Ocean City has cancelled all special events through October. Mayor Jay Gillian announced that the baby parade, September air shows, and the boardwalk Corvette show are all off. He says the events are being scrubbed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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State Senator Mike Testa is calling for the state to be better prepared when a major storm hits, knocking out power to thousands. Testa has written a letter to the Board of Public Utilities asking for the bolstering of resilience of the state’s electrical grid to help prevent widespread outages that occur when a major …
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The power is back on after Tropical Storm Isaias smacked the region last Tuesday. As of Sunday afternoon, Atlantic City Electric reported only 241 customers without power; some of them lost power during a fierce storm that hit the area Friday night. Power remains off for some customers in other parts of the state, and …
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Two state parks are now closed for good. State officials announced that Fort Mott State Park in Salem County and another park in Hunterdon County will be closed until further notice. All passive recreation at both facilities will be off limits to peo…
New Jersey reported only five new coronavirus deaths on Sunday. The state also received some positive news at the rate of transmission number dropped for the seventh consecutive day. New Jersey has had fewer than 15 deaths per day now for over a week…
Atlantic City Electric has just over 6,300 power outages remaining in its service area. The numbers were reported by the utility shortly before 2:00pm on Friday. Elsewhere in the state, power companies are being grilled for not restoring power in a t…
The National Weather Service has slightly elevated the risk for some severe weather for southern New Jersey Friday afternoon, into the evening hours. An unstable atmosphere could create some drenching thunderstorms at any time during the next 18 hours…
New Jersey has established a new program that provides up to $25 million in funding for landlords who rent units in small buildings. Governor Murphy launched the new program on Friday and it requires landlords to forgive rent and penalties if they acc…
Cape May County has 18 contact tracers for coronavirus. Governor Phil Murphy says a new graphic will be added to the state’s website every Friday to show how many contact tracers are working, and the success rate. Southern New Jersey counties are doing largely a better job with contract tracing than the rest of the …
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New Jersey now has 14,007 deaths related to coronavirus. The new figures were released Friday afternoon by state health officials. New Jersey reported fewer than 400 new cases of the virus during Friday’s briefing.
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