based non-profit Gratitude 4 Grandparents is now accused of abusing her own grandchildren, according to legal filings obtained by Daily Voice.  Rhea Kelsall of is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, and related counts, while her fiance Carl Haner IV is charged with aggravated assault on a child, strangulation, and other felonies, Pennsylvania court records show.  Kelsall is the founder and president of the Delaware County-based non-profit, Gratitude 4 Grandparents, "working to uplift" grandparents raising their grandchildre…

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by Mac Bullock
The Berkshires
Neighbors
Free Retreat In Hinsdale Helps Siblings Of Cancer Patients Feel 'Empowered' Free Retreat In Hinsdale Helps Siblings Of Cancer Patients Feel 'Empowered'
Free Retreat In Hinsdale Helps Siblings Of Cancer Patients Feel 'Empowered' A non-profit organization that pays specific attention to siblings of children with cancer in New England is hosting their second annual retreat in Western Massachusetts later this summer. “Childhood cancer affects the entire family unit, and brothers and sisters of the patient go through their own unique struggles,” Camp Casco CEO Erin Fletcher Stern says. “This program was designed to create a space entirely focused on helping brothers and sisters of childhood cancer feel empowered, seen, and supported.” According to the American Cancer Society, siblings of children with cancer feel an …

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by David Cifarelli
Hudson
News
Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ
Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ A Hudson County woman admitted posing as a certified public accountant to con more than 100 private schools, religious institutions and other non-profit organizations in New Jersey out of $1.5 million, federal authorities said. Among those scammed by Yezenia Castillo, 46, of Hoboken, were a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to Englewood residents and a private elementary and intermediate school in Jersey City, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Posing as a CPA, Castillo got hired “to provide various financial and accounting services" th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Union
News
$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life $8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life
$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life Union County officials are expected to be presented with a check made out for $8 million in state funding that will go toward renovations to an indoor ice skating rink at the Warinanco Sports Center in Roselle. The check will be presented by State Senate President Nicholas Scutari on behalf of the State of New Jersey. “Right now, we have a great facility in use, but it can only be used seasonally," Commissioner Chair Rebecca Williams said. "With the construction of a new state-of-the-art indoor skating rink, we will be able to offer year-round use of the building, attracting even …

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by Cecilia Levine
Cumberland Salem
News
'We Will Push Forward:' Community Supports South Jersey Ranch Rescuing Neglected Animals 'We Will Push Forward:' Community Supports South Jersey Ranch Rescuing Neglected Animals
'We Will Push Forward:' Community Supports South Jersey Ranch Rescuing Neglected Animals Rancho Relaxo, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in Mannington, Salem County, has turned to its supporters for help saving the animals at another sanctuary that has reportedly been neglected. "A few years ago, we purchased a property with another sanctuary," reads a GoFundMe launched by Rancho Relaxo founder Caitlin Stewart.  "It was a beautiful and productive collaboration at the time," Stewart writes. "Sadly, the other sanctuary lost its way within the last year due to a lack of finances and mental health-related issues." As the neglected sanctuary closes its doors, Rancho Relaxo mu…

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by Jon Craig
Montgomery PA
News
PA Payroll Manager Stole $154K From Non-Profit That Aids Newly Released Inmates, DA Says PA Payroll Manager Stole $154K From Non-Profit That Aids Newly Released Inmates, DA Says
PA Payroll Manager Stole $154K From Non-Profit That Aids Newly Released Inmates, DA Says A payroll manager from Montgomery County stole more than $154,000 from her employer -- a non-profit organization that helps recently released inmates with reentry and other services, authorities said Thursday. Anglea Nadeau, 42, of Royersford, stole the funds from Upper Dublin Township-based organization "The Kintock Group" while employed under the name Angela Claussen, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Upper Dublin Township Police Chief Francis Wheatley said. Upper Dublin police launched an investigation on Dec. 16, 2020 after receiving a tip by Kintock…

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by Cecilia Levine
Atlantic
News
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen UPDATE: Former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 30 days in federal prison, 11 months of house arrest and 200 hours of community for scamming donors out of $86,000 that he told them was going to a youth basketball team. Frank Gilliam, 49, used the money on fancy clothes, expensive meals, and trips that were “completely unrelated to the operation of a youth basketball team,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachel A. Honig said. “I stand before this court a fractured human being,” Gilliam told U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez via videoconference in Camde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder
Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder A Newark man has been charged with murder after a Newark education activist was found dead in his home last month, authorities said. Johnnie Lattner, 55 -- the co-founder of PULSE (Parents Unified for Local School Education) -- was found unresponsive at a Mount Pleasant Avenue home Aug. 17,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The death was considered suspicious and ruled a homicide following an autopsy, Ambrose and Stephens said. The cause of death was sharp force injuries, an ECPO spokeswoman said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Putnam
Schools
Brewster Students To Forgo Classes In Symbolic Walk Brewster Students To Forgo Classes In Symbolic Walk
Brewster Students To Forgo Classes In Symbolic Walk Students from Brewster High School are on a mission to take real-life action after being inspired by a piece of literature they read in a ninth-grade English class. A total of nine students will take a symbolic six-hour trek around the track on Friday, April 12 in lieu of attending their normally scheduled classes in an effort to raise awareness and money to combat the ongoing water crisis in South Sudan. The students were inspired after reading Linda Sue Park’s “A Long Walk to Water” in Jessica Juska’s freshman Honors English class. The book tells the true story of one of the Lost Boys of …

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by Valerie Musson
Stamford
Business
Avison Young Sale Nets New Location For Jewish Family Service In Stamford Avison Young Sale Nets New Location For Jewish Family Service In Stamford
Avison Young Sale Nets New Location For Jewish Family Service In Stamford Sean Cahill, Principal and Managing Director of Avison Young's Fairfield/Westchester office, announced agents Christopher Grundy and James Searl completed a sale to find a new home in Stamford for the Elayne and James Schoke Jewish Family Service of Fairfield County. The non-profit organization will relocate to 196 Greyrock Place in Stamford, a 7,500-square-foot office condominium. The purchase price of the condominium was $925,000. Cushman & Wakefield, represented by Trip Hoffman and Brian Scruton, served as the agency broker. The Jewish Family Service of Fairfield County will be relo…

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by Daily Voice
Mahwah-Ramsey
Lifestyle
Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle
Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle A New York mom was the winner of this year's Mahwah Day Jeep Raffle. The Mahwah Municipal Alliance announced Traci Myhal of Suffern, N.Y. was lucky number ticket #461, drawn Saturday during Mahwah Day. Myhal had a choice between the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited or the 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL 4-door, each worth more $40,000.  The Rockland County mom chose the Wrangler, which she picked up from from Ramsey Chrysler Jeep Dodge on Route 17 Monday evening. Proceeds from the raffle went toward the Mahwah Municipal Alliance, a non-profit organization with a mission to "inspire youth of Ma…

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by Cecilia Levine
Northern Valley
Schools
Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy
Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy NORTHERN VALLEY, N.J. -- The Northern Valley Coalition and the parent organizations from all seven valley school districts are hosting their second annual "Valley's Got Talent" on April 27. The special event runs from 7-9 p.m. Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, 140 Central Avenue. The winners from each town's elementary, middle and high school talent contests will be competing against one another in each age category in the Valley finals. Judges include mayors from all seven towns: Closter Mayor John Glidden; Demarest Mayor Ray Cywinski; Haworth Mayor John Sma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Southwest Dutchess
Schools
Sprout Creek Farm Now Owned By Marist College Sprout Creek Farm Now Owned By Marist College
Sprout Creek Farm Now Owned By Marist College POUGHKEEPSIE, NY. -- Sprout Creek Farm has transferred its ownership to Marist College. The 200-acre farm, which produces cheese and raises farm animals, will remain an independent non-profit. Sprout Creek said this will help ensure the viability of the farm. Marist said it plans to invest significantly in the facilities and to develop new connections between the Farm and Marist’s academic programs.  “Sprout Creek will play a key role in Marist’s experiential learning programs by serving as a living classroom and providing hands-on learning opportunities for students in a variety of academ…

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by Sam Barron