July 26, 2020 | 6:09pm HARVEY CEDARS, N.J. — More than two dozen lifeguards from two New Jersey beach towns have tested positive for the coronavirus after having been together socially, authorities said. Officials said the lifeguards are from Harvey Cedars and Surf City, neighboring boroughs on Long Beach Island. Mayor Jonathan Oldham of Harvey…
New cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania have been traced to people attending house parties at the Jersey Shore, officials said. The Bucks County Health Department in suburban Philadelphia has reported 33 new coronavirus cases, including 11 that can be traced back to one New Jersey resident “who attended multiple house gatherings at the shore during…
One New Jersey resident at a Cape May County house party on Memorial Day weekend may have been the source of at least a dozen new coronavirus cases in Bucks County. “This is exactly why we can’t let our guard down now, even if it feels ‘safe’ to be at the beach,” David Damsker, director…
If you’re planning to head down to the Jersey Shore during this long holiday weekend, have fun — but remember, this will not be an ordinary Memorial Day weekend.That’s the message Gov. Phil Murphy shared at his daily coronavirus press briefing on Friday, during which he reminded New Jersey residents that most beaches and boardwalks…
In his song “Jersey Girl,” Tom Waits famously sang, “Down on the shore everything’s all right/ You with your baby on a Saturday night.”But when the Jersey Shore reopens for Memorial Day weekend with the coronavirus still stalking the state and the rest of the land, not everything will be as “all right” as it…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…