Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Township Administrator notes FEMA assessing need before deciding to place trailers in Stafford.
About 900 Monmouth and Ocean County residents are still in shelters or hotels after Hurricane Sandy forced people from their homes, a Federal Emergency Management Administration official said. Tom Davies, FEMA's liaison to Ocean County, said there are about 300 people are in shelters, 500 in hotels and St. Mary's is providing shelter for an additional 100 people. "People are still in shelters and our aim is to get them into transitional housing," Davies said at the Toms River Township Council Meeting on Tuesday. "This could take time." Interviewed last night after the Stafford Township Council meeting, Township Administrator Jim Moran told Patch that the town has presented a plan to FEMA about a possible location for FEMA mobile homes, but…
Friday, October 5, 2012
Ana Kopack, 10, of Lanoka Harbor lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, Sept. 26
Looking up to someone generally entails admiring someone of greater wisdom and experience, which usually comes with age. But in Lacey, many look up to someone of lesser stature, 10-year-old Anastasia Kopack. “She was 10 and she helped an 18-year-old girl through so much. If it wasn't for her I wouldn’t be where I am… She was amazing, and she could relate to so much at such a young age,” Rachel Lynn Inglis said of Ana. On Wednesday, Sept. 26 Ana, 10, lost her battle with cancer. She was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in March 2011. Although declared cancer free just more than a month ago, she started getting headaches and the doctors found a brain tumor. The tumor was removed successfully but others were found. …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Funeral to be held Saturday at St. Pius in Forked River, with a burial to follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Manahawkin
Services have been scheduled for Anastasia Kopack, 10, of Lanoka Harbor, who lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, Kopack passed away at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, according to her obituary. She was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in March 2011. She traveled to St. Christopher’s often for treatments. Kopack had graduated from Lanoka Harbor Elementary School, where she played the trumpet with her school band, her obituary said. She was a member of St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, a part of their religious education program and the youth choir group. She was also a member of Girl Scout Troop #264. People are remembering Kopack on Facebook as strong, an inspiration, special, a true …
John Eric Mangino
9:05 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Im very sorry to here about Dr. Maureen Persi, Trobles and losses , Seems she has fallen threw the cracks , I applied right away on line to Fema and recieved aprrovial right away , But I wil support is the lack of Fema temperey housing availibility or Hotels that are on there auto pay service. I belive this should be over hauled and that money should just be given out right away so people can … more ›