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Dauphin
Obituaries
Gymnast With '1K Watt Smile' Dies In Central PA, Friends Say
A wife, gymnast, and friend has died due to an illness her husband announced shortly after her passing. Molly E. Athorn, 33, of Palmyra "had many health issues" that worsened and sent her to a local emergency room on Thursday, Sept. 7., 2023, her husband Nate explained in a Facebook post. She was surrounded by loved ones when she passed around 5 p.m., he explained. Molly was born in Hershey on Aug. 29, 1990, and was raised in Hummelstown, according to her obituary. As a girl, she was a good friend to all who knew her and made another girl's childhood "bright during dark times," one …
Montgomery PA
Obituaries
Montco Dad Dustin Peterka-Rahn Dies, 28: ‘Brought A Smile To The Faces Of Those Around Him’
Dustin Peterka-Rahn, a beloved Royersford dad, son, and brother, died at home on Thursday, June 15, loved ones said in his obituary. He was 28. Born in Pottstown to parents R. James Rahn and Veronica (Peterka) Rahn, he was a Spring-Ford High School alumnus and later graduated from the Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center in 2013, his obit says. In addition to his parents, Peterka-Rahn leaves behind two sisters, Abigail and Lucy, as well as a 7-year-old daughter, Estella Mae Wise, and her mother, Courtney Wise, loved ones wrote. Peterka-Rahn was most recently employed at the O…
Danbury
Business
Danbury Location Among New Barnes & Noble Stores Planned For 2023
Book lovers in the region will have a new option for their next binge as bookseller giant Barnes & Noble continues to expand at an "unprecedented" rate. Barnes & Noble announced that it would open 30 new stores in 2023 on top of the 16 stores it opened in 2022, a sharp contrast to the store's pandemic-era closings and furloughs reported by Publisher's Weekly. At least one of the 30 new stores will open in Fairfield County, Barnes & Noble told Daily Voice. It will be in Danbury. The slew of announced openings marks a rebound for Barnes & Noble after a decade of opening onl…
Greenburgh
News
Barnes & Noble Returning To Hartsdale After 11-Year Absence
Good news book lovers. Barnes & Noble is returning to a busy Westchester town after leaving in 2012. According to Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, residents were disappointed and missed the beloved bookstore on Central Avene in Hartsdale, a hamlet of Greenburgh. Feiner said the company has signed a lease at the Dalewood Shopping Center in the 12,490-square-foot space, formerly occupied by Mrs. Green's Market. "We miss browsing in bookstores," Feiner said in a statement. "This is good news for Central Avenue and great news for our residents and shoppers." Feiner said it w…
Baltimore
News
Elementary Student Honored By Johns Hopkins After Exceptional ACT, SAT Scores
An elementary student from Ellicott City has just been honored for being one of the brightest students in the world by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY), officials say. Niveditha Baskar, a student at Deeprun Elementary School, received the honor after exceptional performance on the SAT and ACT. The young student took the tests as a part of the CTY Talent Search. Baskar was one of less than 27 percent of 15,300 students from across the world who received high or grand honors based on their test scores, according to CTY. "This is not just recognition of our students' success on o…
Baltimore
Schools
Maryland Student Test Scores Alarm Educators, Majority Fall Below Basic Achievement In Math
Maryland student scores followed a national declining trend on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), continuing a downward trend that began in 2013 and worsened during the pandemic. The NAEP is a biennial assessment of fourth and eight graders for the subjects of reading and math. It measures achievement at four levels: below basic, basic, proficient, and advanced. Testing results showed that a majority of Maryland fourth and eighth graders were not proficient in math or reading. The assessment showed that 75% of Maryland eight grade students and 69% of fourth grade s…
Berks
Police & Fire
Gunman Shoots Woman in Head, Then Himself While Being Arrested In Reading: Police
A 40-year-old man shot a 55-year-old woman in the head and then did the same to himself while he was being taken into custody, authorities in Reading said. Officers dispatched to 112 Park Ave. for a shooting found the woman, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the head on Saturday, Aug. 20, police said. Officers began providing medical treatment to the female victim and investigating the incident. While officers were taking the suspect into custody, he grabbed the firearm and shot himself in the head, police said. Both the victim and shooter were taken to the hospital, where the…
Lewisboro
Obituaries
Westchester's Arlene M. Mavilia, 75, Was A Nurse In The Area For Over 50 Years
Arlene M. Mavilia, 75, of Baldwin Place, NY and a former resident of South Salem, passed away on May 9 after a brief fight with cancer. Arlene was born November 11, 1946 in Brooklyn to the late Alfhild and Edward Anderson. She grew up in Lake Telemark, NJ and Stamford, CT before settling in South Salem’s Lake Waccabuc community. A 1967 graduate of the Greenwich Hospital Nursing School in Connecticut, Arlene worked as an RN in various capacities for over 50 years — including several years as the school nurse at John Jay High School in Cross River. Arlene moved to Sarasota, FL in 1993 …
Morris
Obituaries
Morris County Native, Businessman, Beloved Dad Dies Suddenly, 38
Morris County native, businessman, and beloved dad Christopher "Chris" Peter Stephen Findley died suddenly on Sunday, Feb. 27. He was 38. Born at Hackettstown Memorial Hospital, Findley grew up in Morristown and attended Parsippany Hills and Morristown High Schools, his obituary says. Findley then went on to study business administration at the County College of Morris in Randolph before moving to Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 2013, his memorial says. Findley worked for a roofing company and later studied Humanities with a concentration in Global Interest at Northern State University in Aberd…
Northampton
Obituaries
Beloved Mother, PA Middle School Teacher Kaitlyn Carson Dies After Courageous Cancer Battle, 31
Beloved mother and Pennsylvania middle school teacher Kaitlyn L. Carson died April 24 at Lehigh Valley Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 31. Born in Suffern, NY, Carson lived in Catasauqua and worked as a German teacher at Nazareth Area Middle School, her obituary says. She attended the University of Scranton, where she earned a Bachelors of Science in Secondary Education and German, before getting a Masters of Education in Instructional Technology from Kutztown University, her memorial says. Carson lived and taught in Aachen, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar during her…
Delaware
Obituaries
Longtime Springfield School District Employee, Catherine M. Jenkins Dies, 67
Catherine M. Jenkins of Springfield died on April 6. She was 67-years-old. Born in Philadelphia, Jenkins worked with special needs children for 13 years as part of her employment with the Springfield School District in Delaware County, according to her obituary. Jenkins' obituary remembered her as someone who "enjoyed gardening, singing, reading, summers at the beach, and spending time with her grandchildren." Jenkins graduated from Wesley College in 1973 and Dickinson College in 1975, her obit says. Jenkins is survived by her husband of 45 years, G. David Jenkins; two daughters…
Warren Hunterdon
Obituaries
Warren County Native, Hiker Katie Lynn Kain Dies, 29
Warren County native and hiker Katie Lynn Kain died March 2 at the age of 29. Kain attended Warren Hills High School and lived in Washington at the time of her death, her obituary says. She loved hiking and spending time outdoors and most recently worked as a cashier, her memorial says. Kain also enjoyed reading, art and spending time with those she loved. Kain is survived by her father, Edward Emerich; stepmother, Michelle Emerich; brother, Joseph Emerich; sisters, Sarah Emerich and Natalie Emerich; grandmother, Janet Emerich; aunts, Maryann Emerich, Debbie Banasiak, and Judy Ramos; part…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Montgomery County Leader Of Reading-Area Bank Fraud Ring Gets 3½ Years In Prison
A 22-year-old Montgomery County man is facing three-and-a-half years behind bars for his role as a leader in a 31-person bank fraud and identity theft ring that operated out of Reading, authorities announced. Nasir Joseph Outlaw, of King of Prussia, pleaded guilty in December 2019 to two counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft, First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. Outlaw admitted that between June and Dec 2017, he knowingly executed separate schemes to defraud First National Bank and Fulton Bank by depositing fraudulent checks and…
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Touchdown
! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY
After spending nearly 5 hours in the air burning fuel, a jet that blew two tires after taking off from Teterboro carrying rapper Post Malone and 15 other people Tuesday morning landed safely at New York's Stewart Airport in Orange County around 3:50 p.m. A fleet of ambulances and other responders -- including an AirMed One medical chopper from Hackensack University Medical Center -- were lined up on the tarmac but weren't needed as the plane touched down safely. The London-bound Gulfstream IV blew its two left front tires after takeoff from Teterboro around 10:40 a.m. The pilot originally …
