Ocean Gate is a beautiful community and when one of their own needs help, they are always there for each other.
Ron, a Volunteer Firefighter with the Ocean Gate Volunteer Fire Department, was recently diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), according to the patch.com.
I can t even imagine hearing those words. The fire department rallied behind Ron and his family, immediately to help raise funds for Ron Smith and his wife and four children, while he undergoes treatments at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
The Ocean Gate Volunteer Fire Department has organized a GoFundMe to raise funds for Smith:
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
The Bordentown Historical Society needs a female theatrical storyteller for its award-winning Harrowing History performances.
Looking for a woman who likes to perform, dress up in period costumes and entertain people.
Send a message with contact information to kkantorski@aol.com
Look for signs on Route 206.
Volunteers are needed, age 18 and older, will clean both sides of Route 206 between New Amwell and Homestead Road.
Volunteers are asked to wear masks and socially distance from other volunteers.
The Hopewell Valley Arts Council seeks artists, artisans and creatives ready for an eco-art challenge at its newest community event: The Junkyard, an upcycle art exhibition.
Hindu temple in N.J. accused of exploiting workers it lured from India, lawsuit alleges
Updated May 12, 2021;
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A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges the builders of a New Jersey Hindu temple considered to be one the largest in the United States lured workers from India, worked them nearly 90 hours per week and paid them around $1.20 per hour.
One worker, the lawsuit claims, died from forced labor.
The allegations were made against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS, and the leaders who run the Robbinsville temple and its construction. The temple opened in 2014 and is constructed entirely of Italian marble that was sculpted in India and completed on site off Route 130 in Robbinsville.
Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 12)
The Terra Nova Flower Club of Edison will hold its annual flower sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 22 at the Thomas Edison Tower, 37 Christie St., Edison. Rain date is May 23.
There will be an assortment of annuals, perennials, house plants, herbs and honey from a local beekeeper for sale.
Current COVID-19 guidelines will be observed.
Purchases will be cash only.
New Jersey State Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) COVID Crisis Fund is supporting the rising demand for medical oxygen for hospitals in India.
Make a check payable to AAPI and mail to Dr. Binod Sinha, 4 Progress St., Suite A9, Edison 08820.
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez
Occupation: President of the NYS Nurses Association and has worked at the Montefiore Hospital for over 30 years
Quote from the interview: “We think that health care equity is critical. We think that everybody has the right to health care; that it is a human right. Everybody has the right to have a nurse when that patient needs a nurse and we are very committed to that. It is a beautiful profession and it is an honor to be a nurse. There is nothing like it so I highly recommend it for people who are interested in caring for people.,” Gonzalez said.