Whippany Couple Forced From Cruise Ship In Medical Emergency Pay $3G To Get Home
When a Whippany woman fell ill on a cruise ship, the ship's staff left them her and her husband no choice but to get off -- their sudden and tumultuous return trip totaling nearly $3,400, according to a recent report.
Carol Palk, 79, and Bertram Palk, 82, were on their 16th cruise in January, on a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, when she fell ill with a stomach ulcer, the Daily Record reports.
When her red blood cell count dropped, the ship's doctor kicked her off, and the Palk's were told to pack their bags, the article says.
Two days before the cruise was scheduled to return to Miami,…
$68G Lottery Ticket Sold In Morris County
A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold in Morris County.
Taking home the $68,838 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot, the ticket from Thursday's drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven on New Changebridge Road in Pine Brook.
The winning numbers were: 11, 25, 31, 37 and 39 and the XTRA number was: 03.
There were 235,951 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1.00 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn.
For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 32 ticketholders won $629 each and 5 others won $1,887 ea…
