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November 23, 2019 – November 29, 2019
LEGACY OF HELPING OTHERS
Community Rallies Around Patrolman Battling Cancer By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
Photo By Douglas D. Melegari
Beth Obiedzinski (right), of the New Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows’ Grand Lodge of New Jersey chapter, presents a $2,500 donation for The Legacy Center at the Wildcat Shack to Pinelands Regional School District teachers Allison Laurence, Cathy Schaffer, and Dan Grasso (centerfrom left to right) and Michael Levine, Founder and CEO of the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit The Social Conscious Project. Grasso’s son, Nathaniel, was invited to join in the photo.
Pinelands Regional Partners with Civic Organizations to Open Center for Disadvantaged Students, Parents to Get Free Access to Basic Necessities and Services
By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
L I T T L E E G G H A R BO R— A r e a educators, schoolchildren and community philanthropists have joined forces to give
disadvantaged youth and their families living in the Pinelands Regional School District (and surrounding area) free access to basic necessities and services for years to come.
People from all walks of life came together last Friday (Nov. 15) to celebrate the grand opening of The Legacy Center at the Wildcat Shack, a transformed former See HELPING/ Page 16
PEMBERTON BOROUGH—A 25-yearold patrolman with the Pemberton Borough Police Department, with a track record of helping others in need, is now receiving much needed assistance from the community, and his brothers in blue, during his hour of need. Carmelo “Carmen” Sorce, who joined the borough police force in September 2017 and was promoted to a full-time position on the force in January, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in June, according to a GoFundMe fundraising page posted online by his girlfriend, Alex Filippone. “Carmen has always been healthy and active and has had no outstanding medical history,” Filippone wrote. “When Carmen was diagnosed with testicular cancer this past June, it took everyone by surprise.” Sorce, who underwent surgery to remove a malignant mass just five days after his initial diagnosis, according to Filippone, kept his cancer battle private and returned to work just two months later. “Carmen’s surgery was successful in removing the tumor, and the tumor level markers in his blood count continued to drop over the two-month time period he was home recovering from surgery,” Filippone wrote. Sorce even attended a swearing-in ceremony for Pemberton Borough Patrolmen Zachary Rodina, Steven Ferlisi and Matthew Pedrick in September. However, Sorce received news of a cancer See PATROLMAN/ Page 12
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INDEX Christmas Countdown......... 3 Holiday Gift Guide.............S1 Opinion................................ 9 Community........................ 10 Job Board.......................... 20 Scanner............................... 8 Health................................ 13 Leo the Lion Challenge..... 10 Senior Column................... 10 Here's My Card.................. 18 Local News.......................... 4 Thanksgiving Recipes......... 7 Hobbyist............................ 17 Marketplace....................... 22 Worship Guide................... 11
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