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COVID-19: NJ Joins Six Other States In Youth Hockey Travel Ban COVID-19: NJ Joins Six Other States In Youth Hockey Travel Ban
Covid-19: NJ Joins Six Other States In Youth Hockey Travel Ban New Jersey has joined six other northeastern states in banning interstate travel for youth hockey activities. Gov. Phil Murphy announced the new restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus on Thursday. The ban takes effect on Saturday and continues through Dec. 31, Murphy said.  Other states joining the hockey travel ban are Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts.  The new rule comes as COVID-19 positivity rates have begun to climb in the Garden States. About one in every 10 tests taken last weekend turned up positive, state offici…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from one state have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new state added on Tuesday, Oct. 6 is New Mexico. No areas have been removed from the advisory list of 33 states and two territories. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Data indicates that new cases per 100,000 residents in New Mexico now average close to 11. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests More than 300 “violent opportunists” nationwide are being prosecuted federally for crimes committed “under the guise of peaceful demonstrations” against racial injustice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. They include a saboteur who inadvertently engulfed himself in flames when he poured liquid from a gas can onto three U.S. Supreme Court vehicles in Washington, D.C., the department said in a release. Several defendants “leveraged social media platforms to incite destruction and assaults against law enforcement officers,” the release says. Nearly three dozen defendants are ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from five states have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states added on Tuesday, Sept. 22 are Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. No states or territories have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from those area…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from two more states, as well as the Virgin Islands, with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states as of Tuesday, Aug. 11 are Hawaii and South Dakota. The Virgin Islands have also been added. Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher p…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Travelers From Rhode Island Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Rhode Island Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Rhode Island Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers coming into New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from Rhode Island will now be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine as the region continues combating the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Officials in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4 that Rhode Island has been added to the quarantine list, while Delaware and Washington, D.C. have recovered enough from the virus to be removed from the list. States subject to a 14-day quarantine have a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or an area with a 10…

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by Zak Failla
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'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus 'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus
'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus To put it simply, Sid and Mikki Schneider were soulmates. He was a tennis pro, she was a personal shopper. The two met 30 years ago through mutual friends and finally tied the knot in 1999. They both came from previous marriages and both had their own children. They each had their own hard times -- Mikki was widowed at 31, and then divorced from a second marriage.  But Sid and Mikki were each other's happily ever after, their family members say. Together, Sid and Mikki Schneider lived and died a power couple — just 12 days apart, both of coronavirus.  "They say that true love never die…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ, Other States Form Regional Reopening Council; 'Several Weeks' Of Social Distancing Ahead NJ, Other States Form Regional Reopening Council; 'Several Weeks' Of Social Distancing Ahead
NJ, Other States Form Regional Reopening Council; 'Several Weeks' Of Social Distancing Ahead New Jersey is several weeks into social distancing -- and we've got many more to go, Gov. Phil Murphy said at Monday's COVID-19 briefing. However, Murphy announced the formation of a regional advisory board with governors of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island to help coordinate a reopening. The states will be working together on developing plans to eventually reopen businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Murphy did not provide a timeline. "We cannot act on our own," Murphy said. "This must be a truly regional effort -- especially for us in New Jersey. "W…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut
Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut How does a Connecticut-based spirits company partner with the real-life Earl and Countess of TV’s "Downton Abbey," Highclere Castle? They connect through email of course. It was after watching an episode of "Downton Abbey," followed by a documentary about Highclere Castle, that Adam von Gootkin got an idea. Von Gootkin was already successful in the spirits business, having launched New England’s first legal moonshine since Prohibition, Onyx Moonshine, in 2011 along with Peter Kowalczyk. Why not a premium gin? Thus, an email was sent and the conversation started. Follow-up calls turned in…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
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Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States
Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States New Jersey's average annual temperature has risen by nearly 2 degrees Celsius since 1895, double the average for the lower 48 states, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.  Of all U.S. states, Alaska's average temperature has risen by the most, followed by Rhode Island and New Jersey. Other states in the Northeast, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, are close behind.  A temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius is regarded as a critical climate warming threshold. Scientists fear that if average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees above the 1895 average, the conseque…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers
Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers A tour van operated by a company catering to Polish-Americans that picked up passengers in New Jersey crashed in Massachusetts Saturday, killing two people, State Police there said.  The people killed were identified only as two adult males. State Police said Saturday identification of the victims was "ongoing."  The state police said the van stopped for passengers in Philadelphia, Trenton, LInden, Wallington and New York before it crashed around 11 a.m. on I-95 in Attleboro, near the Rhode Island border.   The 2004 Econoline van was traveling northbound near Exit 3 whe…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More
Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More A Franklin Lakes police officer who stopped to help what turned out to be a Rhode Island ex-con with his disabled car found him carrying a handgun, authorities said. Roland Morgan, 35, of Providence, RI, had a previous gun possession conviction from Rhode Island, along with arrests that included a mad chase and crash following a theft last year in Massachusetts, records show. Besides a .25-caliber handgun, Franklin Lakes Officer Christopher Heffner also found a small amount of Ecstasy, more than 100 Gabapentin pills without a prescription and some pot in the 2001 Toyota during the mid-morni…

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by Jerry DeMarco