Mental health hotline helps NJ musicians, others in need during COVID
It's even truer today. The coronavirus outbreak has affected us all, and it's especially been hard on musicians in New Jersey, said Patti Maloney of the New Jersey Hope and Healing Crisis Counseling Program. “Musicians who were always performing aren't able to take gigs anymore, they're isolated and their worrying about their family members,” Maloney said. “Musicians socialize by playing music and that's been taken away from them.” COVID-19 closed indoor entertainment venues from March to September last year. They're presently limited to either 35 percent of a venue's capacity, or 150...