Meet N.J. volunteers finding vaccine appointments for seniors and the COVID bots lighting the way
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
Alfred D Souza receives a vaccine at the Ocean County Health Department clinic at Southern Regional Middle School in Manahawkin after being helped by volunteers from NJ Vaccine Matchmakers.Alfred D Souza
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Alfred D’Souza was desperate.
“I literally spent hours online everyday looking for appointments, just not being able to find anything,” D’Souza, 74, tells NJ Advance Media.
His wife, Anne, has asthma and is terrified of COVID-19. She limits her trips outside their Beach Haven home to the pharmacy, doctors and the grocery store. But D’Souza also has to be careful.
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The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners congratulated County Administrator Eve Cullinan on her swearing-in for her sixth year as a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Counties.PHOTO COURTESY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY
The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners congratulated County Administrator Eve Cullinan on her swearing-in for her sixth year as a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC).
The nonpartisan association advocates on behalf of New Jersey’s 21 counties to promote legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more efficiently and effectively.
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A construction worker from Pennsylvania died when the machine he was operating fell into frigid Linden waters, trapping him inside for nearly an hour Thursday morning, according to officials and news reports.
Fire and police units responded to a construction site at 4900 Tremley Point Road, where the excavator had fallen into the Arthur Kill River Channel the operator inside a small pocket of air around 8 a.m., Linden police said in a release.
The man was removed from the machine cab sometime around 9 a.m. by NYPD aviation divers. The construction worker was rushed to Trinitas Regional Medical Center, and later pronounced dead,