Monday, December 31, 2012
Readers name Glenn Lightner Person of the Year for 2012.
He was quiet, kind, loved video games and shooting hoops with his friends. In 2012, Glenn Lightner’s courageous battle against brain cancer gripped a community, one that supported the teen and his family on a journey that would allow him to seek alternative medicine and therapies abroad. The 14-year-old, sadly, succumbed to the disease on Dec. 12 after five years of fighting. Last week, Long Valley Patch’s readers voted Glenn Lightner as their person of the year in 2012. Lightner’s father, Larry, said the community, however, needs to look at itself and understand how instrumental it was in the teen's fight. In a statement to Long Valley Patch, Larry Lightner said: While I appreciate Glenn getting so many votes, my son was one among …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Four finalists were nominated by Long Valley Patch readers.
We asked, and–as always–you answered. For the first time since Long Valley Patch's launch in September 2010, we asked readers who they felt should garner the inaugural 'Person of the Year' award. Comments on the article we originally posted last week brought in nominations for four different people and groups of people, including: So, now we're asking you to put the winner to final vote in our poll below this article. We'll keep voting open until Friday, Dec. 28 at 11:59 p.m.
Monday, December 24, 2012
TIME magazine named President Obama their person of the year for the second time. Tell us who you think should win from our town!
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Monday, December 24, 2012
On Dec. 19, Time magazine named President Obama their Person of the Year, again! The magazine invited votes on 40 candidates, including the president, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options included The Mars Rover and the Higgs Boson Particle, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. But, the president took the title again four years after he first won the award as president-elect in 2008. But who cares about the same-old, same-old? Who is Long Valley's Person of the Year—the man or woman who, in Timespeak, “most influenced the news this year for better or worse”? Tell us your pick in the comment section below! We'll put together a poll of the top nominations on Wednesday for readers to choose from.
denise
2:26 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
So gracious and selfless a perspective.....the gratitude is just representative of the class of dignity the Lightner family exudes.....they have forever impressed upon our lives what true faith is.....Glenn's classmates will emulate his strength and kindness in their experiences because of the lasting memory of him in their hearts.god bless all the families fighting illness in the world and … more ›