Tag: New Jersey Department of Health

KEYPORT – During the 1980s, kids from Third Street and beyond would race their bikes to the water’s edge, skip rocks where Chingarora Creek meets the Raritan Bay, and think nothing of the Aeromarine landfill at the end of Walnut Street.

Sharpening pencils, buying new folders, and shopping for fall clothes – it’s almost time for back-to-school for everyone from preschoolers to college kids.

COVID-19 rates are currently deemed “high” in 15 of New Jersey’s 21 counties, including Monmouth, and “medium” in the other six, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported by the New Jersey Department of Health.

COURTESY JILL STRYKERPharmacist Richard P. Stryker, R.Ph. administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to Elaine Militello, a veterinary student,...