coronavirus in new jersey

An 89-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s almost lost her home over pennies in back taxes, before her daughter contacted the town and the mayor to put a stop to it. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday passed a $32.7 billion budget, hiking taxes on millionaires and businesses and authorizing borrowing of up to $4.5 billion to avoid painful cuts stemming from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The budget passed the Democrat-led Senate and Assembly and heads next to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it after recently announcing…

It’s a sign of the times. COVID-19 test cubes will be coming to several New Jersey locations, including a number of malls, according to a report. App.com reports that Jackson Premium Outlets, in Jackson, Jersey Shore Premium Outlets, in Tinton Falls, and Ocean County Mall, in Toms River, are among the locations to receive these pods. App.com reports that...

Indoor dining in NJ is allowed at 6 a.m. Friday but some restaurant owners say they weren’t given enough time to prepare. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

New Jersey restaurants can resume indoor dining statewide starting this Friday, Sept. 4, Gov. Phil Murphy announced early Monday. Capacity will be capped at 25 percent to start and at least 6 feet are required between tables. Brian Thompson with the latest.

New Jersey will dedicate $250 million in funding from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund in order to provide additional support to families with school-aged children as well as for resources for thousands of child care providers. “Now more than ever, working families need access to child care to balance the many demands they are facing during the ongoing pandemic,” Gov….

Eleven Montclair State University students have been suspended from on-campus housing after the New Jersey-based school became aware Sunday of students engaging “in at least one off-campus party and some smaller gatherings in residence hall rooms, in which they were not observing social distancing and not wearing face coverings,” according to a university spokesperson. Although the students were suspended from…

The university have taken strict measures to make sure that move in day goes smoothly and nobody gets sick, Checkey Beckford reports.

Harvard student Uday Schultz, 19, is taking a summer cross-country road trip from the comfort of his Brooklyn home. The teen is using Google Street View to make the trip from Seattle to New York virtually. He’s using the trip to highlight how societal injustice is reflected in the geography of the country — and he’s documenting it all on...

But governor retreats from mandatory in-person instruction. News 4’s Adam Kuperstein reports.