Our beloved Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley, passed away quietly this morning, surrounded by her loved ones. Mary Ann will always be remembered for her beauty, grace, her wonderful personality and her giving heart that touched so many.

 On September 6, 1958, Mary Ann made history in Atlantic City as she was crowned the first Miss America from Mississippi. Her talent performance was \”Un Bel Di\” by Puccini and as she walked that famed runway, she immediately captured the hearts of America.

Robbinsville, NJ, December 8, 2014 – The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association estimates 80 percent of strokes are preventable. Despite that promising statistic, many Americans cannot identify the stroke warning signs, and most stroke survivors and family caregivers do not know where to go for stroke recovery information. 

The American Stroke Association’s Together to End Stroke™ program, a national initiative sponsored by Covidien, aims to educate all Americans that stroke is largely preventable, treatable and beatable. Kennedy Health System, the first-ever Together to End Stroke sponsor in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, is helping to close the gap with stroke education in South Jersey.

Publication Includes New Data Collected Under Shepard/Byrd Act

12/08/14

Today, the FBI released its annual Hate Crime Statistics report, which revealed that 5,928 hate crime incidents involving 6,933 offenses were reported by our law enforcement partners to the Bureau’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program in 2013. These hate crime incidents impacted a total of 7,242 victims—which are defined as individuals, businesses, institutions, or society as a whole.

The number of reported hate crimes last year is down slightly when compared to 2012 UCR figures—5,928 in 2013 versus the 2012 figure of 6,573 (a combination of the 5,796 incidents in Hate Crime Statistics, 2012and the 777 additional incidents published in Hate Crime Addendum, 2012).

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

IF CARS DRIVE THEMSELVES, WHO DO WE GIVE THE FINGER TO? 
Self-driving cars could be on their way to New Jersey after a bill was cleared Monday for a future vote in the Senate, reports NJ.com. The bill could allow the development of driverless car technologies at the vacant facilities of the former Fort Monmouth Army base, but lawmakers say more regulations are needed before handing the keys over to our cars.

Christine E. Wall (nee Davis), of West Deptford, NJ, passed away on December 5, 2014, at the age of 64 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, surrounded by her family and friends.