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COVID-19: More Central Jersey Schools Go 'All-Remote' Due To Virus Outbreak COVID-19: More Central Jersey Schools Go 'All-Remote' Due To Virus Outbreak
Covid-19: More Central Jersey Schools Go 'All-Remote' Due To Virus Outbreak Three high schools and four middle schools in Central Jersey have returned to "all-remote" instruction due to new coronavirus outbreaks. Woodbridge Township School District has switched to all-remote learning at several schools after a week-long fall break. Woodbridge Schools Superintendent Robert Zega said the schools returned to virtual instruction starting Tuesday and continuing until Nov. 23.  The school district did not release any case numbers, but said there were staff members who needed to self-quarantine.  Decisions at the elementary schools are being made on a class-by…

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Middletown Elementary School Reports 2nd COVID-19 Case Middletown Elementary School Reports 2nd COVID-19 Case
Middletown Elementary School Reports 2nd Covid-19 Case An elementary school in Middletown has resumed classes after a small coronavirus outbreak. Two people from Nut Swamp Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 and others were asked to quarantine . Multiple people who had close contact with those two individuals are currently quarantining, Middletown Board of Education President Pamela Rogers told Patch. She did not specify whether the positive cases involved students or staff. Nut Swamp closed Friday so the district could clean and disinfect the building, but reopened Monday for all scheduled to be there. Middletown is using a h…

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Sports
COVID-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order COVID-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order
Covid-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order A South Jersey gym reopened for a second consecutive day Tuesday in defiance of a state order against workout facilities operating during the coronavirus outbreak. And for a second time, police issued tickets to the owners at Atilis Gym. At least one workout customer also was ticketed while leaving the gym after he refused to give his name, Bellmawr police said. Police also warned supporters gathered outside to leave or they faced summonses. “This gathering is a violation of the governor’s order,” Bellmawr Lt. Mike Draham said. “You are directed to immediately and peaceably disperse. If yo…

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Police & Fire
Reports: FBI Agents Raid Lakewood Warehouse Reports: FBI Agents Raid Lakewood Warehouse
Reports: FBI Agents Raid Lakewood Warehouse Nearly two dozen FBI agents and other law enforcement officers descended on a warehouse in Lakewood Industrial Park on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Several local news outlets reported that N-95 masks -- necessary protective gear during the coronavirus outbreak -- were being sold at a business at the warehouse off Swarthmore Avenue. Corruption Watch of NJ posted a Facebook video showing a New Jersey State Police trooper standing by crime tape that sealed off a parking lot as FBI agents went in and out of the Deco Tile warehouse, some carrying boxes. The Lakewood …

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by Jon Craig