Tag: Coronavirus
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Woodbridge new positive COVID-19 cases continue to fluctuate day to day
WOODBRIDGE – The number of positive COVID-19 cases continue to fluctuate day to day in the township. Woodbridge officials reported 42 new positive COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 974, said Mayor John McCormac in his daily report on April 21. “[The new number of cases] is slightly above our average…
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Pennington Chinese American Community donates supplies to hospitals, local organizations
The Pennington Chinese American Community (PCAC) rallied together to provide donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to local hospitals and businesses. Annie Yang said a group of 100 Chinese American residents of Pennington volunteered to secure medical supplies for organizations in need. “Using various digital platforms, predominantly WeChat, they created extended networks and rallied their contacts in…
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African American community experiences physical, mental effects from COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, being in public increases the risk of contracting the virus, but then staying at home in quarantine causes issues such as stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of isolation to arise. African Americans, like many minority communities, are likely to experience socioeconomic disparities such as exclusion from health, educational, social and…
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Clerical staff at Milltown Borough Hall will work from home after some employees test positive for COVID-19
MILLTOWN – Clerical staff at Borough Hall will work from home for the next two weeks after a report of employees testing positive for COVID-19, according to Business Administrator Jeanette M. Larrison through a Nixle message. The clerical staff wil work from home from April 21 to May 1. Borough offices are not closed and…
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Democratic candidates urge donations to charities, not their campaigns
The three Democratic Party candidates for two open seats on the Princeton Council in the July 7 Democratic Party primary, as well as the only Democratic Party candidate for mayor, said they are not going to accept campaign contributions. Instead, the campaigns of incumbent Princeton Council members David Cohen and Leticia Fraga and challenger Dina…
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South River borough offices will reopen on limited basis
SOUTH RIVER–With 126 positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases confirmed by the Middlesex County Health Department, Mayor John Krenzel updated residents on the status of South River. “As we have ended one week and are beginning another, it is time to take stock as to where South River is,” Krenzel said in a prepared statement. “We have…
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Food pantry ‘RISEs’ to the occasion, meeting growing demand due to coronavirus crisis
True to its name, RISE, the community service organization, is rising to the occasion as it helps Hightstown and East Windsor residents cope with COVID-19. In the days after Gov. Phil Murphy shut down New Jersey last month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jobs evaporated as people were ordered to stay home, businesses closed…
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LOOSE ENDS 4/24: Stopping the devastation of COVID-19
By Pam Hersh In the spring of 2019, Dr. Craig Gronczewski, the chair of Emergency Services at Penn Medicine Princeton Health, was focused on operational improvement at the hospital that had become part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in January 2018. With an MD from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an…
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New Jersey American Water asks customers to protect workers
Amidst the current COVID-19 public health emergency, New Jersey American Water employees continue to work to provide reliable water and wastewater service for 2.8 million people across the state. According to Thomas Shroba, vice president of Operations, the company has implemented a business continuity plan and provided critical personal protection equipment to protect employees. “We…
