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'Streeteries' Coming To These NJ Towns (Opening Date Set For Outdoor Dining, Bars ) 'Streeteries' Coming To These NJ Towns (Opening Date Set For Outdoor Dining, Bars )
'Streeteries' Coming To These NJ Towns (Opening Date Set For Outdoor Dining, Bars ) Officials are continuing to loosen New Jersey's coronavirus lockdown. Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced he'll be signing an executive order allowing restaurants and bars to begin offering in-person and outdoor dining on Monday, June 15. ** UPDATE: Murphy Lays Out Retail Regulations: Here's What Shopping Will Look Like In NJ Stores ** The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) will be issuing a special ruling to allow liquor license-holders to apply for a one-time permit to expand their premises for service. Local ordinances must be complied with and municipal app…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Jersey Shore Mom Dies In Labor With First Child Jersey Shore Mom Dies In Labor With First Child
Jersey Shore Mom Dies In Labor With First Child Point Pleasant High School graduate Maggie Gilbert died on Feb. 13, of complications following of an emergency C-section with her firstborn son. She was 31 years old. More than $28,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday for her newborn boy Aiden Patrick, and husband, Ryan Gilbert. The Gilberts were just starting their lives together: Married in April 2017, the couple bought a home in Bridgewater to raise their family. "It is unimaginable that the best and worst days of my brother's life occurred just days apart, but we are all truly blown away by the incredible strength he has…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80 Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80
Englewood Police Transporting Prisoner Hit Deer On Route 80 Two Englewood police officers and a prisoner were OK after their patrol cruiser struck a deer who darted onto Route 80 before dawn Sunday. The officers had gone to Somerville to pick up Tony Seymour, 40, who was wanted on a theft warrant. They were headed eastbound on the highway, bound for the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, when the deer bolted onto the highway near mile marker 56 in Woodland Park shortly after 5 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said The officers contacted New Jersey State Police, who summoned an EMS unit as a precaution, Halstead said. Neither the officers …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
GUILTY: Paramus Nanny Convicted Of Leaving 9-Month-Old With Broken Bones GUILTY: Paramus Nanny Convicted Of Leaving 9-Month-Old With Broken Bones
Guilty: Paramus Nanny Convicted Of Leaving 9-Month-Old With Broken Bones Jurors last week convicted a nanny from Paramus of abusing a 9-month-old child in her care, sending the infant to the hospital with several broken bones. A judge scheduled a Sept. 27 sentencing for Laura Gonzalez, 38, who was found guilty of child endangerment and simple assault following a trial in Somerville, authorities said. Meanwhile, she remained held in the Somerset County Jail. The Bernards Township child was admitted to Morristown Medical Center last Nov. 23 with fractures of the right femur and tibia and left ankle, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Detective…

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by Cecilia Levine