Monmouth County Freeholder Deputy Director Sue Kiley sat for interview with Sophia Haber Brock, a 10th grade student at Middletown High School North who publishes her interviews on YouTube channel Sophia Directs.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” Trump tweeted.He offered no details as to what immigration programs might be affected by the order. The White House did not immediately elaborate on Trump’s tweeted announcement.Trump has taken credit for his … Read the rest of this entry »
Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, PhD, (R-Monmouth) is forgoing his legislative salary until the unemployment insurance claims of his LD-13 constituents are fulfilled.
April 20, 2020 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The explosion killed 11 and the environmental impact extended beyond 57,000 square miles. The human, environmental and economic suffering in the Gulf Coast States continues to this day.
An empty parking lot and chem trails above the Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright
The spread of COVID-19 in Monmouth County appears to be slower than the rest of New Jersey.
County officials said on Sunday that by doubling at a rate of 24 days, Monmouth leads the state. Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley credit residents doing their part by social distancing.
A small Monmouth County nursing home has seen 50 residents test positive for coronavirus, all while having its employee ranks thinned by 30 percent due to sick or quarantined staff.
The number of sick may be dozens fewer than at some larger nursing homesaround the state, but at Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Freehold, it represents the vast majority of its 63 residents. The facility had 49 residents test positive but also admitted another new resident who was positive, as required by the state, according to a spokeswoman.
Governors Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Ned Lamont of Connecticut announced that marinas, boatyards and marine manufacturers will be allowed open in their States for personal use as long as strict social distancing and sanitization protocols are followed.
In an uncharacteristic rant to conclude his daily COVID-19 briefing on Saturday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy invoked a scene from the 1969 classic film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, while imploring Garden State residents to trust him like the characters played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford trusted each other when they jumped off a cliff rather than get gunned downed by authorities who were hunting down the outlaws.
Legislation introduced by Congressmen Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Ron Wright (R-TX) on Friday would strip China and other countries of their sovereign immunity if they intentionally made misrepresentations regarding the coronavirus, thereby allowing U.S. citizens, businesses and local government to sue those governments for the deaths, pain and suffering, and economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monmouth County has 4,414 positive cases of COVID-19 as and 206 deaths due to the virus, as of April 17, 2020, according to County officials and the NJ Department of Health.
Robert Webber, a member of the Middletown First Aid Squad,the Port Monmouth Fire Company and the Middletown Fire Department’s Air Unit is among the departed.
