At least 150 protesters descended on New Jersey’s Statehouse Thursday to blast the restrictions Gov. Phil Murphy has put in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
With chants of “open New Jersey now” and “freedom over fear” and American flags and Trump banners waving, the protesters demanded Murphy effectively reopen the state.The group, which ignored social-distancing guidelines by congregating and crowding close together, ended the protest outside the Trenton War Memorial, where Murphy holds his daily coronavirus briefings.At Thursday’s briefing, Murphy announced another at least 254… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2020 | Author:admin | Filed under:COVID-19 | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey, Protests | Comments Off on Protesters return to Trenton to demand Murphy reopen N.J.
The Supreme Court may have thrown out the Bridgegate case, but the man who orchestrated the scheme to close the George Washington Bridge access lanes says what he did was wrong.
David Wildstein, a former Republican operative and Port Authority official, was portrayed in the Bridgegate trial as the architect of the plan to shut down the local toll lanes to the George Washington Bridge to retaliate against the Fort Lee mayor for failing to endorse Gov. Chris Christie for reelection.
Wildstein said the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision Wednesday to throw out the convictions of Bill Baroni and Bridget… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:Bridgegate | Tags:Bridgegate, David Wildstein, New Jersey | Comments Off on ‘I fully accept responsibility for my role,’ in Bridgegate scheme, says Wildstein, after Supreme Court throws out case
Gov. Phil Murphy has not yet provided a timeline for when he’ll further reopen New Jersey from near-lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but he gave a window Wednesday night into what might come next.
That, he said, includes guidance for beaches, nonessential construction resuming, and some businesses offering curbside pickup and delivery.
“We’ll continue, as the curves come down and we lay out what the testing and contact tracing look like — you can expect that over the next week or so — we’ll continue to take other what I call baby steps,” Murphy said during his “Ask the Governor” televis… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 7th, 2020 | Author:Art Gallagher | Filed under:COVID-19, New Jersey | Tags:COVID-19, New Jersey | Comments Off on Beaches, construction sites, curbside businesses may be next to reopen, Murphy says
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.
Congressman Chris Smith addresses the COVID-19 emergency from his Freehold office, April 22, 2020
More than $1.2 million in emergency federal funding has been awarded to local housing authorities in the Fourth Congressional District to expand public housing opportunities and to help local housing facilities meet sterilization standards needed to protect residents during the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said today. The back-to-back funding comes from two separate programs both boosted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act which Smith supported last month.
“We waited,” Gov. Phil Murphy said, “because we wanted to get it right.”Governor Murphy said that in response to a question about whether he waited too long to call for our state lockdown.
Sometimes hesitating to “get it right” is wise. Other times it’s the hesitation itself that dooms one to failure. Now Governor Murphy faces a similar test of judgment regarding opening our state back up and potentially saving, or killing our economy.
We faced several major health threats in the last century – Spanish Flu of 1918 and Hong Kong flu in ‘68. But if you ask people today to name t… Read the rest of this entry »
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.
While thousands of students are still without necessary technology for remote instruction, education officials say there are ways to close the gaps
By John Mooney, NJSpotlight
Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce today whether schools will remain closed and on remote instruction for the rest of the school year, with most bets that he will call it for the year.
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 »
Monmouth County has 70 new positive COVID-19 cases, for a total of 6,266 as of May 2, according to Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley. The NJ Department of Health reports that 372 County residents have succumbed to the virus.
The town by town breakdown of positive cases is as follows:
