By Michelle Andrews October 2015

Unpaid caregivers and family members spend more than 100 hours a month, on average, assisting elderly people with dementia who live in the community and not in residential care or nursing homes, according to a new study. The time commitment was significantly higher than for similar caregivers who helped elderly people without dementia, who themselves put in an average 73 hours each month.

NEW YORK — A medical examiner in New York City has ruled that Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny — a dermatologist and former New Jersey beauty queen — died from acute cocaine and alcohol intoxication, according to multiple reports. Cerveny, a 38-year-old married mother of three from Long Island, was found unconscious in the vestibule of a New…

Wednesday October 21,2015

TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND AT CENTER OF ENDLESS DEBATE AS ELECTION DAY LOOMS
Everyone\’s talking about it, but no one wants to do anything about it. NJTV says the Transportation Trust Fund, the mechanism for funding bridge and highway maintenance and mass transit projects, is essentially bankrupt. Everyone in Trenton agrees that the TTF is one of the state\’s biggest concerns. But Christie doesn\’t think it\’s that big of a deal, NJ residents don\’t want higher taxes to help pay for it, and every seat in the Assembly is up for grabs this year, so lawmakers likely won\’t do anything about it until after the elections.

MOST NJ STUDENTS DON\’T MEET GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS ON PARCC TESTS
The PARCC test results released Tuesday show NJ most students failed to meet grade-level expectations in math and English language arts. The Record says the results are based on the new and tougher standards, so they shouldn\’t be used to measure growth, but they can provide a wake-up call for schools to see where instruction is failing and where students need help.

NJ TOWN ARRANGES FREE NIGHTLY UBER RIDES TO REDUCE DRUNK DRIVING
Instead of trying to ban ridesharing services, Evesham, NJ has partnered with Uber and BeMyDD to make sure residents get home safely after a night on the town. Philly.com says customers can use the services at one of the 21 bars in Evesham everyday between 9pm and and 2am until January 2, 2016. The partnership is the first of its kind for Uber, and will require no money from taxpayers or riders because it will be funded solely through donations.

DEMOCRATS TAKE FRESH AIM AT CHRISTIE WITH HEARINGS ON NATIONAL GUARD, LOTTERY
New Jersey Democrats are going after Governor Christie with another round of hearings and investigations – this time over a lottery privatization that has yet to pay off as promised, and allegations of cronyism and racism in the upper ranks of the NJ Army National Guard. They\’re also looking into the reported failure of the Guard\’s commander to meet physical fitness standards. The Record says it\’s not clear what lawmakers hope to accomplish beyond fact-finding in either case, but the investigations are expected to proceed nonetheless.

CHRISTIE WATCH: A CAMPAIGN STUCK IN FIRST GEAR
Reaction to the first fundraising reports from Governor Christie\’s presidential campaign varied. Christie\’s team said they were pleased about how much money they had. Pundits called it a disappointing haul. NJPR\’s Matt Katz says \”It\’s what you would expect from someone who is now clearly a second-tier candidate.\” This week, Matt joins host David Furst on the latest episode of The Christie Tracker Podcast to assess the state of the finances. Also, Furst looks at the waning support for Christie\’s presidential ambitions among NJ Republicans .

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (October 20, 2015)–Police Officer Randolph Holder, age 33, was shot and killed on Tuesday, while pursuing an armed male subject.

He and his partner were on patrol in the East Harlem section of Manhattan when they responded to a call of shots fired. The officers spoke to a victim who informed them that one of the males who had been firing a gun had also robbed him at gunpoint and fled on a bicycle. The officers canvassed the area for the suspect and located him approximately 18 blocks away near a footbridge over Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive at 120th Street.

Officer Holder and his partner pursued the suspect, who engaged the officers in a gun battle. Officer Holder was struck in the head in the exchange of gunfire. He was transported to Harlem Hospital where he later died from his wound.

The suspect, who had been wounded in the exchange of gunfire, was located several blocks away by responding officers and taken into custody. 

Officer Holder had served with the New York City Police Department for five years and was assigned to Police Service Area 5.

Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:

Commissioner William J. Bratton

New York City Police Department

1 Police Plaza

Room 1320

New York, NY 10038

Phone: (646) 610-6700

Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/22627-police-officer-randolph-holder#ixzz3pELLm4i4

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CNB ARCHIVES POSTED Sunday, March 20, 2011

Naomi R. Dockery, on October 20, 2015 of Audubon Park. Age 68.

Beloved long-time companion of the late Robert Snyder, Sr. Devoted mother of Michele Dyer (Mike), Naomi Diaz (Ryan), William O’Donnell (Mia), Robert Snyder, Jr. (Susan), Michael Snyder (June) and Kelly-lynn Snyder. Loving grandmother of 17 and great grandmother of one. Dear sister of Maryann Elmer (George), Thomas Dockery (Joann), Hubert Dockery and the late Edward Dockery. Also survived by nieces and nephews.

There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Friday eve and 9 to 10am Saturday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE.

Funeral Service 10am Saturday at the funeral home.

Interment Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken.

Family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made in Naomi’s memory to the American Lung Assoc., 3001 Gettysburg Rd., Camp Hill, PA 17011.

Family and friends may share memories at www.GardnerFuneralHome.com.

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