Tag: Coronavirus

  • Culinary Creations gives back to Hillsborough community, area hospitals

    Culinary Creations gives back to Hillsborough community, area hospitals

    Local restaurant/catering company Culinary Creations has been serving the Hillsborough Township community for 25 years. Owner/Chef Andrew Pantano said he has always appreciated the support he has gotten from the community and the customers who have asked for his services over the years. During these tough times of the coronavirus pandemic, Pantano has found ways…

  • Old Bridge officials report 14 new positive COVID-19 cases

    Old Bridge officials report 14 new positive COVID-19 cases

    OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge officials reported 14 new positive COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of positive cases to 524 in the township, according to Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry in his daily report on April 20. Henry issued a message to resident concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and requests for specific…

  • Rider University chemistry professors make hand sanitizer for hospitals

    Rider University chemistry professors make hand sanitizer for hospitals

    Hospitals are having trouble finding enough personal protective equipment, but they won’t have as much trouble finding hand sanitizer, thanks to the efforts of two Rider University chemistry professors. Dr. Jamie Ludwig and Dr. Danielle Jacobs, who teamed up to make hand sanitizer in Rider University’s general chemistry lab, delivered their first batch of hand…

  • Edison officials reported 39 new positive COVID-19 cases, including a one-year old child

    Edison officials reported 39 new positive COVID-19 cases, including a one-year old child

    EDISON – Edison officials reported 39 new positive cases of COVID-19 on April 20, including a one-year old, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management. The total number of cases in the township reach 806, according to Middlesex County. The age range of the cases are one to 96, officials said. Edison Township was…

  • Thirty-seven long-term care residents in Monroe have passed away from the coronavirus

    Thirty-seven long-term care residents in Monroe have passed away from the coronavirus

    MONROE – Thirty-seven long-term care residents in the township have passed away from the coronavirus, according to new state released statistics on nursing homes and health care facilities. Mayor Gerald Tamburro said he speaks for the entire Monroe community in sharing “our sympathy and our deep sense of loss and pain.” “The families of these…

  • Live COVID Q&A with South Brunswick Board of Ed canceled for tonight

    Live COVID Q&A with South Brunswick Board of Ed canceled for tonight

    South Brunswick Township has been notified of 10 new cases in town, bringing the total confirmed cases to 243 as of April 20. The latest cases involve residents ranging in age from 27-75 years old; two are male and eight are female. Board of Education Q&A session postponed: The South Brunswick Board of Education has…

  • Bordentown Township updates COVID statistics

    Bordentown Township updates COVID statistics

    BORDENTOWN – Bordentown City is reporting 16 positive COVID-19 patients as of April 20, with one person cleared from quarantine and one death. Bordentown Township has reported two deaths as of April 20; the county had erroneously reported an additional two deaths. The township is reporting 36 positive cases, with nine people cleared from quarantine.…

  • Woodbridge officials report 28 new positive COVID-19 cases

    Woodbridge officials report 28 new positive COVID-19 cases

    WOODBRIDGE – Woodbridge officials reported 28 new positive COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 932, said Mayor John McCormac in his daily report on April 20. “We have averaged 36 per day for the last 10 days and we have only had five lower daily numbers in the month of April,”…

  • Fourth death reported at Princeton Care Center

    Fourth death reported at Princeton Care Center

    An elderly Princeton Care Center resident has become the fourth resident to die of COVID-19 at the long term care facility, the Princeton Health Department announced on April 20. The man, who was in his 90s, is also the fifth Princeton resident to die of the disease, officials said. The first recorded death in Princeton…