Government
By TELINA CUPPARI
May 28, 2020KENILWORTH, NJ – Please see the latest message from Mayor Linda Karlovitch.
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Memorial Day weekend. I would like to take a moment to honor and pay respect to our military personnel who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Currently, there are 155,764 cases of Covid-19 in NJ 15,293 cases in Union County and 143 cases in ...
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (D, NJ-7) today spoke on the House Floor to call on Congress to provide direct federal aid to state and local governments in otder to help them cover costs for the salaries of police officers, firefighters, and teachers, among other government employees.
"The HEROES Act would provide $75 billion to help our states conduct the ...
TRENTON, NJ - Class of 2020, grab your caps, gowns, and get ready for the pomp and circumstance of a live graduation ceremony.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 press briefing today that outdoor graduation ceremonies adhering to appropriate health and safety guidelines can be held beginning July 6.
"We want them to celebrate and be celebrated by their families, ...
NEW JERSEY — In time for Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy lifted the 10-person outdoor limit on gatherings on Friday, now granting up to 25 to congregate — so long as they adhere to the proper COVID-19 safety protocols.
“So if you were looking forward to gathering with your neighbors for a Memorial Day cookout you may do so, so long as social distance and ...
TRENTON, NJ – The head of the state's Department of Labor said Thursday that the measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 have resulted in the state’s unemployment numbers soaring to their highest recorded levels.
Robert Asaro-Angelo said that the state’s unemployment rate has hit 15.3% - the highest level since the state first started recording the ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy today signed an Executive Order allowing some additional outdoor recreational areas and businesses to restart their operations effective Friday, May 22. These businesses include: batting cages, golf ranges, archery ranges, horseback riding, private tennis clubs, and community gardens, he announced during his daily COVID-19 press ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — As part of a roadwork project, Union County will be performing milling and paving on Mountain Avenue from Briar Hill Circle to Caldwell Place, resulting in road closures for the next several days.
The responsibility of paving Mountain Avenue falls to the county, because the street is a county roadway. County officials are anticipating that the work ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Please see the following statement from Councilman Daniel Lopez.
Yes it’s true that I have heard a few times that being named Council Finance Chairman during COVID-19 wasn’t exactly the luck of the draw. It is a time of sadness and tragedy.
I do take my duties to the Borough seriously, and with the help of the Mayor and Council we have ...
NEW JERSEY — While referencing “Jersey Girl” — in which Bruce Springsteen ruminates over everything being alright at the shore — Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday that all public and private beaches in the state will re-open in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Starting May 22, more than 120 miles of beaches in the state of 9 million, as well as lakefronts, ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy significant drop in daily deaths, cases, hospitalizations, ICU and ventilator patients, at his daily press conference in Trenton on Wednesday .
According to the governor:
New hospitalizations are down two-thirds from the peak.
Total hospitalizations are down nearly half since the peak.
The numbers of patients in ICU and on ventilators are both down ...
