On June 7, 2015. Age 90. Of Lumberton. (nee Perillie). Wife of the late Lieutenant Colonel, Henry W. Haverkoch, U.S. Army. Survived by her son Patrick Haverkoch.

Born in Bridgeport, Conn. to the late Carmine Perillie and the late Lucia Tedesco Perillie. Marie received a nursing degree and went on to become a licensed physical therapist working in Bridgeport.

Interment with her late husband in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA will be held at a later date.

Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of Marie C. Haverkoch.

Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ. Phone: 856-456-1142

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Millburn, NJ – NEPTUNE – Physicians in Monmouth County will have the opportunity to learn more about the prescription drug and heroin abuse epidemic in New Jersey and develop solutions to stem this public health crisis, at the Do No Harm Symposium, on June 10, 2015 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP NJ JUNE 8, 2015–A 36-year-old woman was killed in a head-on collision between two trucks on Fries Mill Road near Hurffville-Cross Keys Road in Washington Township Monday afternoon (6/8).

There are few more powerful and eloquent moral leaders on the world stage than Pope Francis. As leader of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest branch of Christendom, the pope speaks to the church and the world. (Republican presidential nominee) Sen. Rick Santorum\’s admonition of the pope and his absurd claim that he has a greater right to discuss climate change than the pope, as Santorum is a politician, makes no sense to me.

After thousands of e-mails and comments, and 60,000-plus votes cast, we have the 50 semi-finalists in our NJ\’s Best Burger Showdown. Just as with our N.J.\’s best-bars competition, it was impossible to pick just 25 places from scores — make that hundreds — of worthy candidates. But tough choices again had to be made.

press release June 8, 2015

HHS-supported study tests falls intervention program

Families and physicians have a new tool in the fight against falls- a comprehensive prevention program developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reduces both falls and resulting use of long-term care such as nursing homes.

Joint Law Enforcement Effort Pays Off

06/05/15

It was a highly effective combination of local and federal resources. A 38-year-old man was identified by local police as the suspect in a series of frightening armed robberies of businesses in the Birmingham, Alabama area, one of which ended with a customer getting shot. Local authorities contacted the FBI’s Birmingham Field Office with a request for assistance—they wanted to see if their suspect could be charged under the federal Hobbs Act, taking advantage of its harsher