VIRUS UPDATE: STATE’S DEATH TOLL AT 12,049

Jun 5, 2020

The trajectory of new cases has shown gradual flattening in Monmouth County. (Monmouth County data. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With new COVID-19 illness totals showing continued abatement, New Jersey passed another grim milestone as the number of deaths in the pandemic topped 12,000, Governor Phil Murphy said Friday.

At the same time, Murphy lauded state residents for working to “beat the crap out of this virus,” with key indicators down 70 percent or more from peak spread as the state nears “stage two” of an economic reopening.

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June 5, 2020 - 3:00 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: RED BANK CASES LEVELING

May 29, 2020

Governor Phil Murphy at his daily crisis briefing in Trenton Friday. (Pool photo by Thomas Costello for Gannett. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

For the second day in a row, Red Bank has seen no growth in the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19, Monmouth County officials reported Friday.

At the same time, a longterm care facility that has accounted for most of the borough’s deaths saw one more, the New Jersey Health Department reported.

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May 29, 2020 - 4:48 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: COUNTY SEES 97 NEW CASES

May 28, 2020

Since early May, the Monmouth County’s COVID-19 case growth has largely stayed below 100 per day. (Monmouth County data. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Monmouth County’s government reported 97 new confirmed COVID-19 cases among county residents Thursday, as other data also showed the pandemic continuing a monthlong weakening.

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May 28, 2020 - 3:25 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: GUV SIGNALS FURTHER EASING

May 27, 2020

Murphy said the rolling three-day average of new COVID-19 cases continues to decline. (New Jersey Department of Health graphic. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Governor Phil Murphy signaled loosening of COVID-19 restrictions on sporting events and indoor religious services Wednesday.

Separately, Monmouth County reported the number of county residents with confirmed cases of the illness has now surpassed 8,000.

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May 27, 2020 - 4:37 pm |

DIVERSITY PLEDGE MAKES ROOM FOR ATHEISM

Jun 1, 2011

Red Bank has adopted a diversity statement as a “tremendous strength and asset to the community.” (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

The Red Bank Human Relations Committee must’ve thought it had all its bases covered when it drafted a diversity statement and sent it along to the borough council for adoption last week.

But even though it was a “wonderful gesture,” said resident Stephen Mitchell, the statement, which highlights the borough’s acceptance of diversity, was missing one contingent to make it fully embracing: non-believers.

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June 1, 2011 - 10:08 am |

RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS

Dec 8, 2009

Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro is in his second year heading the congregation, where the membership has doubled. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Yerachmiel Shapiro really tried hard to break away from the Jewish faith at one point in his life. After growing up in a Chicago-area Jewish community and attending Jewish schools, he’d had enough.

“It was very insular,” he said. “I had some friends that weren’t Jewish. It made me think, ‘Why live just in the Jewish world?’ And I wanted to have fun.”

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December 8, 2009 - 6:51 am |

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Serving Red Bank and Greater Red Bank, NJ

VIRUS UPDATE: STATE’S DEATH TOLL AT 12,049

VIRUS UPDATE: RED BANK CASES LEVELING

VIRUS UPDATE: COUNTY SEES 97 NEW CASES

VIRUS UPDATE: GUV SIGNALS FURTHER EASING

DIVERSITY PLEDGE MAKES ROOM FOR ATHEISM

RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS