Nurse and single mother Cyndi Meeks received the news which every woman dreads — she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Meeks had undergone screenings since 2000, and she knew her doctor thought she had cancer when he began discussing options before the test.
She “knew the news wasn’t good” when a nurse told her not to look [...]

Ethna (Cooper) Duff died at home on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She was 70.
Born in Morristown on Nov. 17, 1937, to the late Patrick J. and Mary (Bolger) Cooper, she was a resident of North Branch since 2003.
Previously, she was a resident of the Gladstone section of Peapack-Gladstone [...]

The Azusa Pacific School of Nursing encompasses a full spectrum of undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare nursing scholars for a lifetime of intellectual inquiry. With an APU nursing degree, graduates enter the health care field with a solid foundation in research, theory, clinical skills, and hands-on community service, setting them apart as leaders in [...]

outh African and international audiences welcome Bishop T.D. Jakes during MegaFest International’s electrifying gathering, which for the first time is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The two-day family-friendly festival kicked off with performances by South Africa’s own multi-award-winning ensemble Joyous Celebration and GRAMMY ® award-winning artist Yolanda Adams. Following the MegaFest prelude, Bishop T.D. Jakes [...]

Born Rose Catherine Schamine in Rochester, she graduated from the E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1941, referred to as the Pearl Harbor Class.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1949 from the University of Buffalo and a master’s degree in nursing administration in 1961, also from UB.
Her nursing career spanned [...]

Waterbury and the muslin gray sky has yielded to a pale, hopeful blue. It has been hot this week, which, coupled with a cottony humidity, has lured apartment dwellers outdoors, where they sit on cement stoops, nursing fussy infants and slurping down plastic cups of cool ice water. At the corner of Central Avenue and [...]

Brittany Nicole Wilson, 23, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on Aug. 5, 1985, in Tupelo to Mike Wilson and Robin Rollins Wilson Grass. She graduated from Shannon High School in 2003 and attended Itawamba Community College. She was employed as a waitress [...]

Waterbury and the muslin gray sky has yielded to a pale, hopeful blue. It has been hot this week, which, coupled with a cottony humidity, has lured apartment dwellers outdoors, where they sit on cement stoops, nursing fussy infants and slurping down plastic cups of cool ice water. At the corner of Central Avenue and [...]

n the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, Belisca Destra and his family enjoyed modest success. Destra owned a small business, a hardware store, and served as pastor of a Christian church. His four children did well in school.
The family’s enterprising spirit is the kind that might offer hope for Haiti’s future. But the death threats against [...]

Paul Florent Gibson, 89, of Manassas, formerly of Acton, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at Manassas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Born March 5, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was the son of Florent and Beatrice Wertz Gibson. On Nov. 4, 1941 in Pittsburgh, he married the former Jeanne (Shangraw) Sheldon who preceded him in death on [...]