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There is hope for the future but that effort is stalled in the legislature.

Sen. Ed Durr introduced a resolution that would designate Aug. 27 of each year as Billy Cray Day, honoring an affable young man with developmental disabilities who died in his group home bedroom in 2017.

A proposal to provide for video cameras in common areas of group homes serving adults, as well as bedrooms of those requesting them, has stalled in Trenton.

State May Require Cameras In Group Homes by Susan K. Livio, NJ.com/TNS | December 15, 2020 EDISON, N.J. — William Cray was found dead on the floor of his bedroom closet in a group home in Somers Point three years ago. His mother said she’ll never know what happened to her son, a 33-year-old man with developmental disabilities. The autopsy said he died of natural causes. The operators of the state-licensed group home, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, didn’t say much, although she had b...

The Group 2 Villiers Stakes trophy stayed with Mark Newnham after the local conditioner combined with Rachel King for successive wins in the summer feature mile. Greysful Glamour was too quick for them in controlling the race from start to finish to hold out the Godolphin duo Best Of Days and Criaderas and give Newnham and King another win after being successful with Quackerjack in 2019. The good track was played very fast with Happy Clapper’s record in the Group 2 Villiers eclipsed while t...