Bayville man seriously injured in Friday morning crash in Brick
A Bayville man is in the hospital this morning with a broken femur and possible internal injuries following a single-car crash just after midnight on Route 70 in Brick.
Police said that George Francis, 32, was heading westbound near Chambers Bridge Road and Cedar Bridge Avenue when he veered off the road to the right and struck a guard rail which sent him back across the left side of the road and hit a curb and another guard rail which flipped over his vehicle.
Francis was trapped inside and was later pulled from the vehicle by Breton Woods and Pioneer Hose Fire Companies.
Runaway dog reunited with survivor of fatal Christmas Eve crash
A dog that ran away after surviving a hit-and-run crash that killed one of its owners on Christmas Eve has been found.
Sammi, a black Lab mix, has been reunited with Norman Shtab, 83, who lost his 81-year-old wife Phyllis in the crash on Cedar Swamp Road.
Shtab had been turning from the Route 195 off ramp when their Mercedes was struck by a Silverado that police say was driven by Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez. The driver of the other car ran away from the scene and has not been arrested.
Phyllis Shtab died Saturday at Jersey Shore University Medical Center while Norman Shtab was released.
New Jersey Headquartered Banks Commit Over $145,000 to Support Hackensack Meridian Healthâs COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Local banks pledge to support the networkâs operational efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccination efforts
December 17, 2020 â Edison, NJ â Hackensack Meridian
Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is pleased to announce that more than $145,000 has already been granted by several leading New Jersey headquartered banks and affiliated foundations, including: OceanFirst Bank, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Manasquan Bank and Valley Bank.
“We are grateful to these respected local banks for their support of our efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to our dedicated team members who have been on the front lines of this crisis, working each day to provide compassionate, high-quality care under these difficult circumstances,” said
Vaccines being administered across Ocean and Monmouth Counties
Published: December 31, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ocean County as Freeholder Gary Quinn and Health Coordinator Dan Regenye look on. (Donna Flynn, Ocean County Government)
We re in the first round of vaccinations from Pfizer and Moderna being administered to Healthcare and frontline workers and those in long term care facilities.
As the vaccines have arrived at the Jersey Shore, hospitals and health leaders have overseen the process take place in Ocean and Monmouth Counties.
Ocean County began distributing its first 1,500 doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from Moderna to health care workers at a vaccination clinic this week set up at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena on the campus of Toms River High School North.
Drive to get people to participate in Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine trial kicks off at N.J. hospital
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Drug trial participant receives an injection from Abimbola Coker, RN. Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial named ENSEMBLE 2, at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center. in Neptune, N.J. December, 29, 2020
Yellow tape is placed on the syringe so participants cannot tell if they receive the drug or the placebo.
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A recruitment drive to enroll participants for Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus virus vaccine trial kicked off Tuesday at Jersey Shore University Medical Center as the New Jersey-based company seeks to give the public another vaccination option.