Tag: COVID-19

  • Edison new COVID-19 cases include 11-month-old baby, library holding International Artists Day Facebook contest Oct. 25-Nov. 3

    Edison new COVID-19 cases include 11-month-old baby, library holding International Artists Day Facebook contest Oct. 25-Nov. 3

    EDISON – Edison officials reported 14 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 2,363, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Oct. 20. The age range of the new cases are from 11 months to 66. The township has lost two more residents to COVID-19, which bring the total…

  • Mercer County offers free at-home COVID-19 tests

    Mercer County offers free at-home COVID-19 tests

    Mercer County residents age 14 and older, and anyone employed as a first responder or health care worker in the county, now can sign up to receive a free COVID-19 saliva test to be administered at home through a partnership between the county and Vault Health Services of New Jersey. In addition, the county soon…

  • Total new COVID-19 cases in October may reach May numbers in Woodbridge, police collecting unused drugs on Oct. 24

    Total new COVID-19 cases in October may reach May numbers in Woodbridge, police collecting unused drugs on Oct. 24

    WOODBRIDGE – The township reported 49 new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 2,253, according to Mayor John McCormac in his coronavirus report on Oct. 19. Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported for Oct. 16, 13 new cases were reported for Oct. 17 and 17 new…

  • Most speed limits in Metuchen have been reduced to 25 miles per hour

    Most speed limits in Metuchen have been reduced to 25 miles per hour

    METUCHEN – What seemed like a pipe dream many years ago – reducing speed limits to 25 miles per hour borough-wide – has become 99% a reality. Signs are now erected for motorists to travel 25 miles per hour “through the heart of town” on state road Route 27 from Kentnor Street near the Metuchen…

  • Debate continues over school staff accommodation requests

    Debate continues over school staff accommodation requests

    As the Princeton Public School District prepares to welcome more students back into the classroom, and more than two dozen staff members are being allowed to work from home, the debate over accommodations continued at the school board’s Oct. 13 meeting. Interim Superintendent of Schools Barry Galasso told the school board that he had spoken…

  • Edison reports two new COVID-19 cases

    Edison reports two new COVID-19 cases

    EDISON – Edison officials reported two new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 2,345, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Oct. 19. The new cases are a 25-year-old resident and a 30-year-old resident. The township has lost 241 residents to COVID-19, according to Middlesex County. The Township Council…

  • South Brunswick has lowest number of new COVID cases since March

    South Brunswick has lowest number of new COVID cases since March

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick Township has once again dropped into the single digits with its newly reported COVID-19 cases from last week. The majority of the weeks since June 14 have seen weekly COVID positive cases in the single digits, and there were only two new cases reported last week, according to information provided…

  • Edison reports 10 new COVID-19 cases

    Edison reports 10 new COVID-19 cases

    EDISON – Edison officials reported 10 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 2,343, according to the Edison Office of Emergency Management on Oct. 18. The age range of the cases are from 19-80. The township has lost 241 residents to COVID-19, according to Middlesex County. The Township Council has returned…

  • Lawrence schools begin in-person instruction

    Lawrence schools begin in-person instruction

    Having welcomed 40 special education students for in-person learning on Oct. 12, the Lawrence Township Public Schools is preparing to bring back another group of special education students, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students for in-person learning on Oct. 26. There was a lot of “excitement” and “enthusiasm” as the first group of special education students were…