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NJ Reports Single-Day Record For New COVID Cases, Figures Listed By County NJ Reports Single-Day Record For New COVID Cases, Figures Listed By County
NJ Reports Single-Day Record For New COVID Cases, Figures Listed By County New Jersey health officials on Thursday reported a single-day record of 6,314 new confirmed positive COVID-19 test results in the state – only the third time the number has exceeded 6,000 since the pandemic began. Hudson and Middlesex counties each topped 600 new confirmed positives. Bergen, Essex and Monmouth each exceeded 500. Passaic, Ocean and Camden counties each had 400 or more. Nine counties each had less than 200. The good news: Hospitalizations are beginning to drop again. The numbers reported Thursday increased the seven-day average for new confirmed positives in New Jersey to 4…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer COVID-19 Vaccines These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer COVID-19 Vaccines
These 39 New Jersey ShopRite Stores Will Offer Covid-19 Vaccines Thirty-nine ShopRite stores across the Garden State are offering COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare workers and other qualified patients. The stores are offering the vaccine to Phase 1A recipients who make an appointment. Availability may be expanded as more vaccines are distributed, officials said. “We are excited to be part of the initial stages of this unprecedented public health campaign as we begin vaccinating healthcare workers who are on the front lines in the COVID-19 pandemic,” Jeffrey Mondelli, Wakefern Food Corp. Vice President of Pharmacy, Health & Beauty said in a stateme…

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by Valerie Musson
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Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex
Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex A livery driver from Queens admitted driving more than 150 miles to Cape May County to have sex with an underage girl while collecting child porn images from another minor, federal authorities said. Richard Gabriel Piedra Ordonez, 36, of Queens, pretended to be 19 when he began communicating with the under-16 girl on Snapchat and other social media and messaging platforms, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Over the next several months, Piedra told a federal judge on Thursday, he drove to New Jersey for sex and twice took her back to his home for the same purpose. He also gave the victim …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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County Breakdown: NJ Reports Record High COVID-19 Cases Since Onset Of Pandemic County Breakdown: NJ Reports Record High COVID-19 Cases Since Onset Of Pandemic
County Breakdown: NJ Reports Record High Covid-19 Cases Since Onset Of Pandemic An additional 6,046 COVID-19 tests returned positive Sunday in New Jersey -- the highest number the state has seen in a single day since the onset of the pandemic in March. This is the third record-high for New Jersey this week, with 4,913 and 5,673 recorded on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Sixteen deaths were also reported. "These numbers speak for themselves," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "Mask up. Social distance. Wash your hands. Avoid gatherings." Bergen County accounted for the highest number of cases (552), with Hudson and Essex trailing behind at 533 and 520. Camden and B…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds Charge Jersey Shore Pain Management Doc With Massive $24.6M Billing Fraud Feds Charge Jersey Shore Pain Management Doc With Massive $24.6M Billing Fraud
Feds Charge Jersey Shore Pain Management Doc With Massive $24.6M Billing Fraud A Jersey Shore pain management doctor accused of running a $24.6 million fraud scheme billed insurance plans for more than 24 hours worth of services in a single day no fewer than 900 times, federal authorities said Monday. Morris Antebi, 68, of Long Branch, also billed Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies frequently on dates when travel records show he was overseas -- including trips to China, Israel, Turkey, the Dominican Republic and across Europe – and at other times when he was otherwise out of state, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Antebi, who specializes in pain ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Poll: Biden 'All But Certain To Beat' Trump In NJ, Enhancing Amy Kennedy's Congressional Hopes Poll: Biden 'All But Certain To Beat' Trump In NJ, Enhancing Amy Kennedy's Congressional Hopes
Poll: Biden 'All But Certain To Beat' Trump In NJ, Enhancing Amy Kennedy's Congressional Hopes A national tracking poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden is "all but certain" to win New Jersey in next Tuesday's election over President Donald J. Trump. The 50-state poll conducted by The Economist gives Biden a roughly 60 to 40 percent margin of victory in New Jersey in the final days until Election Day.  That's good news for another Democrat in the state's most hotly contested congressional race: Amy Kennedy of Atlantic County is polling ahead of U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of Cape May County, a vocal supporter of President Trump. Inside Elections currently predicts New Jersey'…

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by Jon Craig
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Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14 Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14
Retired NJ Corrections Officer, Couple Charged In Sex Trafficking Of Girl, 14 A retired New Jersey corrections officer paid a couple for sex with a 14-year-old girl who was trafficked at an Atlantic City casino hotel, authorities charged. The girl was rescued when she showed up at the hotel after undercover State Police detectives responded to an online escort ad, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Authorities later that day arrested Derrick V. Ross, 27, of Atlantic City, who Grewal said brought the girl to the hotel to have sex for money – and often sexually assaulted her himself. Also arrested was Tiffany N. Davis, 39, of Egg Harbor Township, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HER? Police Seek Missing Edison Teen SEEN HER? Police Seek Missing Edison Teen
Seen HER? Police Seek Missing Edison Teen Authorities are seeking the public's helping locating a missing Edison teen. Amanda Fernandes, 15, was last seen by staff of Acenda Integrated Health Cape Community Home on Sumner Avenue in Woodbine Township, Sunday around 11 p.m., in Cape May County, New Jersey State Police said. She is described as an Asian female, approximately 5 feet and 3 inches tall, and 90 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt with dark camouflage shorts. Anyone with information is asked to contact Woodbine Station at 609-861-5698. Anonymous tips are welcome.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Banner Plane Pilot Captures Glorious Photo Off Jersey Shore Coast Banner Plane Pilot Captures Glorious Photo Off Jersey Shore Coast
Banner Plane Pilot Captures Glorious Photo Off Jersey Shore Coast A banner plane pilot is to thank for the amazing photo taken Tuesday of a whale swimming with dolphins in crystal-clear water off the Jersey Shore. Jeromie Hunter, a pilot with Paramount Air Services, snapped the photo about 50 yards off Stone Harbor's 906th Street beach in Cape May County, while towing a banner for a local candy shop across, according to Barbara Tomalino, who owns the aerial advertising firm. Hunter, of Seattle, said it was the first whale he'd ever seen from a plane. "I had no idea they played with dolphins," he added. Wildlife experts said whales will often swim close…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19 Cases Reported At Cape May Coast Guard Training Center COVID-19 Cases Reported At Cape May Coast Guard Training Center
Covid-19 Cases Reported At Cape May Coast Guard Training Center A Coast Guard Training Center Cape May recruit and a civilian staff member tested positive for COVID-19. All recruits from company U-198 were tested on June 3 as part of coronavirus medical surveillance on all incoming recruits in the Restriction of Movement (ROM) plan, designed to mitigate risk of potential infection, officials said. As a result, one asymptomatic recruit's test came back positive on June 6, Coast Guard officials said. The clinic on base reported the test results to federal, state and local health officials, CG officials said. The recruit has been isolated and re…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Officials: Nearly 40 Percent Of NJ's Coronavirus Deaths In Nursing Homes Officials: Nearly 40 Percent Of NJ's Coronavirus Deaths In Nursing Homes
Officials: Nearly 40 Percent Of NJ's Coronavirus Deaths In Nursing Homes Nearly two of every five coronavirus deaths in New Jersey have been in the state's long-term care facilities, authorities said. Of the 3,840 Garden State residents killed by COVID-19, a total of 1,530 -- almost 40 percent -- died in long-term care facilities in New Jersey, officials said on Friday afternoon. And 868 of those LTC patient deaths were in four NJ counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Morris. (See county details of COVID-19 nursing home patients at bottom.) More than 300 New Jersey residents died of COVID-19 since Thursday, but social distancing continues to save many more…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: New Jersey Sees More Than 4,400 Cases, Hospital Expansion, Hopefully Financial Aid COVID-19: New Jersey Sees More Than 4,400 Cases, Hospital Expansion, Hopefully Financial Aid
Covid-19: New Jersey Sees More Than 4,400 Cases, Hospital Expansion, Hopefully Financial Aid New Jersey had more than 4,402 coronavirus cases and 62 deaths as of Wednesday, officials said. Gov. Phil Murphy announced an additional 736 cases and 18 deaths in Ocean (4), Monmouth (2), and one each in Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties.  The increase in cases were a result of community spreading and "aggressive" testing, Murphy said. But cases are expected to increase -- and the state is working to expand hospitals to accommodate new patients, the governor said. "We must be able to ensure hospital capacit…

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by Cecilia Levine