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Parents who lose children to tragedy cope by advocating for a better world

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Bill Gaston, father of 15-year-old Nioami Lazicki, who was struck and killed by an allegedly drunken driver while walking along a Middle Township road, asks Cape May County freeholders about getting sidewalks installed during a recent meeting.

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Nioami Lazicki's parents, Christina and Bill Gaston, attend the freeholder board meeting Aug. 14.

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Nioami Lazicki, daughter of Bill Gaston, 35, father and Christina Gaston, 33, was killed by an alleged drunken driver last week while walking along a Middle Township roadway. The Gastons are now petitioning freeholders to get sidewalks put in.

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Len Guthrie, 68 of Green Creek speaks to freeholders about a 15-year-old Nioami Lazicki.

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Terri Guthrie, 55, of Green Creek, speaks about the death of 15-year-old Nioami Lazicki on Bayshore Road.

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Farrahanne Guthrie speaks out about her sister, 15-year-old Nioami Lazicki, who was killed by an alleged drunken driver.

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Supporters attend the Cape May Freeholder Board meeting in August.

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Parent

Louise Hammell, of Tuckerton, gave up a career in teaching to become an activist and author after her son Matthew, 17, was killed by a drunken driver in 1995.

Dale Gerhard

Sidewalk advocate

Advocates are pushing to have a sidewalk installed along Bayshore Road in the Green Creek section of Middle Township, where two teenage girls were struck by a vehicle and killed.

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