Washington Township, NJ –For more than a decade, the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Kennedy University Hospital in Washington Township, NJ, has offered refreshments for families and games for youngsters to enjoy while at the hospital’s Emergency Department. In lieu of exchanging Christmas gifts, hospital Nursing management members pooled their resources to donate $1,000 to help support the Family Room, which is operated by the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey. Long-time Family Room volunteer Catherine Durante accepted the donation on March 25^th at a special celebration. 

Shown at the check presentation are, from left: Front row – Catherine Durante; Alice Farrell, Corporate Director of Nursing at Kennedy – Washington Township; Second row – Jim Mullen, Kennedy –Washington Township’s Chief Nursing Officer & Chief Administrative Officer; and John Durante, President of the Kennedy University Hospital Board of Trustees.

source press release March 26, 2015

Beloved husband of 58 years of Dolores (nee Contino). Devoted father of Lisa Peterson (Larry) and Vinese Goldschmidt (Tim). Loving grandfather of Laurence, Matthew, Nicholas and Kelsey Peterson and Victoria and Vincent Goldschmidt. Dear brother of Clover Milaro (Alex) and the late Angelo Patrone. Also survived by nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Mr. Patrone was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Teamsters Local 107 Philadelphia for 23 years, later went on to do home remodeling and then worked for Gitomer Management. He was an usher and longtime parishioner at Annunciation BVM Church.

There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Monday eve and 8:15 to 9:15am Tuesday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE.

Funeral Mass 10am Tuesday at St. Joachim Parish, Annunciation BVM Church, Bellmawr.

Entombment Calvary Mausoleum, Cherry Hill. Family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made in Mr. Patrone’s memory to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or to Paralyzed Veterans of America, Mission: ABLE, 801 Eighteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-3517.

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (CNBNews.net)–Gloucester City Police Detectives are asking for the public\’s help in identifying several people of interest that may have been involved in recent burglaries. 

The first incident occurred on March 21, 2015 at approximately 1:00 p.m. a residence was burglarized in the 500 unit block of Somerset Street. Investigator Keith O\’Donnell said, \’We are trying to identify the male shown in the photo above who we believe is involved.\”

The other incident happened later on the same day at approximately 8:45 p.m. a vehicle was burglarized in the area on Burlington and Somerset Streets. O\’Donnell said, \”We are trying to identify the three males shown below in the photo who are believed to be involved.\”

If anyone can identify any of these suspects, please call the Detective Bureau at (856) 456-7797.