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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A Christmas Wish For A Dying Boy

Six-year old Nathan Norman has terminal cancer and is reaching out to policemen, firemen and all emergency service workers to fulfill his final Christmas wish.

The only thing on Dawn Norman's wish list this holiday season is that her 6-year old son Nathan lives to see another Christmas, and that his wish of receiving cards, letters and patches from as many policemen, firemen and EMT's is fulfilled. Why? Because policemen, firemen and EMT's happen to be Nathan's heroes. Three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer. "I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer."   An operation removed 55% of the tumor; however, Nathan has since developed an inoperable tumor on his …

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New Milford Police Department (in New Milford Patch)

R Smith (ret)

8:23 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

My prayers are with you little guy, you're an angel among us! Merry Christmas   more ›

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Virginia Quake Rattles Coast, Local Officials Check-in

The 5.8 magnitude earthquake was felt as far away as New Hampshire.

Feel the earthquake this afternoon? So did most of the East Coast. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 5.8 magnitude quake hit four miles southeast of Louisa, Virginia at 1:51 p.m. today. Louisa sits approximately 85 miles southwest of Washington, DC Shockwaves were felt as far north as New Hampshire, and as far south as North Carolina, ABC news reports. "The quake was 3.7 miles deep," the report states. "The epicenter is very close to two Dominion Power nuclear power plants." Mark Shellenberger, a resident of Maple Glen, told Patch that he was on a conference call with associates ranging from Charlottesville, NC, to Albany, NY. "The guy in Richmond yelled first, then the person in Bethesda, MD, and then everyone else. It …

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Updated: 5.8 Earthquake Strikes Northern Virginia (in Manassas Park Patch)

Cher

3:36 pm on Tuesday, August 23, 2011

I felt it here in OCMD at the water park.   more ›

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