South Jersey towns brace for COVID impact as new fiscal year approaches
It's been one year since COVID-19 disrupted our lives, dramatically changing the way we live, work and play. This article is one in a series of stories detailing South Jersey's adjustment to the pandemic. New Jersey is giving local and county governments one to two months extra in fiscal year 2021 to hit statutory budget deadlines, including introducing budgets in a nod to the continuing uncertainties and obstacles thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic. And they'll need every bit of it. The City of Millville, a community of about 27,000 people, has frozen hiring unless there is a critical ne...