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County Parks to Reopen Saturday

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. has announced - via FaceBook - that the county will follow Governor Murphy's lead and open all Essex County Parks on Saturday.

 

GOV BOWS TO PRESSURE - STATE PARKS TO OPEN ON SATURDAY

Governor Phil Murphy took to Twitter to announce the change in policy:

Wednesday

Tuesday

[NOTE - "DENSITY" is the percentage of the population impacted - using 2010 Census data.]

COVID-19 CASES - DENSITY BY TOWN

Blue Angels & Thunderbird to Salute NJ First Responders Here - Tomorrow

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with formation flights over our area Tomorrow, April 28, beginning at Noon.

[Note - Numbers are cumulative. When they go down, it's because of a correction - usually a misattributed municipality of residence.]

A Letter From Our Police Chief

Dear Glen Ridge Community,

Have you ever noticed the green porch lights in the front entrance to our Public Safety headquarters? Historically, our front door lights are associated with safety and security, serving as a beacon. During bad weather or darkness, their purpose is to send a visual signal to our community that our building is a place where you will find safety. Our porch lights will now be illuminated twenty-four hours a day to signal that one of our own officers, who has spent twenty years keeping our community safe, needs you to keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers, while he recovers.

Essex County Unemployment Claims Topped 10K Last Week

Statewide, more than 120,000 filed first time claims:

6 Glen Ridge COVID-19 Victims identified

COVID-19 has claimed the lives of seven of our GR neighbors - six of whom have been identified:

Cesar Huaman, 65, of Hawthorne Avenue, a Retired Lieutenant with the New Jersey State Police, passed away on April 4th.

Cornelius "Neil" Boylan, 86, of Hawthorne Avenue, passed away on April 5th. He was a teacher and guidance counselor in the Glen Rock school system for 38 years.

Dr. Priya Khanna, 43, of Ridgewood Avenue, was a Nephrologist. She passed away on April 11th. She was hospitalized with her father, Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna, 78, a General Surgeon, who succumbed to the disease on April 21st.

Detective Alex Ruperto, 52, of Bloomfield Avenue, was a Detective with the Union City Police Department. He passed away on April 16th.

Demetrius (Nick) Mozeliak, 83, of Hawthorne Avenue, he was a retired Information Technology professional. He passed away on April 18th.

 

GR COVID-19 DEATH TOLL IS NOW 7

Glen Ridge Borough has announced that seven Ridgers have died from COVID-19 😢

(Please keep in mind that there is often a significant delay to these numbers - sometimes as much as a week)

Six victims have been publicly identified:

04/04/20 - 65-Year-Old Male from Hawthorne Avenue

04/05/20 - 86-Year Old Male from Hawthorne Avenue

04/11/20 - 43-Year-Old Female from Ridgewood Avenue

04/16/20 - 52-Year-Old Male from Bloomfield Avenue

04/18/20 - 83-Year-Old Male from Hawthorne Avenue

04/21/20 - 78-Year-Old Male from Ridgewood Avenue

Stay safe, everyone

GR's COVID-19 DEATH TOLL IS NOW 6

That's a 50% jump in two days 😢

(Please keep in mind that there is often a significant delay to these numbers - sometimes as much as a week)

US year-to-year death rate is actually lower than 2019 - NJ death rate soars

Through the first 14 weeks of 2020 (the period ending 04/04/20), the US death rate has actually dropped significantly over the same time period in 2019:

That means that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer Americans are dying overall. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for NJ:

Because the epidemic has hit the Garden State much harder than most of the country, our death rate is soaring. Figures for New York State show an even steeper jump.

Source - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Veteran GRPD Officer Roberts fighting for his life against COVID-19

UPDATE - Officer Roberts has passed away.

The GRPD announced today the several GRPD officers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and that one, veteran GRPD Officer Charles "Rob" Roberts had suffered heart failure and was rushed to Mountainside Hospital - here's the entry from their Official FaceBook Page:

This underscores the dangers that our GRPD officers face every day protecting our families.

GR Covid-19 Death total increases to 5

(Please keep in mind that there is often a significant delay to these numbers - sometimes as much as a week)

Sarlo: NJ will not extend Property Tax Deadline

Property taxes are due on May 1 and New Jersey will not extend the deadline because of COVID-19, state Senator Paul Sarlo(D) said.

Sarlo is the chairman of the Senate’s budget committee.

Click HERE to read more about it from Terrence T. McDonald at NorthJersey.com

Governor Murphy extends school closings throughout NJ

All NJ schools will remain shuttered through at least May 15, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy announced earlier today.

Sorry.

Murphy appears on Tucker Carlson

Governor defends his controversial lock-down order