American Restoration technicians disinfecting a Hazlet Police Vehicle
All American Restoration, a Freehold based mold remediation and environmental cleanup company, is using its science and technology to keep Monmouth County first responders safe from COVID-19.
Last weekend the the company disinfected police cars and ambulances in Red Bank, Little Silver and Hazlet, in an effort to prevent first responders from being infected by the corona virus via surface transfer in their vehicles.
Without relief, property owners hit hard by illness or income loss will have to cover payments due May 1 or incur penalties
Homeowners are facing a May 1 deadline for paying property taxes.
By JOHN REITMEYER , NJSpotlight
To ease the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey homeowners have been granted mortgage relief from banks and a reprieve from evictions. But no such help has been approved thus far from local property tax bills.
That means many homeowners who are dealing with economic hardships caused by severe illness, the loss of a job or a shuttered business are also being forced to cover quarterly property tax payments by a state-imposed May 1 deadline.
Potentially making matters worse for thousands of New Jersey homeowners is the state’s recent freezing of all funding for the next installment of Homestead property-tax relief benefits. They were supposed to be paid out by the state as direct credits to effectively reduce those May quarterly bills, but Trenton is facing its own economic shortfalls.
Monmouth County has 2800 positive cases of COVID-19 as of April 7, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley. 71 County residents have succumbed to the virus, according to the NJ Department of Health.
WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one “chat” at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content which is provocative but likely to be false.
The Facebook-owned messaging platform said it took the action to enable people to concentrate on personal and private communications during the health crisis.In recent weeks, “we’ve seen a significant increase in the amount of forwarding which users have told us can feel ov… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 7th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:COVID-19, WhatApp | Comments Off on WhatsApp tightens sharing limits to curb virus misinformation
Grupo Modelo, which produces and exports several popular Mexican beer brands, including Corona, Pacifico and Modelo, will be temporarily suspending production and sales after its breweries were deemed non-essential by the Mexican government.
The company posted the announcement on Twitter, stating it is halting production and pledging its “total commitment” to slowing the spread of the coronavirus.“Grupo Modelo announces that this Sunday it will complete the process of suspending its production and marketing operations for beer,” according to their press release. The company added that the suspe… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 6th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:COVID-19 | Comments Off on Corona beer halts production in Mexico amid coronavirus pandemic
John P. Maldjian, the Rumson man charged with reckless endangerment and other charges related to violating Governor Phil Murphy’s social distancing orders, has hired one of New Jersey’s top criminal defense attorneys to defend him against the disorderly persons charges filed by the Rumson Police.
Stephanie Schmid won the Monmouth County Democrats endorsement in the upcoming primary, currently scheduled for June 2, for the nomination to challenge Congressman Chris Smith in November.
UPDATE:Maldjian’s attorney says there was no corona party and his client will plead not guilty. Read the statement here.
John P. Maldjian, photo via facebook
John P. Maldjian, 54, of 147 Black Point Road in Rumson, has been charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and two separate charges related to violating the emergency orders, according to a report at NewJerseyGlobe.The charges stem from the corona party Maldijian held at his home on Saturday evening, April 4.
