This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: https://patch.com/new-jersey/across-nj/s/holtk/pediatric-covid-cases-rise-no-change-nj-mask-mandate The Garden State has seen a rise in pediatric COVID-19 cases according to recent Department of Health Data, but that has not altered Gov. Phil Murphy’s stance on mask mandates—for now. “We continue to […]

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: njspotlight.com/2021/07/covid-19-rate-of-transmission-rt-spike-cases-july-2021-july-2020/ With few mask mandates and COVID-19 restrictions still in place, this summer may feel a world away from the height of the pandemic at this time last year. But state records show the coronavirus

Assemblyman Antwan McClellan (R-1st) recently announced a new South Jersey coalition, Cumberland-Cape United (CCU), composed of faith and community leaders that will seek funds to facilitate programming aimed at helping at-risk youth in Cumberland and Cape May counties. McClellan says he was approached by Kenneth Fowlkes of the newly established state Office of Resilience in

Enel Green Power North America, a leading developer, long-term owner and operator of renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Canada, has acquired a portfolio of six development-stage solar-plus-storage projects in New Jersey from Dakota Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Dakota Power Partners and Eolian. The planned projects total over 500 MW of new