By TAPINTO HASBROUCK HEIGHTS/WOOD-RIDGE/TETERBORO STAFF
January 20, 2021TRENTON, NJ - Governor Phil Murphy announced the latest COVID-19 figures from around the New Jersey during his Tuesday afternoon press conference, where he said he expects additional doses of the COVID vaccine after the new administration takes over the federal roll out after Joe Biden is sworn in on Wednesday.
There were 3,761 new PCR cases reported and 1,039 antigen tests, ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday he expects the progress made so far in the state’s vaccine rollout to be given a much-needed push forward by the Joe Biden administration once the President-elect is sworn in on Wednesday.
So far, the state has had to reckon with delays in the arrival of doses from the federal government and thus large segments of the population ...
TRENTON, NJ - Governor Phil Murphy announced the latest COVID-19 figures from around the New Jersey on Monday afternoon.
There were 3,511 new PCR cases reported and 533 antigen tests, with 23 new deaths. Statewide, there are now 568,573 positive PCR cases, 62,501 positive antigen cases, and 18,367 deaths, and 2,091 probable COVID-19 ...
By MOLLIE SHAUGER
January 14, 2021LIVINGSTON, NJ - The Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges is partnering with Veritext Legal Solutions, the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions, to introduce Digital Reporting – a new, in-demand career path with remote opportunities – to its community.
A Digital Reporter is a trained officiant who captures the record of testimony in legal proceedings using a ...
By JOHN MOONEY
January 10, 2021NEW JERSEY -- Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered that all U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff on Monday, Jan 11, 2021, in honor of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick of South River, who died following injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol when it was under siege on Jan. 6.
In a statement, Murphy said:
“United States Capitol Police Officer ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Since he was a young man Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer. After serving in the Air Force National Guard, Sicknick became a Capitol Police Officer in Washington, DC in 2008. Yesterday, he lost his life after being attacked by rioters who invaded the Capitol on Tuesday. He was struck with a fire extinguisher, and he was gassed, ultimately ...
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
January 18, 2021There’s nothing like a steaming pot of soup to take off the chill on a cold day. Want to up your winter soup game? We’ve got seven simple tricks to make your favorites even better:
1. Save the bones from your roasted chicken (including storebought rotisserie chicken) in the freezer to make stock. The roasted bones will give your soups more flavor than raw.
2. Need to swap ...
New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.
A new year is upon us and optimistically one may believe that the possibilities are endless. Granted we just came off a year so horrific that it makes Divorce Court look better than Disneyland, so it’s reasonable to be a little trepidatious. But then again, aiming for the positive is a mindset that ...
NEW JERSEY — Every January for the past three years, Shivam Patel voluntarily trades in a beer for a bottled water at his favorite Jersey dive bar. Patel is one of many who participate in Drynuary, or Dry January, abstaining from alcohol for the entire month in an effort to be healthier.
Originating in the UK as an advocacy campaign, the wellness trend started with just 4,000 people ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
When I was little, my dad, who knew everything, gave me a present.
I watched with curious anticipation one day as he tied a long length of thread taken from my mom’s sewing basket onto the closed ends of a thick wire coat hanger. He instructed me to place the loop of thread over the top of my head so that the upside down hanger dangled freely in front of me, somewhere around my ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Girls by Lori Lansens. ( Back Bay Books, 2005)
I enjoy watching The Learning Channel’s hit show, Thousand Pound Sisters. Every time my husband, Tom, catches me watching it, he shakes his head and mutters, “I don’t know why you watch this show. . .” (To be fair, I don’t get The Mandalorian, but each to his own).
So, why do I watch ...
By BETH MORONEY
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult. (Random House, 2020)
Death has never been more a part of my consciousness than in the year 2020. We are getting daily death totals just like we used to get on the nightly news during the Vietnam War. But, death is not a subject that humans like to dwell on. Most of us put thoughts of our mortality on the back burner so that we are able to ...
