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I just got my second COVID shot. I felt great. Then terrible. Then great again. Updated Mar 14, 2021; Posted Mar 14, 2021 Attention COVID shoppers: Steve Strunsky was inside the Essex County COVID-19 Vaccination Site on Saturday for his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The site is a former Kmart store in West Orange.Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share I felt great, physically and emotionally, just after getting my second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Saturd...

Pleased that Rutgers has plans to come clean | Letters Updated Mar 14, 2021; Facebook Share Divestment from fossil fuel-related companies will help make Rutgers’ actions more in line with its stated goals of protecting the environment, reducing carbon emissions and supporting a healthy community. As someone served by the New Jersey Teachers Pension and Annuity Fund, I hope that similar divestment actions will be taken there to not only help preserve the planet, but also to move out of clearl...

For Murphy and Cuomo, questions persist over decision to readmit nursing home residents. Here’s what happened. Updated Mar 22, 2021; Posted Mar 14, 2021 N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy (l.) and N.Y. Andrew Cuomo face questions on their handling of the crisis in the nursing homes of their respective states. New Yorks attorney general has been particularly critical.Ed Murray and NY Governors Office Facebook Share Twitter Share The conversation was tense. New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichil...

These 7 cheap fixes will get you more money when selling your N.J. home, agents say Updated Mar 14, 2021; Packed open houses. Listings selling in days. Bidding wars. It’s a seller’s market — especially in New Jersey where inventory is low but closed sales were up more than 17% this January over last January and the average sales price on a single family home has jumped 22% to $504,585. But if you’re looking to put your house up for sale there are still things you can do to draw more in...

Every N.J. COVID vaccine site handles appointments differently. Here’s how to register in every county. (3/12/21) Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Nurse Conny Palma injects Cristina Jordan, director of marketing for Denholtz Properties, with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Union Plaza Apartments in Union City on March 5, 2021. Facebook Share One year after the start of the pandemic, over 2.8 million New Jersey residents have received the coronavirus vaccine as the sta...

Trenton Bureau For anyone interested in learning how the Murphy administration prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, or where it sent protective gear, or how it decided to reopen parts of the economy, or who is eligible for vaccines, it has a litany of reasons you can’t. “Advisory, consultative or deliberative material” is a popular one. So is “no responsive records.” The threat of terrorism was cited once. And the urgency of the pandemic itself was all Democratic lawmakers and Murph...

HACKENSACK — David Sims, the deputy mayor who was dumped from Mayor John Labrosses council slate in February, is heading his own ticket of council hopefuls in the citys upcoming municipal race, with help from former Mayor Jack Zisa. Sims, first elected to the council in 2013, filed this week to get on the ballot for May 11, when all five council seats are up for grabs. The team — Carlos Merina, Fred Miller, Venus Nelson and Modesto Romero — has dubbed itself the "Coalition for Clean Gover...

Are people in N.J. really lying to get the vaccine before it’s their turn? Updated Mar 14, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Registration kiosks are set up inside the Gloucester County COVID-19 vaccination site in Sewell, N.J. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Facebook Share Tom lives and works in a border county in New York, where his job sometimes requires him to work in a health care setting. In January, when he learned he qualified for the COVID-19 vaccine, he tried — and failed — to get an appoint...

After being dropped over COVID incident, Hackensack deputy mayor leads own election slate Replay Video UP NEXT HACKENSACK — David Sims, the deputy mayor who was dumped from Mayor John Labrosses council slate in February, is heading his own ticket of council hopefuls in the citys upcoming municipal race, with help from former Mayor Jack Zisa. Sims, first elected to the council in 2013, filed this week to get on the ballot for May 11, when all five council seats are up for grabs. The team — ...

Credit: (Stefan Jeremiah/Gothamist) March 2, 2021: Zenaida Morales holds a framed image of herself with her late husband Reinaldo Rojano at her home in Elizabeth. Reinaldo Rojano died of COVID-19 at age 44. After having a light cough for three days last spring, Miguel Mestiza Valderrabano called his partner Ana Maria Lorenzo to say that, when she got home from work, he planned to go to the hospital. He would never make it, and the mental image of his 32-year-old lifeless body on their living ro...