BY DERRICK PERKINSWhen John Rufo learned his baby daughter had a cancerous tumor on her kidney, he stepped out of the hospital emergency room and vomited in the parking lot. “How can anything go wrong with a 10-month-old baby, especially my child? It’s such a young age. It’s something that is just unfathomable,” he said. ...

BY DARRELL HALEN When young students recently hopped to music at Littleville Learning Center, they were doing more than getting some good exercise. They were raising money for the American Cancer Society. On Wednesday, May 7, and Thursday, May 8, preschool, prekindergarten and kindergarten students took turns hopping for a total ...

BY DARRELL HALEN While the lights of his Windham police motorcycle flashed, officer Scott Rogers led a long line of motorcycle riders in the “Knight Ride.” The trip – from Windham to the seacoast and ending in Salem – was part of a benefit to help Windham officer Mark Knight, who is battling liver cancer. The morning ...

BY MATT HERSH The theme of the day was cancer, but the mood and atmosphere were nothing but positive at Salem’s third annual Relay for Life. More than 1,500 people gathered at the Salem High School track where they walked laps for 18 hours, shared stories about overcoming cancer and raised more than $225,000 to fight the disease. The ...