No more than eight people to a table. Plastic shields between you and the barkeep. Servers bringing your food on a cart. Waiting in your car for a table to open up. Eating at a table set up in the middle of a shut down main street. See what else to expect.
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Government
Murphy names NJ Secretary of Higher Ed, Smith Ellis, chief policy advisor
“I am confident that the team at OSHE will continue to build on the work we have accomplished together," said Zakiya Smith Ellis. "I will continue to be a fierce advocate for our state’s students."
Read More »Guidelines for NJ’s restaurant, bar and retail reopenings rolling out soon
Meanwhile, as the June 15 start date approaches, cities and towns are turning to creative measures to accommodate larger outdoor spaces for local businesses.
Read More »Report tears into NJ’s beleaguered long-term care centers, COVID-19 response
As of Wednesday, 11,880 New Jersey residents died from the virus – half of them at of them at such facilities.
Read More »Apps for NJEDA’s $45M COVID-19 small business aid program open June 9 (updated)
Application information was posted online a week before it is scheduled to go live to give businesses time to put together necessary paperwork for the program offering grants of up to $10,000.
Read More »NJ to enter Stage II of restart and recovery on June 15 (updated)
The move will see restaurants reopen for outdoor dining and "non-essential" retailers welcome back indoor customers.
Read More »NJEDA partners with women-, minority-owned PR firms
The effort aims to bolster the organization's applicant reach for its Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program funding.
Read More »Murphy’s $5B emergency borrowing plan clears legislative committee
The measure moves to a full Assembly vote later this week, however there are still no hearings scheduled in the state Senate.
Read More »Murphy eyes reopening Atlantic City casinos by July 4
“We’re spending a lot of time with the owners and operators as well as the workers and their representatives on casinos,” the governor said on Sunday.
Read More »Determining causation
New Jersey's weekly jobless claims are declining, but that may not mean what it seems to mean.
Read More »Reopening soon: Racetracks, daycare, camps and indoor religious gatherings
Gov. Phil Murphy said those restrictions will start rolling back beginning the weekend of June 5.
Read More »‘No way around’ borrowing to plug budget holes, Senate President says
New Jersey faces a revenue shortfall of $10 billion through June 2021, the Murphy administration said, plus hundreds of millions of dollars more to pay for the state’s response to the virus.
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