Tag: COVID-19
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Rally will call for power of choice in regards to universities mandating COVID-19 vaccine
Rutgers University has mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for students completing in-person study. After which, multiple universities followed their lead. Students saying “no” to the mandate will rally from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 21 to repeal the mandate and defend their power of choice at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, Brower Plaza on College…
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Homes & Living – Downtown Freehold businesses survive and thrive
Downtown Freehold is about seven blocks long by four blocks wide. In just a half mile by quarter mile space, 1,500 businesses, give or take, enhance the quaint, community-driven area of Freehold Borough. Downtown Freehold has a wide mix of businesses from lawyers, doctors, accountants and many other professions that revolve around the county offices,…
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Homes & Living – Community partnership provides access to food, vaccines for Freehold Borough residents
In the Freehold Borough School District, close to 80% of the students are eligible for free/reduced lunch. While schools were closed in March 2020, Superintendent Rocco Tomaciz provided meals to roughly 1,650 students in grades pre-kindergarten to grade eight through a pick-up program at the Park Avenue complex. However, there were no funds budgeted for…
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VNA to provide J&J vaccine on May 20 in Edison
Edison Housing Authority (EHA) will be partnering with the Visiting Nurses Association to provide community vaccinations against COVID-19. The Visiting Nurses Association will be administering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Robert Holmes Gardens on 14 Rev. Samuel Carpenter Blvd. in Edison. To register, call…
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Movie fundraiser will benefit COVID relief in India
Join Right at Home of Central New Jersey and CareOne of East Brunswick for a private movie screening of “Here Today” at 7:15 p.m. May 25 at the AMC Dine-In Menlo Park 12 theater at Menlo Park Mall, 55 Parsonage Road, Edison. The $20 donation will go toward an ongoing fundraiser to support India in…
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JM Group supports Mercer Street Friends, YMCA cancer resource center
JM Group was able to raise $18,000 to support two local organizations, Mercer Street Friends Food Bank and YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center. Despite the impact COVID-19 had on restaurants, the Princeton community rallied behind two JM Group events, their annual meal drive and a week-long “takeout” version of their annual Pink Pearl Night,…
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Metuchen Downtown Alliance helps businesses survive the pandemic
METUCHEN – Despite the immense challenges of 2020, the Metuchen Downtown Alliance (MDA) secured more than $655,000 in funding from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to provide grants to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the MDA’s $50,000 Reopening Grants program provided grants of $1,250 to 40 businesses to reopen in safe,…
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Podiatrist’s twin daughters are first children to be vaccinated at Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge
PHOTO COURTESY OF HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH Ujjwal K. Datta, DPM, FACFAS, podiatrist at Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center’s twin daughters were excited to be the first two children, in the 12-15 age bracket, to get vaccinated at Raritan Bay Old Bridge on May 13. Pictured are the vaccine team with Dr. Datta’s daughters…
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Teamwork generates mobile vaccine clinic for Cranbury School teachers, staff
When the Cranbury School District administration and Board of Education started the new year, momentum started to build for accessible COVID-19 vaccine clinics at the Cranbury School. Administration and school board members would achieve their goal of having a clinic and complete their effort to vaccinate teachers and staff when a second dose vaccination clinic…