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Vote for the Morris/Sussex Athlete of the Week for May 22-28

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Post date May 30, 2022
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Who will be the Morris/Sussex Athlete of the Week?

Nominations were provided by coaches, and are presented in alphabetical order. Voting closes at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Kristyn Carroll

Kinnelon senior pitcher

Carroll allowed 12 hits and five runs, and struck out 12 in two games en route to the North 1, Group 1 title, its first sectional crown since 1997. At the plate, she went 5-for-7 with a double, two stolen bases, two runs scored and three RBI.

Michael Conoscenti

Pequannock senior pitcher

Conoscenti threw a complete-game no-hitter as Pequannock defeated Fair Lawn, 12-0, on May 23, allowing three walks and striking out five. He totaled five hits and a walk, five earned runs and two strikeouts in two innings of the Golden Panthers’ 18-8 loss to Pompton Lakes on May 26.

Hailey Errichiello

Roxbury sophomore pitcher

Errichiello allowed three hits and no runs, striking out 18 over 14 innings as Roxbury defeated Old Tappan and Morris Knolls to win the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 title.

Adrianna Gangi

Lenape Valley freshman first base

Gangi went 2-for-3, hitting a double and three-run homer, totaling four RBI as Lenape Valley wrapped up the season with a 12-2 victory against High Point.

Sydney Grifone

Vernon senior pitcher

Grifone allowed 16 hits, six walks and two runs, striking out 28 as Vernon defeated Jefferson and Newton to clinch the NJAC-Freedom title.

David Oostdyk

Wallkill Valley junior pitcher/third base

Oostdyk allowed two earned runs and struck out four over five innings as the Rangers beat North Warren, 7-5, on May 24 to wrap up an undefeated NJAC-Colonial season. At the plate, he was 3-for-6 with two walks and an RBI as Wallkill Valley went 1-1 to finish the regular season.

John Rigas

Boonton senior pitcher/shortstop

Rigas earned the 30th steal of his career in Boonton’s 3-2 defeat of Dover on May 25. On the mound, he allowed six hits, five walks and eight earned runs, striking out 14 in seven innings of two Bombers’…

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Mohegan Tribe, Yale University join forces to combat problem gambling

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Post date May 30, 2022
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Mohegans announce support for Yale plan to combat problem gambling

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Post date May 29, 2022
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May 24—MOHEGAN — Mohegan Sun’s tribal owners announced Tuesday that over the next five years they will invest $2 million in the Yale School of Medicine’s ongoing development of an app-based program aimed at treating problem gambling through a process known as cognitive behavioral therapy.

The announcement came at a news media event at the Mohegan Community and Government Center on Crow Hill Road.

“This will revolutionize the treatment of problem gambling,” said Ray Pineault, president and chief executive officer of Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, the casino’s corporate parent.

Pineault and Mohegan tribal leaders were joined by Yale School of Medicine officials, the executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association and representatives of Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration.

The Mohegan Tribe’s investment represents part of its response to the 2021 legislation that legalized online casino gaming and sports betting in the state. The tribe also has increased its $300,000-a-year contribution to the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling and has contributed more than $10 million to problem-gambling programs and services since Mohegan Sun’s 1996 opening, Pineault said.

Proven effective in the treatment of depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, including substance abuse, cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly known as CBT, has yet to be applied to gambling addiction.

Brian Kiluk, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, said the Mohegan investment will enable Yale researchers to adapt a computer-based CBT program a Yale team developed years ago to treat substance abuse and dependence. Kiluk, a member of that team, said a goal of an app-based program designed to treat problem gambling will be to reach underserved populations.

A form of talk therapy, CBT deals with patterns of thinking and beliefs and seeks to help people recognize the “triggers” for their problematic behavior and strategize…

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New Jersey-Based Sand Hill Lenape Indians Seek Long-Overdue Federal and State Recognition

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The Sand Hill Lenape Indians have a rich history of over 10,000 years.

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians made tremendous contributions to the development of the state of New Jersey and the U.S States. An ex-mayor of Neptune Township, New Jersey, said, “It is a shame what some people in the State have done to the Sand Hill Lenape Indians.” Then he went on to say, “the Sand Hill Lenape Indians and the Reevey family are the people who made the state of New Jersey possible.”

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians were the original group of Native American families that settled in the lands of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Manhattan today over 10,000 years ago. These people were skilled farmers, builders, engineers, artists, musicians, hunters, athletes, emergency technicians, community leaders, U.S. soldiers, U.S. senators, medics, inventors, guardians, makers, teachers, etc. They also helped build cities in New Jersey, the Boardwalks, housing, and many other architectural structures in N.J. According to historic evidence, the Sand Hill Lenape Indians (“THE INDIANS OF LENAPEHOKING”) are actually some of the last living descendants of the sacred ancient Mayan mound building, “world teacher” people. In the 1600s the Sand Hill Lenape Indians opened their lands to European settlers who were trying to escape the tyranny of some of the past monarchs of Europe.

The Sand Hill Lenape tribal nation community that once had millions of members, is now down to a few thousand members. Their population reduction resulted from genocide events, land theft, “the little ice age“, broken treaties, racial misclassification, religious indoctrination, man-made pollution disasters and laws like the Indian…

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New Jersey-Based Sand Hill Lenape Indians, also known as Sacred Mayan Descendants from the First Nations, Seek Long-Overdue Federal and State Recognition

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians have a rich history of over 10,000 years

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians were the original group of Native American families that settled in the lands of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Manhattan today over 10,000 years ago. These people were skilled farmers, builders, engineers, artists, musicians, hunters, athletes, emergency technicians, community leaders, U.S. soldiers, U.S. senators, medics, inventors, guardians, makers, teachers, etc. They also helped build cities in New Jersey, the Boardwalks, housing, and many other architectural structures in N.J. According to historic evidence, the Sand Hill Lenape Indians (“THE INDIANS OF LENAPEHOKING”) are actually some of the last living descendants of the sacred ancient Mayan mound building, “world teacher” people. In the 1600s the Sand Hill Lenape Indians opened their lands to European settlers trying to escape the tyranny of the “then” Europe monarchs.

Today, the Sand Hill Lenape’s sacred burial grounds have turned into an uninhabitable landfill in…

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Yudichak appears before Luzerne County Council urging infrastructure loan guarantee

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Post date May 29, 2022
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State Sen. John Yudichak appeared before Luzerne County Council members remotely last week to personally seek their guarantee on a new infrastructure loan.

An estimated $55 million for county and municipal infrastructure projects is at stake, he said.

New state legislation customized solely for the county earmarks $3 million annually for 25 years from the casino-gambling Local Share Account (LSA) to repay debt required to secure the up-front infrastructure cash.

Financial institutions are seeking assurance the county would repay the debt if the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino in Plains Township unexpectedly closes down the road.

Jasmine Thomas’ absence creates defensive void; Sun struggle in 85-77 loss to Wings

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Post date May 28, 2022
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UNCASVILLE — Several hours before Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Wings, the Connecticut Sun announced that star Jasmine Thomas, the team’s starting point guard and de facto leader for the last seven seasons, would be out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL in her right knee.

The Sun had looked like one of the most dominant teams in the WNBA up until then. But the devastating news of the injury appeared, at least on the surface, to put their hopes of finally capturing their first WNBA championship, which had narrowly slipped from their fingers in each of the last few years, at risk.

The effects of Thomas’ absence showed as the Sun went on to drop their first game since opening night, a 85-77 loss to the Wings at Mohegan Sun Arena.

“It’s tough seeing our point guard go down,” Brionna Jones said. “The leadership that she brings on the court, she keeps us together, she runs the team on the court when she’s out there. …. We just gotta figure out a way to get that same energy, same leadership — she’s bringing it on on the bench as much as she can — but we just gotta still find that groove.”

Thomas’ defensive leadership was especially missed, as Connecticut (4-2) allowed Dallas guards Marina Mabrey and Arike Ogunbowale to combine for 36 points and seven rebounds.

Alyssa Thomas, Jonquel Jones and Brionna Jones each scored 13 points for Connecticut, with Alyssa Thomas also adding nine assists and eight rebounds, and Jonquel Jones pulling down 12 rebounds. Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman each had 11 points.

Head coach and general manager Curt Miller elected to remain with a lineup featuring two ball-handling guards and keep forward Brionna Jones as his top option off the bench, replacing Jasmine Thomas with Hiedeman…

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Lenni Lenape were forced from Pennsylvania. Their ancestral remains now will rest in Falls

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Post date May 28, 2022
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Carl LaVO | Special to the Bucks County Courier Times

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Video: United Way seeking volunteers for Bucks Knocks Out Hunger

Bucks Knocks Out Hunger returns for its 10th year, with an in-person food packaging event at the Neshaminy Mall on June 17, 2022.

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What impressed me on arrival from Florida in the 1970s was discovering William Penn once lived in Falls Township. In boyhood, I only knew Willie as the guy on the Quaker Oats container in Mom’s kitchen. But here I was suddenly covering Falls for the Bucks County Courier Times newspaper as a rookie news reporter.

My beat included Pennsbury Manor, the reconstructed estate of William who happened to found Pennsylvania in 1682. What was curious to me was his unusual bond with the Lenni Lenape Native American tribe. It governed the Delaware River estuary for a millennia, maybe as far back as when mastodons walked the earth.

Though English King Charlie II deeded Pennsylvania to William, he decided to negotiate with the Indians for a fair purchase. The natives respected Penn and were frequently feted at his Manor. However, the Lenape were not treated fairly by Penn’s sons after his death. They divested the Lenape of…

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