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Murphy Pays Boston Consultant $23.5M for Coronavirus Work Rutgers Already Doing

BY LILO H. STAINTON, NJSpotlight

New Jersey has committed to spend some $23.5 million over three months to beef up the state’s contact-tracing capacity under a deal signed last week with a Boston-based consulting group doing similar work in New York state.

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: August 7th, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: COVID-19, New Jersey | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Murphy Pays Boston Consultant $23.5M for Coronavirus Work Rutgers Already Doing

Smith and VA to hold Telephone Claims Clinic

Congressman Chris Smith and the Veterans Administration are hosting Telephone Claims Clinics for military veterans, active duty personnel and their families on August 18 and 19.

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: August 6th, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Smith and VA to hold Telephone Claims Clinic

Golden reelected Monmouth GOP Chair, Says NJ GOP Chairman is Impudent and Ineffective

Shaun Golden

Shaun Golden, the Monmouth County Sheriff, was reelected Chairman of the Monmouth GOP on Tuesday evening during a convention of the County Committee conducted via Zoom. He was unopposed for his fourth two year term as Chairman.

Golden had harsh words for NJ Republican Chairman Doug Steinhardt during his remarks to the County Committee.

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: August 5th, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: 2021 NJ Gubernatorial race, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Monmouth GOP, New Jersey, NJ GOP | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

U.S. Judge Esther Salas’s statement regarding the shooting at her home which took her son’s life

Posted: August 3rd, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: , | Comments Off on U.S. Judge Esther Salas’s statement regarding the shooting at her home which took her son’s life

Patients fled primary care during COVID-19

WASHINGTON — If Dr. Erica Swegler, a solo primary care doctor in Austin, Texas, hadn’t gotten her bank to delay payments on one of the loans she had taken out to open her practice five years ago, she said, “I would have been out of business in April.”

Likewise, she’s sure she would have had to close if she hadn’t also received a $36,000 federal Payment Protection Program coronavirus loan to carry her over a couple of months while her patients stayed away in droves. Ditto if Medicare and Medicaid hadn’t relaxed rules to allow for compensation and better reimbursement rates for telehealth visits … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: August 3rd, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: COVID-19, Health Care | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Trump fundraising in Deal, NJ on Sunday

President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to attend a high dollar fund raiser in Monmouth County on Sunday, August 9, according to a report in Yeshiva World News. (h/t app.com)

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: August 3rd, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: 2020 Presidential Politics, Monmouth County News | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Howell Police Request Assistance Locating Missing Girl

FOUND SAFE!

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Shooting in Freehold Kills One, Injures Another

One man is dead and another is in serious but stable condition as a result of a shooting incident in Freehold Boro early Saturday morning, according to an announcement by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Chris Swendeman, spokesman for the office, declined to give the names, ages, races or any other information about the victims

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: August 1st, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: , , | Comments Off on Shooting in Freehold Kills One, Injures Another

Hirsh: The Fat Lady Still Didn’t Singh

Hirsh Singh

Republican Hirsh Singh is continuing his battle for the nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Cory Booker in November.

Singh has filed for recounts in all 21 New Jersey counties, according to an announcement from his campaign this morning.

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: July 31st, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: 2020 U.S. Senate Race, New Jersey | Tags: , , , | 8 Comments »

NJ School Reopening: What’s Next as Plans Are Made to Open Classrooms

Lawmakers, unions and activists are weighing in as schools work out details

By JOHN MOONEY , NJSpotlight

The back-and-forth continued this week over what New Jersey schools will look like in a month, with districts up against an August deadline to devise their reopening plans and others not shy about weighing in on what those plans should look like.

Read the rest of this entry » Posted: July 31st, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: COVID-19, Education, New Jersey | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on NJ School Reopening: What’s Next as Plans Are Made to Open Classrooms