McGuckin Flip Flops on COVID-19 Park Closures

TOMS RIVER- New Jersey Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin yesterday joined his fellow Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly to overturn Governor Phil Murphy’s closure of state parks. McGuckin and Republicans, who are…

LBI Woman Charged for Renting Out Her Condo

LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ – A Jersey City woman obviously didn’t get Assemblyman Greg McGuckin’s memo that BENNY’s aren’t wanted here at the Jersey Shore during the COVID-19 pandemic and for that,…

You Can’t Go Anywhere, But He Really Wanted Those Tires

SPOTSWOOD, NJ – A 37 year old local man was arrested here for stealing tires from an industrial park during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank Medina, 37, of Spotswood, was charged by the East…

Reddit User Charts NJ COVID-19 Trajectory And It Doesn’t Look Good!

REDDIT – A Reddit user has taken the data from the COVID Tracking Project and extracted all of the New Jersey data to give a clear picture of testing, infections and deaths…

New Jersey Nurse Fired From Hospital After Questioning Coronavirus Safety

NEPTUNE, NJ – Adam Witt, a nurse at New Jersey’s Jersey Shore University Medical Center is claiming he was fired because he was asking too many questions about safety. The hospital, according…

COVID-19 Epidemic Leading to Global Body Bag Shortage

BBC Reports: Mortuary suppliers have told BBC News they have no stocks of standard body bags left for sale, blaming the shortage on stockpiling due to the coronavirus pandemic. New stocks from…

Medical Supplies Seized from COVID-19 Price Gougers Being Distributed to Hospitals

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the distribution of hoarded personal protective equipment (PPE), including approximately 192,000 N95 respirator masks, to those…

Coronavirus Scam: Man Tries to Sell VA 250 Million PPE Masks He Didn’t Have

Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to…

PA Residents Traveling to Jersey, Delaware After Liquor Sales Banned by Governor

The Governor of Pennsylvania has banned the sale of alcohol during the coronavirus pandemic. The Governor of New Jersey has not. That has set up an interesting scenario where Pennsylvanians are now…

34 Year Old New Jersey Police Officers Dies from Coronavirus

PATERSON, NJ – A New Jersey police officer has become the latest victim of the global coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a release by the Paterson Police Departement: It is with saddened hearts that…

Drunk Driver Remembers He Has Coronavirus, Coughs on Police Officers

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Have you ever been so drunk that you crashed your car through a fence during a global pandemic, only to remember that you were infected with coronavirus long…

Man Wished Coronavirus on Italians, Fake-Ordered Hundreds of Pizza “For Police”

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – A man has been charged in connection to more than a dozen incidents in which he targeted the goodwill of restaurants during the current pandemic. The current coronavirus…

Lacey Police Department Chipping in for COVID-19 Front Line Warriors

n a combined effort, the Lacey Township PD, Lacey Twp. Superior Officers Association, Lacey Township PBA 238, and the Lacey Municipal Police Foundation would like to honor, and give back to, all of our…

Manchester Day Waiving Vendor Fees for 2020

With Manchester Day just a few months away, all of us at Manchester Recreation hope that day will be one of great celebration, not just to celebrate Manchester, but hopefully to celebrate the…

Is It Too Soon For Political Fighting? Not in NJ’s 3rd Congressional District It Isn’t

TOMS RIVER-In one of the country’s most heated congressional battles of the 2020 election, New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, Congressman Andy Kim and Democrats are exchanging political barbs with one of his…

U.S. Post Office Will Run Out of Money by September Says Postmaster General

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Everyone is looking for a parachute from Congress to stave off losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, even the United States Postal Service. Here’s what we know… USPS to lose $13 billion…

Monmouth Senate Republicans Blast Murphy’s Medical Meddling with COVID-19 Critical Care Drug

Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (all R-Monmouth) issued a statement today calling on the Governor to rescind restrictions he placed on the ability of doctors to prescribe…

Report Claims Remdesivir is Working to Save 68% of Patients with Severe COVID-19 Symptoms

A paper published by the New England Journal of Medicine, patients hospitalized for severe Covid-19 who were treated with compassionate-use remdesivir, clinical improvement was observed in 36 of 53 patients (68%). The…

Mayor Carmen Amato, Berkeley Township Partner With Fulfill to Feed Berkeley Residents in Need

BERKELEY TWP: Berkeley Township Partners with Fulfill, (formerly the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties) to provide emergency “crisis” food kits to families in need during the COVID-19 outbreak. The emergency “crisis”…

Starbucks to Invest $130 Million in Chinese Bean Roasting Plant

As many U.S. and foreign companies are planning Chinese exit strategies in the pharmaceutical world, Starbucks is going all in, announcing a $130,000,000 investment into a state of the art roasting facility…

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