Morristown Daily Record
A young nurse and volunteer firefighter who fought the COVID-19 pandemic across New Jersey is battling the fight of his life, and many are helping him fight.
An online GoFundMe.com fundraiser for William Garcia of Byram surpassed $68,000 in one day, while a Meal Train Plus account has been started where people can donate delivered meals to his family while the 34-year-old native of Pequannock struggles to beat stage 4 metastatic melanoma. Those that know William describe him as being an indestructible ox, a real-life superman. But as life has now taught us, no one is safe from this fatal disease, wrote Ken McHugh, who launched the GoFundMe page for his friend, a father of three.
Enniskerry musician Valerie Armstrong released her new album False Bride last week, with an accompanying music video shot in Wicklow.
The harpist and singer has created an album that gives a contemporary twist to the sound of the traditional Irish ballad, mixing harp and voice with electronic percussion.
Armstrong made music industry headlines last year when her work was sampled by Grammy Award-winning artist James Blake. Armstrong s new music video was filmed by TW Films.
The new album is a collaboration with Ken McHugh of Autamata and Cathy Davey fame. Armstrong s collaboration with McHugh has allowed her to innovate upon the classic harp sound, creating songs which are all at once grounded in tradition, yet modern and cinematic in feel. The album s singles Blackwaterside and the title track False Bride are broadside ballads originating from the 17th to 19th century.