TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 press briefing on Thursday that he has extended New Jersey's public health emergency another 30 days due to the coronavirus, even though the spread of the disease has slowed significantly by many important measures. For instance, hospitalizations are down 94% from New Jersey's peak and 12% from June 17, and the ...

NEW JERSEY -  Flags in New Jersey will return to full-staff, announced Governor Murphy. The governor has issued Executive Order Number 160 to direct that all flags across the state be flown high beginning Friday July, 3. 

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall fly at full staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and ...

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After signing a stopgap budget into law Tuesday to keep the state open for another three months, Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers must now find funding for several big-ticket items they ...

TRENTON, NJ -- At his daily COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the reopening schedule that continues tomorrow – with social distancing and face covering requirements in place – for the following businesses:

Casinos,
Outdoor amusement parks and water parks,
Museums and libraries,
Indoor recreation, and
Gyms/fitness centers (for individualized ...

SPARTA, NJ – A man from Hackensack is facing drunk driving charges after police were called about a person throwing up in the parking lot.  On June 26 around 8:20 p.m. Officer Taylor May went to a parking lot on Woodport Road and found Brian Barraza, 23, vomiting and another man that needed medical attention, police said.

May found the passenger laying across the back seat.  He ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two city men have been arrested by Hackensack Police and charged with robbery after two separate thefts occurred the same day last Friday.

According to a press release from Hackensack Police Detective Captain Darrin DeWitt, the repeat offenders, Kelvin Hernandez Brioso and Francisco Castillo-Rodriguez, both 22 and living in Hackensack, were arrested in Rochelle Park on ...

PARAMUS, N.J. — As the COVID-19 pandemic forced Bergen Community College students off campus and into a world of digital education, the institution doubled down on its efforts to provide students with an unparalleled online engagement experience by enhancing its state-leading social media presence, launching new communication vehicles and debuting a completely re-imagined ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy and NJ Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Dr. Lamont Repollet provided guidance for the reopening of schools in the fall during the governor's daily COVID-19 press briefing in Trenton on Friday, June 25. 

"Today, we're releasing guidance regarding the reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year. As we conclude ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Hackensack Mayor and Council and Board of Education are calling upon the resignation of Board Member Frances Cogelja after her initial abstention on June 15 from the board’s resolution to commit to anti-racism and cultural proficiency in city public schools.

The resolution, which was first passed by eight members of the nine-person board last Monday ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Sears, the archaic but once iconic department store that has towered over Hackensack’s downtown since the early 1930s — the decade defined by a global economic and political crisis that led up to World War II — is poised to be the second-to-last such department store in New Jersey to shutter. 

While no formal announcement was made confirming ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union, which has branches in Hackensack, Paramus, and Paterson, has begun accepting customers back to its branches.

“Our members have been excellent at understanding and adapting during the last few months,” said Chief Executive Officer Glenn Guinto. “We are thrilled to once again be able to serve our members ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Although he planned to loosen restrictions on indoor dining in New Jersey on Thursday, July 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 press conference Monday that he will delay the reopening. He provided no timetable of when indoor dining -- even at reduced capacity -- would resume.

Murphy pointed to packed crowds at outdoor bars and restaurants -- with ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco announces that the application portal for the Bergen County CARES Municipal Reimbursement Program to provide relief for municipalities straddled with expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic will open today Monday, June 29.

Under the Bergen CARES Municipal Reimbursement Program, all 70 municipalities are entitled to direct ...

Beachgoers seek normalcy after long lockdown, but not without misgivings about pandemic

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On a warm afternoon at Seaside Heights, Nick Amoresano allowed himself a trip to the beach for the ...

NEW JERSEY — On Father’s Day, months of isolation will end for many of New Jersey’s 70,000 residents relegated indoors at long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said Friday that such visits must be held outdoors and follow a set of safeguards necessary in light of the devastating impact the virus has had ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A personal assistant and driver from Jackson Heights, N.Y. is facing charges of money laundering after a near-yearlong investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York State Police Department ensued following a Bergen County business’s report of the theft of two federal tax reimbursement checks worth over $1.4 million.

Dong ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Although he planned to loosen restrictions on indoor dining in New Jersey on Thursday, July 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 press conference Monday that he will delay the reopening. He provided no timetable of when indoor dining -- even at reduced capacity -- would resume.

Murphy pointed to packed crowds at outdoor bars and restaurants -- with ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - The NJSIAA took one step closer to fall sports in 2020, with the release of the Phase I regulations by the NJSIAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Taskforce. 

The task force is chaired by former NJSIAA Executive Committee president Mary Liz Ivins.  She is joined Dr. Jack Kripsak, chair of the NJSIAA Medical Advisory Committee; Dr. Damion Martins, the Jets team ...

BARNEGAT, NJ – A Barnegat man using a metal detector came to the rescue of a distraught township resident who lost her rings at the Barnegat Bay Beach. Alicia Bivens says she offered Tom Panik a reward for recovering her treasured keepsakes, but he refused to take it.

“He told me just to pay it forward,” said Alicia. “He had the biggest smile after he saw how happy ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- On Wednesday evening, Mayor John Labrosse, the City Council, Director of Redevelopment Albert Dib, and Marco Howington, Vice President of Public Relations and Governmental Affairs of Enburg Group delivered a donation of 16,000 masks to the city's Office of Emergency Management. The masks were donated by Enburg Group, owner and developer of high-rise ...

HACKENSACK, NJ — Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation announces that Tackle Kids Cancer, a philanthropic initiative of the Children’s Cancer Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health which raises money for pediatric cancer research and patient care, has received a generous donation of $250,000 from Sohn Conference Foundation. This gift brings Sohn Conference ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Enburg Group, the Hackensack-based developer and owner of the premier high-rise development at 150 Main Street slated for opening in summer 2021 in downtown Hackensack, donated 100 of a scheduled 233 high-end cabinets to the Housing Authority of Bergen County on June 16 in Saddle Brook.

Through the coordinated efforts of Marco Howington, vice president of public ...