Monmouth County reported 119 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the County to 6,781 since the pandemic broke out, according to an announcement by Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley.
The New Jersey Department of Health reports that 429 County residents have succumbed to the virus.
Middletown Jewelry and Junction Boutique Gift Shop, Belford
Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Monmouth) called on the Murphy administration to allow for a limited reopening of small gift shops and jewelry stores in advance of Mother’s Day.
New Jersey’s public schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year, Governor Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 briefing on Monday. Teachers will continue to instruct students remotely.
New Jersey will join six other states in the region to pool resources for buying for personal protective equipment and other medical supplies as the area continues to battle the coronaviruspandemic, officials announced Sunday.
The announcement was made during New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefing. Gov. Phil Murphy and other governors joined the briefing by video conference.
New Jersey will join New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the regional effort.“We’re going to form a consortium,” Cuomo said, adding the states will spend $5 billio… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey municipalities may extend the grace period for property tax payers to make their May 1st payments until June 1st under Executive Order No. 130 which was signed by Governor Phil Murphy on April 28.
Middletown Mayor Tony Perry has written New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal requesting the “immediate and full reversal” of his directive to close the Henry Hudson Trail.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office forwarded the Attorney General’s instructions that the trail be closed over the weekend to police departments of towns that host the trail, Perry told MMM.
The framers of the Constitution saw men like Governor Phil
Murphy coming. They knew that once you
grant government the power to do something you like, you
risk the next person in office using that power to do something you don’t
like. Since power can’t be policed
through generations, constitutions are written to limit government power in the
first place.
April 20, 2020 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The explosion killed 11 and the environmental impact extended beyond 57,000 square miles. The human, environmental and economic suffering in the Gulf Coast States continues to this day.
An empty parking lot and chem trails above the Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright
The spread of COVID-19 in Monmouth County appears to be slower than the rest of New Jersey.
County officials said on Sunday that by doubling at a rate of 24 days, Monmouth leads the state. Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley credit residents doing their part by social distancing.
Legislation introduced by Congressmen Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Ron Wright (R-TX) on Friday would strip China and other countries of their sovereign immunity if they intentionally made misrepresentations regarding the coronavirus, thereby allowing U.S. citizens, businesses and local government to sue those governments for the deaths, pain and suffering, and economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
