Tag: COVID-19
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Metuchen School District has requested to begin 2020-21 school year all-remote, begin hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 1
METUCHEN – The Metuchen School District has requested to begin the 2020-21 school year all remote and begin its hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 1. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo shared the request on his weekly social media post on Aug. 21. “The Board of Education has authorized me to submit an application to begin the…
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Woodbridge School District has requested to begin 2020-21 school year all remote, begin hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 12
WOODBRIDGE – The Woodbridge School District has requested to begin the 2020-21 school year all remote and begin its hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 12. Schools Superintendent Robert Zega shared the district’s reasoning in a video post on Aug. 21. The Board of Education approved Zega’s recommendation at a meeting on Aug. 20. “This was…
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Milltown Public School District requests to begin 2020-21 school year all remote, will reassess on Oct. 2
MILLTOWN – The Milltown Public School District has requested to begin the 2020-21 school year all-remote and reassess to begin its hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 2. Schools Superintendent Stephanie Brown shared the request in a letter to parents and guardians on Aug. 19. During the planning process for the hybrid in-person model, the district’s…
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Monroe Township School District requests virtual learning through Nov. 13
MONROE – The Monroe Township School District has requested to begin the 2020-21 school year all remote through the first marking period, which ends Nov. 13. Schools Superintendent Dori Alvich shared the request in a letter to parents and guardians on Aug. 20. “I know that having students receive full-time instruction at home will create…
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John P. Stevens High School students create free tutoring service, which spans 14 chapters, three countries
EDISON – When Divyesh Jevtani learned about LimitlessMinds – a free tutoring service run by high school students – from his son’s school principal, he jumped at the opportunity to sign up his son Vinay. “My son was missing the one-to-one interaction with a teacher,” he said, adding Vinay was in the second grade at…
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Edison new COVID-19 cases under five
EDISON – Edison officials reported four new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 2,028, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Aug. 22. The age range of the new cases are from 38 to 74. The township has lost 238 residents to COVID-19, according to Middlesex County. The Edison’s…
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Monroe reports zero new COVID-19 cases over three-day period, next drive-in movie ‘Onward’ set for Aug. 25
MONROE – Monroe officials reported zero new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period for second time this month, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management on Aug. 21. The three-day period was from Aug. 17-19. The total number of cases remain at 831. The township has lost 126 residents to COVID-19, 84 in…
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Edison new COVID-19 cases remain low, township has lost one more resident
EDISON – Edison officials reported 10 new COVID-19 cases over a two-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 2,024, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Aug. 21. Two new cases – a 26-year-old resident and a 30-year-old resident – were reported for Aug. 20 and eight new cases were…
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Opinion: Ask landscapers to limit gas-powered leaf blowers to limit spread of COVID, noise pollution
The Princeton Board of Health and the Princeton Environmental Commission have suggested that we talk to our landscapers and ask them to limit or discontinue their use of gas-powered leaf blowers because gas leaf blower pollution worsens COVID-19. I can testify from personal experience that doing this can really work. I talked to my landscaper.…
