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COVID-19: 5 NJ Schools Report Outbreaks This Week Including One With 23 Cases COVID-19: 5 NJ Schools Report Outbreaks This Week Including One With 23 Cases
Covid-19: 5 NJ Schools Report Outbreaks This Week Including One With 23 Cases Five new COVID-19 outbreaks associated with in-school transmission have been reported in New Jersey this week, state officials said Wednesday. Of those 47 new cases, 23 of were reported in one particular school in Union County -- although New Jersey officials did not specify which school that was, NJ.com reports. The other outbreaks were in Bergen, Monmouth, Ocean and Passaic County schools, according to new data on New Jersey's COVID-19 dashboard. “We knew going in that there would be cases in our schools, and the vast majority of the cases we see continue to be linked to out-of-scho…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Sussex County Diner 'Waiting Patiently' To Reopen Rips Into Murphy On Facebook COVID-19: Sussex County Diner 'Waiting Patiently' To Reopen Rips Into Murphy On Facebook
Covid-19: Sussex County Diner 'Waiting Patiently' To Reopen Rips Into Murphy On Facebook A Sussex County diner that's been closed since March is patiently waiting to reopen. Under Gov. Phil Murphy's current orders, the Victoria Diner on Route 206 in Branchville can only have six people inside at a time. While the owners certainly plan on reopening their train car diner, they are not holding back on expressing their frustrations. “Once this fool allows more than the 25 percent [capacity] we will certainly be open," a Facebook post pinned to the top of the page reads. “So hopefully this idiotic bloviating anal aperture sees the light after the election." With just six booths an…

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by Valerie Musson
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COVID-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar COVID-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar
Covid-19: Health Alert Issued For Outbreak At Popular Jersey Shore Bar New Jersey officials on Monday alerted the public to a COVID-19 outbreak at a popular Jersey Shore bar. Anyone who visited Leggett's in Manasquan between Oct. 17 and Oct. 22 may have been exposed to the virus, State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said during Monday's briefing in Trenton. At least nine servers and bartenders at the 1st Avenue bar tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials were sent to Leggett's on Oct. 23, and management was cooperative, she said. “This is just one example,” Persichilli said. “We really don’t put [alerts] out every day because they have to be…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021
Murphy Announces New Covid-19 Restrictions, Says Vaccine Coming Spring 2021 Gov. Phil Murphy announced new COVID-19 restrictions in the midst of New Jersey's second wave. Murphy also said he spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend, who was "unequivocal" when he said a vaccine will be ready in April or May. "We're in a sprint for the next six months," Murphy said. The governor remained hopeful a vaccine would be ready for wide distribution in Spring 2021, as long as "all the tires have been checked. "A vaccine doesn't mean we're back to where we were," Murphy said. "But it [will be] a hugely different environment. We've got to use that. "We have a plan rea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here
Murphy: 2nd COVID Wave Is Here New Jersey's second COVID-19 wave is here. That's what Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday, urging residents to "double down" on the practices that helped flatten the curve last spring: Stay six feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Cases and new hospital patients have been on the rise in New Jersey in the last several weeks. Thursday marked the 12th day in a row that more than 1,000 new cases were reported. Murphy reported 1,477 new cases, along with deaths in the past 10 days The recent outbreaks were largely due to small gatherings in homes, the governor said. Dozens of New Jersey scho…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Sussex County Gym Owner Who Sued Murphy Administration Closes Business COVID-19: Sussex County Gym Owner Who Sued Murphy Administration Closes Business
Covid-19: Sussex County Gym Owner Who Sued Murphy Administration Closes Business The owner of a Sussex County kickboxing studio is closing up shop just weeks after filing a lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy. Darlene Pallay, who owns CKO Kickboxing in Franklin, claimed in her suit that the Governor’s signing of Executive Order 104 on March 19 failed to abide by the part of the act that requires businesses to be compensated in the event of forced closure.  She closed her gym in March as per Murphy's orders, and reopened for outdoor classes in June. Her studio offering free virtual classes to local elementary school students, studio members and others in the community…

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by Valerie Musson
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Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say
Legalize It? NJ Pot Supporters First Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Say Polls show most New Jerseyans want marijuana legalized, but what Garden State voters may not know is that the question is on the back of the election ballot. A recent survey by the Stockton University Polling Institute found 66% of New Jersey respondents favoring legalized leaf. Separate polls have gotten 65% and 61% thumbs up, respectively. But those are polls, not elections. The difference: Referendum questions always go at the end of ballots, which usually leads to slimmer margins than polls. This year, the cannabis legalization question is on the back of the ballot. It’s left some a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LEGALIZE IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn LEGALIZE IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn
Legalize IT? NJ Pot Supporters Need To Know Where To Find It On Ballot, Advocates Warn Polls show most New Jerseyans want marijuana legalized, but what Garden State voters may not know, advocates say, is that the question is on the back of the election ballot. A recent survey by the Stockton University Polling Institute found 66% of New Jersey respondents favoring legalized herb. Separate polls have gotten 65% and 61% thumbs up, respectively. But those are polls, not elections. The difference: Referendum questions always go at the end of ballots, which usually leads to slimmer margins than polls. This year, the cannabis legalization question is on the back of the ballot. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CANCELLED: Risky Halloween Activities Banned In These North Jersey Towns CANCELLED: Risky Halloween Activities Banned In These North Jersey Towns
Cancelled: Risky Halloween Activities Banned In These North Jersey Towns While Gov. Phil Murphy gave trick-or-treating the green light this year, some towns are giving it the red light amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Halloween activities such as trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treating, parties, carnivals, or festivals with large crowds were banned in several towns. The first to do so was Bound Brook. The borough's OEM coordinator on Oct. 7 put out a memo saying trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treating, hay rides, haunted houses, parties and large gatherings would not be permitted. Virtual activities, drive-thru events and family activities were allowed, though. The f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Cuban Pete's Issued 3rd Citation, Hudson Night Club Ticketed For Exceeding Capacity COVID-19: Cuban Pete's Issued 3rd Citation, Hudson Night Club Ticketed For Exceeding Capacity
Covid-19: Cuban Pete's Issued 3rd Citation, Hudson Night Club Ticketed For Exceeding Capacity Two North Jersey restaurants were cited for violating Gov. Phil Murphy's COVID-19 orders -- one of them for the third time. Cuban Pete's in Montclair was "well in excess" of Murphy's capacity limit, which caps restaurants at 25 percent for indoor dining, NJSP Col. Patrick Callahan said. The Bloomfield Avenue restaurant owned by Dominic Restaino was cited in August for seating customers inside of his restaurant, in violation of an order that banned indoor dining altogether in New Jersey. The eatery was cited again weeks later for the same thing. Cosmos 2000 in Guttenberg was also cited…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy: Everyone At President Trump's NJ Fundraiser Should Get COVID-19 Test, Quarantine Murphy: Everyone At President Trump's NJ Fundraiser Should Get COVID-19 Test, Quarantine
Murphy: Everyone At President Trump's NJ Fundraiser Should Get Covid-19 Test, Quarantine After word of President Trump's positive COVID-19 test results, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that everyone at his Thursday fundraiser in New Jersey should be tested. The fundraising event was at Trump National Golf Club in Somerset County just hours before Trump tested positive for coronavirus. As many as 300 people attended the Trump event, according to NJ Advance Media. New Jersey's governor announced that contact tracing to gauge the extent of COVID-19 exposure was underway. In a tweet on Friday, Murphy also asked everyone who attended the event in Bedminster to self-quarantine. Thursda…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19 Spiking In 5 New Jersey Counties COVID-19 Spiking In 5 New Jersey Counties
Covid-19 Spiking In 5 New Jersey Counties Coronavirus is "rising to a level of concern" in five New Jersey counties, Gov. Phil Murphy said at his latest briefing in Trenton. "Whether it's through worship, indoor home gatherings, regardless of what the reason," said Murphy, "we are not out of the woods." As of Friday, there were 202,100 positive cases in the state, he said. Ocean County reported 439 cases -- the highest number of new ones in the state since Monday, NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said. Lakewood accounts for at least half of those cases, Persichilli said. Lakewood has become a "hot spot" for the virus, acco…

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by Cecilia Levine