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Edison, NJ
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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…
Middletown, NJ
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Middletown Elementary School Reports 2nd
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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…
Massapequa, NY
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19: Cuomo Slow To React To Pandemic, But Then 'Got Most Of It Right,' Analysis Says
A new analysis determined that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reacted slowly to the COVID-19 outbreak when it started spreading in early March, but has since gotten “most of it right.” Cuomo, who has become a national figurehead at the forefront combating COVID-19, has largely drawn praise for his handling of the outbreak, though some have been critical of him, specifically his handling of cases spreading in nursing homes. In the new Vox report, experts said that “Cuomo and other New York leaders were initially slow to react to the coronavirus, letting the pathogen spread rapidly through …
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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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…
Newark, NJ
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Thieves Locked Inside Livingston Macy's Swipe $3K Of Merchandise
Authorities are seeking thieves who they say stole thousands of dollars worth of men's clothing and shoes from the Macy's store at the Livingston Mall. Three people forced their way through a loading dock door and loaded suitcases from the sales floor with the merchandise sometime Friday, Lt. Chris Reinhardt said. A mall security guard found the unsecured door while responding to a report of an alarm and secured the door, locking the suspects inside, Reinhardt said. About an hour later, a second alarm tripped when the thieves exited the building, police said. Evidence of the b…
Lakewood, NJ
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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 …
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Trenton Offers 'Grab And Go' Dinners For Children, Mercer Meals On Wheels Widens Delivery
The City of Trenton is distributing free dinners to children at these locations from 4 to 6 p.m.: Sam Naples Recreation Center, 611 Chestnut St.; West Ward Center, 351 Prospect St.; and the Ike Williams Recreation Center, 238 Clay St. The Trenton-Area Soup Kitchen, meanwhile, is encouraging volunteers to help Mercer County distribute meals during the coronavirus outbreak. Beginning this week, Meals on Wheels of Mercer County invites volunteers to meet at 10 a.m. at Daly’s Dining Hall on the Rider Campus. Food will be loaded into cars and also can be distributed by volunteers on foot. Colle…
