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RWJ Barnabas Anticipates Requiring COVID Vaccine For All Staff
RWJBarnabas Health appears to be the first hospital system in the state to require its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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RWJBarnabas Health appears to be the first hospital system in the state to require its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Which beaches have not been determined yet; the beach closures will depend where the birds choose to nest, said the National Park Service.
The county is permanently closing the vaccine clinic at the Agriculture Building on Kozloski Road in Freehold starting May 26.
Keith Heckman will replace Rec Director Jim Colabelli, who retired this spring after 23 years of service to the town of Aberdeen.
At 4 p.m. June 2, the Middletown Library will open a time capsule, have a special event in the Story Walk, an obstacle course and ice cream.
The driver forgot to put the brake on and a DPW van accidentally rolled into the Secaucus town pool Wednesday.
Monmouth ran into "unexpected delays" with the McClees Creek bridge replacement project, the county announced Wednesday.
Due to COVID, Scout groups, sports teams and others who normally participate are invited to join the parade this year by riding their bikes.
Three events in town: Memorial Day parade 12 p.m. Saturday, Trolley Park; Craft Clique party in Buchmuller and Scout-o-Rama at Laurel Hill.
See your neighborhood on a hit national TV show, when a Piscataway home will be featured in the 10 p.m. Thursday episode of 'House Hunters.'
These students are fighting Rutgers' vaccine mandate, and they plan to rally Friday on College Avenue. A few state lawmakers will be there.
By June 1, every police officer in the state of New Jersey must wear a body camera. This is a directive from Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.
Three Middletown teens, two boys and a girl, who have been missing since Monday night, were safely found Tuesday at the train station.
Think of 2021 as the 'test summer' to see if Ideal gets as crowded as it did last year. Then Middletown may launch beach badges in 2022.
These local Aberdeen young women were called some of "New Jersey’s most promising STEM students."
A Middlesex County store just sold a huge $9.2 million lottery ticket that won in Monday night's drawing.
Stop & Shop announced it will now be giving the Pfizer vaccine out to teens at their Middletown and Keyport locations. Walk-ins accepted.
Smoke from a large fire at a New Brunswick paper recycling plant could be seen for miles throughout Central New Jersey Monday afternoon.
The Woodbridge vaccine site will take walk-ins from 3-5:30 p.m. Tuesday and 10-2 p.m. Thursday, for the Moderna vaccine.
There were three different arrests for drunk driving last week in town: