UpdatedFri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:02 pm ET
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The Rev. Margo Barnes of New Hope Baptist Church in Newark receives her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination center at Essex County College on March 11. (Photo courtesy of Essex County)
This article was updated on March 12
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ New Jersey keeps expanding the number of its available COVID-19 vaccination sites, with new locations recently added to the state s ever-evolving list.
In Essex County alone, there are more than 30 places to get a vaccine if you qualify. Supply shortages have limited the number of people who can get a shot, however, and demand is far outpacing the available doses – a nationwide issue (read more below).
8 N.J. women whose lives have been upended by the COVID pandemic
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Eight women from New Jersey whose lives have been upended in one way or another. They are (from left to right, top) Carla Draper, Carole Dubois, Bindu Balani, Carly Riordan, and (bottom left to right) Michelle Maldonado, Lata Annayya, Alissa Dirato and Maritza Beniquez
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A teacher working remotely while also trying desperately to protect her elderly mother. A restaurant owner who watched business dry up.
A doctor treating a tsunami of COVID-19 patients, including some from her own family. A child welfare worker who worries about the kids she’s paid to help, and the ones she leaves at home.
With $6.4B in COVID aid coming, here come the spending ideas
TRENTON State lawmakers began their formal review of Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed budget Wednesday, holding the first of four public hearings to solicit testimony from residents and, more typically, interest groups.
Assembly Budget Committee chairwoman Eliana Pintor Marin, D-Essex, said these are unprecedented times due to the devastating coronavirus pandemic and resulting health and economic suffering.
“Gov. Murphy has proposed his $44.8 billion budget that addresses some of these issues and problems that we are facing,” Pintor Marin said. “However, the proposed budget won’t look the same once it gets through the Legislature.”
The CEO of University Hospital in Newark, who witnessed some of the pandemic's worst manifestations, reflects on the past year and discusses some of the recent developments that are providing hope after the long lockdown.
20-year-old N.J. man charged in shooting death of girlfriend
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
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A 20-year-old man has turned himself in after being charged with killing his 19-year-old girlfriend over the weekend in Union County.
Jamar I. Webber surrendered to Newark police at 11:30 p.m. Monday, a day after he gunned down Malikah Taylor at his Union home, according to the the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.
Taylor, of Newark, was found shot at the house on the 2100 block of Melrose Parkway near the corner of Hillcrest Terrace North early Sunday, the prosecutor’s office said. She was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark at about 8 a.m. Sunday.