Stratford News

There are always ethical and monetary issues over organ transplants. Consider the recent controversy when parents in Stratford were told initially by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that their 3-year-old daughter didn't qualify for a kidney transplant because she has a genetic defect that causes mental and physical disabilities.

Without wishing former state Sen. Wayne Bryant any further ill will, we nevertheless would like to see word of his latest trial trumpeted far and wide.

In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Chrissy and Joseph Rivera pose with their 3-year-old mentally disabled daughter, Amelia Rivera, at their home in Stratford, N.J. Three-year-old Amelia Rivera was denied a kidney transplant because she's "disabled," her parents said earlier this month.

Four women were charged with soliciting for prostitution following the execution of search warrants by police on Thursday at two massage parlors.

Outraged over reports about a renowned hospital in Philadelphia declined to perform a kidney transplant on a Camden County child because she is intellectually disabled, Senate President Steve Sweeney said today he planned to introduce a bill making it illegal for a New Jersey hospital from denying life-saving health care to disabled people here.