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…
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…
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…
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…
Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000 Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000
Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000 New Jersey had more than 4,000 coronavirus cases as of Wednesday with a total of 62 deaths, officials said. New Jersey has more than 18,000 acute care beds including 2,000 for critical care patients, Murphy said. Officials are working to increase the capacity by 2,360 beds over the next several weeks. But according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University-Camden, that's not nearly enough. The state's need for additional beds triples to 300,000 if residents fail to follow social distance guidelines between now and May, the study estimates.    Rutgers University projected the nee…
'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890 'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890
'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890 State officials will tighten social distancing requirements in New Jersey sometime before Saturday afternoon, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday, as the statewide total of deaths from the coronavirus grew to 11 and the total number of positive cases continued a sharp rise to 890. Only the governor didn't say how that will be done. "We're going to tighten the screws further, " Murphy said at an afternoon news briefing. He didn't elaborate, however. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered that 100% of the workforce stay home -- excluding essential businesses such as food stores and p…
Feds: NYC Man, 35, Took Underage Jersey Girl Back To Queens For Sex Feds: NYC Man, 35, Took Underage Jersey Girl Back To Queens For Sex
Feds: NYC Man, 35, Took Underage Jersey Girl Back To Queens For Sex A 35-year-old Queens livery driver drove more than 150 miles to have sex with a 15-year-old girl in South Jersey, then took her back to his Sunnyside home for more -- and even recorded some of it on a cellphone, federal authorities charged. Richard Gabriel Piedra-Ordonez broke federal law by crossing state lines with the minor for sex, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. Piedra-Ordonez faces an additional count of “traveling for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct,” the U.S. attorney said. Piedra-Ordonez began communicating with the girl in May “using various socia…
ALL CLEAR: Jersey Shore Beaches Reopen After Fecal Bacteria Detected In Water ALL CLEAR: Jersey Shore Beaches Reopen After Fecal Bacteria Detected In Water
ALL Clear: Jersey Shore Beaches Reopen After Fecal Bacteria Detected In Water Water advisories at three Cape May County beaches were lifted after bacteria commonly found in human or animal waste was detected. Bennett Avenue in Wildwood City, Lavender Road in Wildwood Crest and  East 10th Avenue in North Wildwood reopened Wednesday, a day after high levels of enterococci showed up in water samples, state environmental officials said. Results earlier this week showed 120, 120 and 110, respectively, colony forming units (cfu) of the bacteria per 100 milliliters of water, the Department of Environmental Protection said. Enterococci can cause clinical infe…
Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck
Park Ridge PD: Fugitive Burglar Caught Sleeping In Resident’s Truck A Park Ridge police officer tipped off by a homeowner found a South Jersey fugitive sleeping in a local resident’s truck early Thursday following a car burglary report hours earlier, authorities said. Their colleagues from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake helped borough police search for three men in hoodies who another resident said was trying to get into cars on Fourth Street just after 1:30 a.m., Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. During the search, borough police Sgt. James Babcock found an unoccupied vehicle reported stolen two days earlier of Lyndhurst on Mae Court, he said. Six hours later, pol…