Middletown

Heavy rain is again to blame for high levels of bacteria at two Jersey Shore ocean beaches.

A crowd of about 100 people gathered on the street in front of Gov. Murphy's home to protest his mandate requiring students grades K-12 in public and private schools to wear masks when the new school year starts.

A Hackettstown woman learned she had been repeatedly raped by a man after finding videos on a digital device and a Google account, according to Hackettstown police.

Murphy announced Monday the current mask mandate remains in effect for public, private, and parochial elementary and secondary schools including charter and renaissance schools as vaccines are not yet available for children under the age of 12.

There was nobody inside a Middletown home in flames as Firefighters arrived but they did rescue 28 pets and brought them to safety as an inferno spread through the residence.

The anti-police, anti-government and anti-township slogans and words have appeared since August in the Oak Hill section of Middletown.

New Jersey health officials say more than 120 youth hockey players have tested positive over the past month or so. League officials say protocols are being followed, at least in the rink.

Some South Jersey families are urging for the final round of soccer playoffs to be postponed until 2021, to give athletes a fair shot.

“This year it is especially important that we all appreciate and commemorate 9/11, the lives lost and the heroism displayed ‎as New Yorkers are once again called upon to face a common enemy,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

Two dozen lifeguards in neighboring Long Beach Island communities are out of commission after contracting the coronavirus.
Health officials on LBI believe the lifeguards got infected after attending after-hours social gatherings on July 12 and 14, WHYY reported...