Oakland Mom, Math Teacher Battling ALS Makes Every Moment Count
OAKLAND, N.J. — Donna Myhre sits in her electric wheelchair in her Oakland living room wearing a "Life Is Great" T-shirt and a smile.
Her nails are painted bright blue, they match her shirt, and she jokes that she finally found the secret to keeping the polish on: "Stop using your hands."
Myhre, who was diagnosed with ALS five years ago, makes staying positive seem easy. But to put it simply, it's not.
She lost the ability to use her right hand and both of her legs. She can't be alone with her daughter, Mikayla, who is almost 4, for safety reasons.
And Myhre doesn't kn…
Cliffside Park Priest, 2 Sisters Die In Crash
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — The retired pastor and two sisters of a Catholic church in Hoboken, who all lived together in Cliffside Park, died after a car crash earlier this month.
Father Michael Guglielmelli, 81, and Dolores Guglielmelli, 87, died the evening of the crash on Sunday, June 4, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.
Antoinette Gallina, 85, died five days following the crash at the hospital where she was transported for injuries sustained in the crash, the prosecutor said.
Guglielmelli was the retired pastor of St. Francis Church in Hoboken, with his two sisters.
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