Emerson Brother Rallies Community Around Comatose Sister
EMERSON, N.J. — More than $5,000 had been raised as of Saturday evening on a GoFundMe for an Emerson teen battling a rare disease.
Jessica Livingstone, 16, was diagnosed with Moyamoya after she had a stroke earlier this month, according to the the GoFundMe page, launched by her older brother, Daniel, a Dumont native.
Moyamoya shrinks the main blood vessels going to her brain, making it difficult for her brain to receive blood.
Shortly after her stroke, the area of the brain affected swelled and Jessica had to be put in a medically-induced coma using a ventilator to help her breathe.
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Suffern Great-Grandmother Featured On Smucker's Jar For 100th Birthday
Former Poughkeepsie resident Sylvia Becher, who now lives in Suffern, got a sweet surprise for her 100th birthday.
The great-grandmother, born Jan. 10, 1917, was pictured on a Smucker's jar.
It started as a joke five years ago, said grandson Mark Goldstein of Demarest, who recently opened a wellness center at Retro Fitness Hackensack.
"We said, 'Come on, Grandma! We want to see you on a jar," Goldstein said. "'We've got this!'"
With help from a family friend at NBC, the joke became a reality for the family.
Becher, who was born in Russia, has two daughters, four gran…
