Vol. 16 - No. 49
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Howell Teen Competes In Statewide Drug Prevention Competition
By Kimberly Bosco HOWELL — A Howell High School student will be performing his winning song on the big stage after earning top honors in a statewide drug prevention music competition. Stephen Sayegh, a sophomore at Howell High School, was chosen as the Monmouth County finalist in the 15th annual New Jersey Shout Down Drugs competition, sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ). Created back in 2005, the competition challenges students all over the state to create their own original song with lyrics that revolved around a substance abuse prevention message. The premise is to “allow teens to deliver the prevention message
to each other through their favorite medium of music,” according to the website. Stephen’s song “Sugarcoated Overdoses” was chosen as the top song from Monmouth Country entries by an independent panel of judges. In an interview with Jersey Shore Online, Stephen explained that the contest was first proposed to him by his music teacher at HHS. Stephen was the only student to enter out of his entire class. With the help of a good friend, he worked to put together some original music and lyrics. The essence of his song “Sugarcoated Overdoses” was meant to capture real-life perspectives. “We wanted to write about the stories of people (Competition - See Page 6)
NJ Heads Into Wildfire Season: What You Need To Know
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| May 4, 2019
–Photo courtesy New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The recent Spring Hill wildfire in the Pinelands region remains under investigation. By Kimberly Bosco On the heels of the Spring Hill forest fire that blazed through more than 11,000 acres of the Pinelands in Burlington County recently, the New Jersey State
Forest Fire Service is speaking out to inform residents on what they do and what to expect when it comes to fighting fires. The Spring Hill fire sparked up a little less than a month ago
on March 30, 2019. As the most significant forest fire we have seen this year, the blaze burnt through 11,600 acres of forest in Washington and Woodland (Wildfire - See Page 4)
–Photo courtesy Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey Stephen Sayegh
Local Nonprofit Donates $1M To Heart Research
By Kimberly Bosco MONMOUTH COUNTY – A local organization is making a big difference in little hearts as they hit the $1 million mark in contributions to congenital heart disease research. Big Hearts to Little Hearts, a Monmouth County nonprofit formed in 2003, finally reached this major milestone with a recent $70,000 contribution to The Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Big Hearts to Little Hearts is dedicated to raising awareness and research funds for children born with congenital heart disease. According to their website, “congenital heart disease (CHD) is the #1 birth defect-related killer. Each year more children die from congenital heart defects than from all forms of pediatric cancer combined. There is no cure for any of the 40 types of defects, and little is known about what causes most of them.” The grassroots organization was formed by local parents of a CHD patient who believed that more research needed to be done to cure this deadly disease. “We are very motivated because we are parents of children suffering from CHD,” stated Lynne Accisano-Stanek of Farmingdale, parent and (Research - See Page 11)
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