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Hudson Reporter To build public confidence, Hackensack Meridian Health CEO gets vaccinated Hospital participates in a trial for a new vaccine × Nurse Abimbola Coker administers the first shot of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as part of the clinical trial at Hackensack Meridian Health. Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett was vaccinated at Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen on Jan. 5 Garrett later met with Hernan Lopez, a Patient Escort who was...

Penguin Plunge set Jan. 16 as part of Back to Hack All Penguin Plunge participants will receive a goody bag and discounts on food and drinks at the Wrap-Up Party at Birchwood Char House. Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | × Penguin Plunger Bryce Wolske, sponsored by Hackensack Lumber, raises his arms in victory after a successful first jump in 2019. Submitted Photo The 12th annual Penguin Plunge will take place Saturday, Jan. 16, on Birch Lake in Hackensack as part of Back to Hack e...

NYC Issues ‘Urgent Warning for People 75+; NY Halts Plan to Expand NYPD Eligibility Officials fear the heightened transmissibility of new COVID strains could overwhelm hospitals before vaccination reaches critical mass; meanwhile, Cuomo denied NYCs attempt to expand vaccine eligibility to NYPD personnel Published January 6, 2021 • Updated on January 8, 2021 at 2:19 pm NBC Universal, Inc. What to Know NYC health officials are issuing a new warning to people 75 and up, citing conc...

× Mayor Ravi Bhalla said he hopes more providers will get access to the vaccine in the coming months. The Hoboken Health Department reported two more deaths due to COVID-19. They were two women in their 80s. “I extend my best wishes and deepest sympathies to their family members and loved ones during this extraordinarily difficult time,” said Mayor Ravi Bhalla in a Nixle alert to residents. This brings Hoboken’s total COVID-19-related deaths to 37 since the pandemic began. Hobok...

Love to be presented with MLK Human Dignity Award Love to be presented with MLK Human Dignity Award × 2020 was filled with uncertainty and cancelled events near and far, but the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County is busy preparing for its annual community celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The commemoration will be a live virtual event hosted on Zoom on Jan. 15. For the second year in the 32-year history of the event, the Y will present its Martin Luther Kin...

Deaths continue to leap at N.J. nursing homes Updated Jan 04, 2021; Coronavirus deaths nearly tripled at New Jersey nursing homes in December, as facilities that care for the state’s most vulnerable population continue to struggle to keep the virus out of their midst nearly 10 months into the pandemic. At least 310 long-term care residents and one staffer died of complications of COVID-19 in the month, a death toll that exceeded September, October and November combined, according to an ongoi...

Giants News | New York Giants – Giants.com Giants name Hackensacks Benjie Wimberly as 2020 Lou Rettino High School Coach of the Year  Dec 31, 2020 at 07:00 AM Copied! The New York Giants have selected Hackensacks Benjie Wimberly as the 2020 Lou Rettino High School Coach of the Year presented by Gatorade. Wimberly is one of the living legends of New Jersey high school football, and has gone 50-38 as the head coach of the Hackensack Comets since 2012. Pri...

2020 Laredoans of the Year: Frontline health care workers Jan. 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 A Heroes Work Here sign is pictured outside of Laredo Medical Center on May 11 as health care workers battle the COVID-19 pandemic inside. In the face of a once-in-a-lifetime global crisis, frontline health care workers have been vital to the community, as all of them share in receiving LMT’s 2020 Laredoans of the Year award.Cuate Santos / Laredo Morning Times fileShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Dr. Ric...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 30, 2020) Updated Dec 30, 2020; First Night Morris County, for one, was planning to celebrate its 29th year of offering an alternate “alcohol-free and substance-free celebration of arts and culture” with live events throughout downtown Morristown on New Year’s Eve. Instead, it will aim its efforts toward the internet with “First Night Reimagined,” a virtual celebration beginnin...

Pam Fessler is a correspondent on NPRs National Desk, where she covers poverty, philanthropy, and voting issues. In her reporting at NPR, Fessler does stories on homelessness, hunger, affordable housing, and income inequality. She reports on what non-profit groups, the government, and others are doing to reduce poverty and how those efforts are working. Her poverty reporting was recognized with a 2011 First Place National Headliner Award. Fessler also covers elections and voting, including ef...