Tag: COVID-19
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Family Camp session at Watershed Institute provides environmental outreach
Klaython Pelaez is on the hunt – intent on catching a grasshopper in his cupped hand as he runs through the thick grass near Wargo Pond on the watershed reserve. Fizzing with anticipation, he shrieks as a grasshopper jumps just out of his reach. “I always tell the kids the animals are hiding,” said Zoltan…
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Health Matters 9/2: Returning to School Can Be Harder Than Ever for Students with Anxiety
By Madhurani Khare, M.D. For children who experience school-related anxiety, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a double-edged sword. Many have enjoyed remote learning and not having to deal with all that comes along with a typical school day – riding the bus, navigating the hallways, finding a seat in the cafeteria. But now, with some…
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Back To School backpack safety
By Dr. Leonard J. Somarriba, DPT Co-CEO ProFysio Physical Therapy This time of year our doctors of physical therapy spend a lot of time educating parents about the importance of backpack safety for our children as they return to school. But, this year is a little different. Due to the COVID pandemic, some schools…
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Monmouth Mobile Home Park creates community garden, delivers food during COVID
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Monmouth Mobile Home Park has created a garden to help provide nutritious food to help families who are struggling during COVID-19. “The staff at Monmouth Mobile Home Park will be harvesting fresh vegetables and delivering farm basket’ to residents free of charge,” Dan Mandell, manager of Monmouth Mobile Home Park, said…
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Howell Living History Farm produces crops for local food banks
Forced to cut back on programming due to COVID-19, Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township was able to shift more of its focus this spring and summer to the labor-intensive planting, weeding and harvesting involved in producing crops to help local food banks and pantries. The harvest is ongoing, but through the end of…
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Opinion: All my friends can’t wait to return to campus; here’s why I’m torn
My high school opens this week. They are offering both hybrid and fully online learning to returning students. As someone who has spent the majority of their last six months at home, the thought of returning to campus thrills me. But going back to school is a much more serious decision than it appears. I…
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Old Bridge reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, township’s Heroes 5K turns virtual Sept. 16-20
OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge officials reported 10 new positive COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 1,184, according to Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry in his coronavirus report on Sept. 1 The seven-day period is from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1. The township has lost one more…
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Kendall Park backyard decorated with kinetic sculptures
PHOTO COURTESY OF SONIA YACO Sonia Yaco created an outdoor kinetic sculpture exhibit at her home in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick. While she usually makes indoor kinetic sculptures, as the pandemic hit she wanted to find a way to share her art with neighbors in a safe venue. Since March, she…
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Edison new COVID-19 cases range in age from two to 81
EDISON – Edison officials reported six new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 2,069, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Sept. 1 The age range of the new cases are from two-years-old to 81-years-old. The township has lost 238 residents to COVID-19, according to Middlesex County. The Edison’s…
