Police K-9 \”Brutus\”

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP NJ–It is with regret that Police Chief Harry Earle announces the passing of retired Police K-9 \”Brutus\”. K-9 Brutus was a 9 year old German Shepherd who served honorably from 2007-2015 with Sgt. James Kaelin #130. Upon K-9 Brutus\’ retirement in earlier this year, Brutus lived with the Kaelin family as a loving pet. Our condolences are extended to the Sgt. Kaelin and his family, as well as our gratitude for the service of K-9 Brutus as a member of the Gloucester Township Police Family. 

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Deputy Sheriff Brett Hawkins suffered a fatal heart attack following an emergency response.

The call involved a frantic subject and a subsequent search of the home and large surrounding area. He suffered the heart attack several hours after returning following his shift.

Nearly one million people live in poverty in New Jersey, an increase of just short of 250,000 people in the past 10 years, according to 2014 Census data released today. The rate of state residents living in poverty dropped slightly between 2013 and 2014, from 11.4 percent to 11.1 percent, though an estimated 973,000 people live…

Washington Township, NJ – The Kennedy Cancer Center is seeking participants for a first-of-its-kind, tumor-targeted National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical trial called Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, or NCI-MATCH. This type of precision medicine focuses on treating patients based on the genetic characteristics of their individual tumor.

 As the largest precision medicine trial for cancer to date, NCI-MATCH seeks to determine whether matching certain drugs, or drug combinations, to people whose tumors have specific gene abnormalities will effectively treat their disease, regardless of cancer type. For more information about participation in this clinical trial, please call Karen Swenson, RN, OCN, at the Kennedy Cancer Center: 856/218-5790. 

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By Eric Boehm / September 7, 2015 | watchdog.org

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ENCOURAGING KIDS TO EAT OATMEAL: The label of Founders’ Breakfast Stout is illegal in the state of New Hampshire.

The parents of a Pennsylvania woman who died after attending an icy-water Polar Bear Plunge at the New Jersey shore are seeking to prove in court she may have been alive even as she was being pronounced dead by first responders who didn\’t examine her. Jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court…

Albert H. Perseo, on September 13, 2015, of Bellmawr. Age 93.

People with a genetic predisposition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) significantly increased their odds of developing the blinding eye disorder if they had a history of heavy smoking and consistently did not exercise or eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to an observational study of women funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

The estimated number of people with AMD will more than double by 2050.

Eating a healthy diet and getting exercise have been shown in earlier studies to protect against AMD, a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. Findings from this latest study, conducted by a team of investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggest that genetic and lifestyle factors may contribute to AMD in a synergistic way. The findings were published online in the journal Ophthalmology.