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Every day, Suzanne Von Bargen stopped by her mother’s assisted-living facility in Wall and took a long walk with her outside.
“On March 8, 2020, that stopped cold,” Von Bargen said.
Her mother, Joan Clark, went into lockdown like everyone else in nursing homes throughout New Jersey as the pandemic exploded. And like many with dementia, Clark’s condition deteriorated in isolation.
“She was getting more and more agitated,” Von Bargen said. “She knew she was trapped. We had a visitation (for the first time) in October, and I saw a woman I did not know.”
Although she praised the staff’s level of care, Von Bargen viewed the isolation as untenable for her mom. Last month, she decided to pull the 90-year-old out and take her into her own home in Point Pleasant. The difference so far “has been amazing,” Von Bargen said. And the timing could not be better.
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As More Churches Approach Fiscal ‘Breaking Point,’ Housing Projects Are Providing A Lifeline
Churches in cities around the country have faced declining memberships and revenues over the last decade, a trend that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
As land becomes scarce in cities that are looking to build more housing, religious institutions are increasingly partnering with developers to build on their large pieces of valuable urban property, unlocking a long-term source of income for churches that are struggling financially. A rendering of the proposed redevelopment of the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church site, including a new church building and 86 senior housing units.
January 19, 2021
Thornton Lewis Lynam Jr., 88, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at Brandywine Senior Living at Seaside Pointe, Rehoboth Beach.
Thorny was born Sept. 4, 1932, in Dartmouth, Mass., and spent his summers at the family’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach. He graduated from Dartmouth High School in 1950, and following his father’s footsteps, pursued his higher education as a chemistry major, but soon discovered his passion to become an educator. He attained his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan in 1955, where he pledged the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. After graduation, he joined the Army and served the next two years in Army Intelligence. Following his time in the military he began his teaching career in Glen Burnie, Md.