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Manaquan High School Goes All-Virtual Due To New Coronavirus Cases Manaquan High School Goes All-Virtual Due To New Coronavirus Cases
Manaquan High School Goes All-Virtual Due To New Coronavirus Cases With the discovery of three new COVID-19 cases in Manasquan, the school district has opted to keep high school students home for all-virtual learning. Also, SAT and ACT tests have been cancelled at Manasquan for the next two weekends, officials said. Remote learning will be effective until Oct. 18, according to Manasquan Superintendent of Schools Frank Kasyan. There's no evidence that the three cases are connected in any way, Kasyan said in a letter to parents.  All three students were infected from separate sources outside of school, Kasyan said.  While Manasquan High Sch…

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by Jon Craig
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Popular Jersey Shore Beach Towns Limit Passes Due To Crowds Popular Jersey Shore Beach Towns Limit Passes Due To Crowds
Popular Jersey Shore Beach Towns Limit Passes Due To Crowds Two Jersey Shore beach towns are limiting the number of beach passes due to crowds. Belmar is capping the passes sold at 7,500 and Manasquan is limiting them to 1,000 per day on weekends, for any type of pass. Both were in effect as of Saturday. The new Belmar policy will "fluctuate to a lower number" depending on how many seasonal badge holders are on beaches and the tides on any given day, the borough's office of emergency management said. Certain Manasquan beaches will close for further access after they reach capacity, Council President Mike Mangan said. Parking lots will close, too, h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY
List: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY GNC on Wednesday released a list of stores that the company is closing in New Jersey and New York as part of its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer, which had 5,200 stores in the U.S. and 7,300 worldwide at the end of March, said it expects to close anywhere from 800 to 1,200 of them, beginning with those listed below. GNC already was submerged in an estimated $700 million in debt and facing delisting on the New York Stock Exchange when COVID-19 struck. The coronavirus pandemic “created a situation where we were unable to accomplish our refinancing and the abrupt cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Beachgoer's Drone Captures Humpback Whale Swimming In Manasquan VIDEO: Beachgoer's Drone Captures Humpback Whale Swimming In Manasquan
Video: Beachgoer's Drone Captures Humpback Whale Swimming In Manasquan A humpback whale swimming yards away from the shoreline in Manasquan was captured on video -- thanks to a beachgoer's drone. The whale was swimming through a bunker near the Brielle Road beach when Thomas Lozinski spotted it around sunrise early Tuesday morning. "I did some geometry and calculated the length to be about 18 feet from the lens field of view and height," Lozinski said.  "The water has been clear and calm and whales and dolphins have been spotted during the last few days." The water has been clear and calm and whales and dolphins have been spotted during the last few day…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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
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Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of COVID-19 Face Shields Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of COVID-19 Face Shields
Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of Covid-19 Face Shields A Monmouth County printer is adapting to slower business during the coronavirus by producing a much-needed commodity. Hatteras Press of Tinton Falls has manufactured more than 10,000 face shields for hospital workers. Bill Duerr's longtime family company usually produces marketing material, retail graphics and direct mail. But with the decline in those orders, Duerr shifted to meet a demand for nurses, doctors and other medical workers battling COVID-19 Manufactured in bulk, the face shields cost about $2-3 apiece to produce. To help offset the costs, Hatteras launched a GoFundMe page.&nbs…

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by Jon Craig