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Reply Health and wellness brand GNC has closed 40 stores throughout the Garden State following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. (Google Maps) HAZLET, NJ - Health and wellness brand GNC has closed 40 stores throughout the Garden State following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing completed in June. Shuttered Monmouth County locations include a Bayshore Plaza site in Hazlet as well as a Brooks Edge Plaza storefront in Marlboro (see below for a complete list of store closings). The Pennsylvania-based ...

Reply(1) Congress has vowed not to go home before approving a nearly $900 billion stimulus. Here’s how it could help people in New Jersey. (Shutterstock) NEW JERSEY— For months, members of Congress have dug in their heels, avoided concessions and failed to deliver a much-needed federal relief package aimed at helping cash-strapped Americans in New Jersey and others get through the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it appears negotiators in Washington, D.C., could finally be nearing...

Reply Health and wellness brand GNC has closed 40 stores throughout the Garden State following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. (Google Maps) MARLBORO, NJ - Health and wellness brand GNC has closed 40 stores throughout the Garden State following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing completed in June. Shuttered Monmouth County locations include a Bayshore Plaza site in Hazlet as well as a Brooks Edge Plaza storefront in Marlboro (see below for a complete list of store closings). The Pennsylvania-base...

Replies(67) (Shutterstock photo) NEW JERSEY — The United States recently surpassed yet another devastating milestone. To date, more than 300,000 Americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Its an impossible number. Its also impossible to convey the full extent of the losses using only numbers. In New Jersey, more than 16,000 confirmed deaths have been reported as a result of the coronavirus. The deaths continue to rise, and New Jersey has had some of its highly daily numbers of fatal...

Reply(1) Police made two arrests in Hoboken Thursday night after an apparent hit-and-run. (Eric Kiefer/Patch) HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken police charged a man with DWI on Thursday night, then charged his passenger with aggravated assault when — according to police — they found out he was wanted in connection with an incident involving a woman two days earlier. Arrested on Thursday were: Timothy Bracero, 46, from Union City, charged with: DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, driving while sus...

UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:30 am ET Replies(216) New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s daily press briefing at the the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ on April 11, 2020, regarding updates on the co (NorthJersey.com-USA Today Network) NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Friday that New Jersey plans to open six vaccine "megasites" in January in its effort to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to residents who want them, starting with the states health care workers and first responders. The six "...

UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 10:26 am ET Replies(91) (Gov. Murphy photo/Murphy administration) NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy signed four bills into law this week that are intended to provide a boost to New Jersey amid the coronavirus crisis — such as smoothing out issues at Motor Vehicle Commission sites — while vetoing two others. Murphy signed a bill into law that allows new drivers who passed their road tests to drive for 60 days while they are waiting to get their probationary drivers ...

Reply The Coast Guard rescued two stranded duck hunters Tuesday near Little Egg Inlet in Brigantine. (Renee Schiavone/Patch) BRIGANTINE, NJ — The Coast Guard rescued two stranded duck hunters Tuesday near Little Egg Inlet in Brigantine. The two hunters became stranded when they disembarked their vessel to hunt on an island but were unable to recover their boat upon return. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a call from Sea Tow at about 3 p.m. Due to the shallow water surrounding the ...

UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 9:48 am ET Replies(141) Governor Phil Murphy holds a Covid-19 press conference on June 9, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office) NEW JERSEY — Who in New Jersey is getting the first round of the coronavirus vaccine? The list is actually much, much broader than initially thought – and theyre not just doctors and nurses. Essentially, anyone who works in the healthcare field – or even tangentially connected, such as mortuary workers – in New Jersey quali...

Reply There were no surprises when the electoral college met in Trenton Monday. ( (AP Graphic) NEW JERSEY - The college that gives no diplomas met in the Garden State Monday and pledged all 14 votes to the president/vice president ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Although the voters cast their ballots five weeks ago, these are the votes that according to the US Constitution, really matter. The will of the voters is reflected in the actions of state electors, the Electoral College. Elect...