Northeast
New Jersey girl, 6, remembered as 'bubbly' with 'haunting beauty' following tragic badminton accident: family
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The father of a 6-year-old New Jersey girl who died from head trauma after a freak accident involving a badminton racket on the final day of a family vacation recalled his daughter’s “bubbly” personality and the afternoon their family changed forever.
Jesse Morgan, whose 6-year-old daughter Lucy unexpectedly died after playing with her siblings, shared with Fox News Digital memories about his daughter.
“Her personality was very bubbly and also reserved at times,” he said. “Once you got to know her, she was very, very outspoken and a lot of fun. She was a tough kid and played soccer really hard.”
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Lucy Morgan, 6, during the family’s vacation in Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Jesse recalled looking at pictures of Lucy with his daughter and wife, Bethany.
“My wife just made the comment that her beauty is haunting. Some of those pictures are just, she’s just so gorgeous, and her personality is so incredible,” he said.
Jesse recalled that Lucy was the “main cuddler” of their family of six.
“I just remember her coming up with her bedhead [hair] and just wanting to sit with you for a long time. Not restless, just wants to lie with you and snuggle up.”
![Lucy with her three siblings while in vacation in Maine](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1717983097_971_New-Jersey-girl-6-remembered-as-x27bubblyx27-with-x27haunting-beautyx27.jpg)
Lucy with her three siblings while on vacation in Maine. Lucy told her parents the day of the accident it was the “best week of her life.” (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
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Lucy with her two brothers and her father while on vacation in Limerick, Maine. Lucy was taken by medical helicopter to a nearby pediatric hospital before being transferred to a hospital in Portland, Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Jesse, a pastor at Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey, told Fox News Digital the family’s vacation was part of his sabbatical.
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“We were on our first week [of sabbatical] and it was, according to her, the best week of her life,” he said. “We did so many fun things.”
Photos shared by the family showed Lucy and her three siblings, Silas, Shiloh and Atticus, fishing and kayaking in Limerick, Maine, before tragedy struck.
“It was, according to her, the best week of her life.”
![Lucy and her mother, Bethany, and sister.](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1717983097_834_New-Jersey-girl-6-remembered-as-x27bubblyx27-with-x27haunting-beautyx27.jpg)
Lucy and her mother, Bethany, and sister. Jesse Morgan said he and his wife were reading and relaxing when the badminton accident happened. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
The family’s idyllic vacation came to a sudden halt May 30, after the family enjoyed a leisurely lunch.
Jesse said he and his wife were reading and resting in the backyard, and the children were playing badminton, when their son came to them “very concerned.”
“We went out, and we saw what had happened, which was just indescribable terror going from so quiet, so calm to an incredibly traumatic experience,” Jesse said.
![Lucy Morgan and her mother in a hospital bed sleeping](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1717983097_310_New-Jersey-girl-6-remembered-as-x27bubblyx27-with-x27haunting-beautyx27.jpg)
Four days later, Lucy died from her injuries, the family said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Lucy was unexpectedly struck when the shaft of the racket, which was being used by her 10-year-old brother, broke apart and flew into her skull.
“Due to a freak accident with a racquet that broke on a downward swing, a sharp piece had entered Lucy’s skull while she was sitting on the sideline and caused catastrophic injury,” Jesse explained in a series of blog posts on his blog, New Creation Living. “She was still breathing but unresponsive as I held her with Bethany crying out to God.”
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Lucy was taken to a local hospital before being moved to a hospital in Portland, Maine.
![Lucy's prayer journal](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1717983098_141_New-Jersey-girl-6-remembered-as-x27bubblyx27-with-x27haunting-beautyx27.jpg)
Lucy had a prayer journal that she wrote and drew in. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Four days after the accident, Lucy succumbed to her injury.
“After significant thorough testing and even more repeated tests to be certain, brain death was declared at 1:32 a.m. on June 5, and her heart stopped beating around 4 a.m.,” Jesse wrote.
“Lucy was with Jesus.”
The parents held onto the hope that Lucy “believed in Jesus’ death and resurrection.”
“Lucy was with Jesus.”
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“Four weeks ago she asked Bethany how to be with God and be saved,” Jesse wrote. “Bethany explained it to her and offered to pray with her, but ‘Miss Independent’ wanted to do it herself. She went to her room and prayed to God to forgive her and that she believed in Jesus’ death and resurrection.”
“What a gift,” he said.
![Lucy's prayer journal](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1717983098_626_New-Jersey-girl-6-remembered-as-x27bubblyx27-with-x27haunting-beautyx27.jpg)
Lucy Morgan wrote in her prayer journal that “God loves me.” (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
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Lucy’s prayer journal also contained drawings of the family and the Bible, her father said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Jesse wrote that he and his wife were comforted after finding her prayer journal, saying it felt “as if God was writing with her.”
“How a 6-year-old journals like this is beyond me. After that, she seemed to get writer’s block and just draw beautiful pictures of Bible stories and hearts.”
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Connecticut
Boar's Head May Be Tough to Find Around Connecticut Tonight
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You might want to ‘Compromise Elsewhere’, Boar’s Head deli meat fans. Numerous grocery store chains are temporarily shutting down their deli departments for a deep-cleaning following a reported multi-state outbreak of listeria.
Big Y has announced that their deli’s will be temporarily closed after Boar’s Head Provisions Co recalled all of their liverwurst product. Boar’s Head has also more of their deli meats that may have been produced on the same production line. According to Big Y, the USDA has recommended a deep-cleaning/sanitization of all surfaces, and to discard any open meats and cheeses in the deli. The other Boar’s Head meats that have been recalled are:
- Virginia Ham – Old Fashioned Ham
- Italian Cappy Style Ham
- Extra Hot Italian Cappy Style Ham
- Bologna
- Beef Salami
- Steakhouse Roasted Bacon Heat & Eat
- Garlic Bologna
- Beef Bologna
All of the Boar’s Head deli meats have sell-by dates of “AUG 10”, and the Heat & Eat Bacon has a sell-by date of “AUG 15”.
Big Y did not offer Boar’s Head deli meats in their Connecticut markets for the longest time, I recall that it’s only been a year or two that I’ve been able to buy my favorite – Boar’s head low-sodium ham, at the Big Y – Torrington and New Milford locations.
Stop & Shop supermarkets around Connecticut will also temporarily close their deli’s for a deep cleaning according to nbcconnecticut.com. The good news is that if your local deli does not carry Boar’s Head deli meat, there should be a pile of clean, shaved beef waiting for you.
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Maine
Maine state police bomb team at a home in Penobscot County
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MILFORD, Maine – The Maine’s State Police Bomb Team is at a residence on Call Road in Milford processing a scene for potential hazardous devices.
Officials say there is no danger to the public.
This is a developing story.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts State House working last minute to pass bills ahead of Wednesday deadline
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BOSTON – The Massachusetts State House is typically quiet on Fridays but not this week, as state lawmakers work to push major pieces of legislation to the governor’s desk, including a possible return of Happy Hour.
“This place is going to be buzzing”
“I think for the next five days, this place is going to be buzzing,” State Sen. Barry Finegold told WBZ-TV from his Statehouse office. Buzzing with fellow legislators, lobbyists and stressed-out staffers racing to beat the Wednesday deadline. “We’re very hopeful that it’s going to get done.”
Republican State Rep. Marc Lombardo is frustrated by the procrastination, pointing to the House, Senate and corner office being dominated by Democrats. “It’s a tornado of activity that really doesn’t have to wait until the last week of July,” he said.
The House and Senate have until Wednesday to hammer out their differences on key bills. Bills that don’t get voted out of conference committee essentially “die” on Beacon Hill.
Finegold heads the Joint Economic Development Committee, working on a multi-billion-dollar package that could pave the way for a new soccer stadium in Everett for the New England Revolution.
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“We’re hopeful to get that passed as well,” Finegold explained. “We do have a lot of younger people in our city and throughout Massachusetts and we want to do things that we think they’ll like.”
While Rep. Lombardo can see how this could help the economy, he’s not a fan of the last-minute rush to the finish line.
He said lawmakers are “expected to read bills very quickly as they come out of conference committee…hundreds of pages of documents and yet forced to get a vote because we’ve waited to the last moment to put things on the floor.”
Complex legislation, packed with all sorts of line items.
The CEO of Boston Pads is watching the housing bill closely as lawmakers debate whether or not to ban broker’s fees for renters.
“These agents spend a lot of timing calling all day. It’s not uncommon for them to show an apartment at eight or even nine o’clock at night,” said Demetrios Salpoglou.
It’s a vote that he said could have crippling impacts on the real estate industry in Massachusetts.
This is just a glimpse of the mad rush and closed-door negotiations at the State House.
“This is what it takes,” Finegold said. “We have to get things done.”
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