Tag: COVID-19
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Montgomery health officer reports increase in COVID-19 cases; stresses importance of vaccinations
As Pennington and Hopewell Borough residents enter the fall months of 2021, Montgomery Township Health Officer Stephanie Carey warned that her department has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases. In Mercer County, the county has 81 new confirmed cases as of Sept. 17 and Hopewell Township’s Health Department is reporting 16 new COVID-19 cases per…
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Edison man charged in Paycheck Protection Program scheme
An Edison man was charged related to his alleged role in fraudulently obtaining $1.3 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). Jordan C. Larkins, 31, is charged by complaint with three counts of bank fraud, seven counts of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering, according to…
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Main Street Theatre Company to perform first show in new Old Bridge location
OLD BRIDGE – It’s almost lights, camera, action as Main Street Theatre Company prepares for its first show – “Once Upon A Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks” – in their new location at Congregation Beth Ohr. Kevin Gunther, founder of the non-profit community theater’s (MSTC) Board of Trustees, said he expects “emotions” to “run high”…
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Additional dates added to Saint Peter’s Pfizer first-dose vaccine clinics
Additional dates have been added to Saint Peter University Hospital’s Pfizer first-dose vaccine clinics for New Jersey residents age 12 and older. Upcoming vaccine clinics to be held in Saint Peter’s Sister Marie de Pazzi Conference Center, just inside the hospital’s main lobby, 254 Easton Ave., New Brunswick, are: Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 5-7 p.m.…
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Hopewell Township experiences increase in COVID-19 cases
Hopewell Township Health Officer Dawn Marling warned Hopewell Township Committee members and the public of a consistent high level of COVID-19 transmission currently in the township. At a Hopewell Township Committee meeting on Sept. 13, Marling reported that the township is experiencing 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per week in the township. “For a…
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Resident considers candidate’s masklessness a ‘lack of concern for well-being’
On Sept. 4, a candidate for the Cranbury Council knocked on my door along with an associate. Neither wore a mask. When I opened the door and stood back, they introduced themselves. After asking if they had masks and getting no response, I told them I would neither speak nor vote for them since their…
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Hundreds of campers attend summer camp in light of pandemic restrictions
On Aug. 20, Eagle’s Landing Day Camp in North Brunswick finished its 2021 eight-week camp season. Serving more than 700 campers this year, Eagle’s Landing was open for the full summer camp season COVID-free. “We never wavered in our decision to open our doors last summer,” Director Ruth Ann Weiss said in a prepared statement,…
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Mercer County continues vaccine pop-up clinics
Mercer County’s vaccine pop-up clinics will be ongoing through at least October. The clinics are will be available from Sept. 3 to Oct. 1. Each of the clinic locations will provide vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The one-dose shot of J&J is for people 18 years…
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Princeton to continue remote meetings
Citing the increasing number of positive cases of COVID-19, Princeton officials are holding off on restarting in-person municipal meetings. The Princeton Council was set to resume in-person meetings on Sept. 13, but on the advice of Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser, the council will continue to meet virtually. “With the emergence in the highly contagious…