David Brown orders a lot of his clothes off the internet. You put in a credit card number, give your address and pretty soon your underwear is here, the 74-year-old said, laughing.
If only it were that easy to make a COVID vaccination appointment, he concluded.
The Port Norris resident is among the state s 65 and older population deemed eligible for the vaccine. Yet Brown, like many others in his age group, hasn t been able to schedule an appointment.
He has tried to sign up through the state portal, but it always asks for an email address, and Brown doesn t have one. He has also tried calling the New Jersey vaccination hotline, but operators tell him he needs an email.
CAMDEN Cooper University Hospital is opening a COVID-19 vaccination center for Camden residents in Cramer Hill.
The healthcare network will unveil the site at the Salvation Army Kroc Community Center in Camden s Cramer Hill neighborhood Saturday.
Cramer Hill and East Camden are home to 38 percent of Camden s population and account for 44 percent of its COVID-19 cases, according to a Cooper news release announcing the new location.
Camden has been hit harder than any other municipality in the county. More than 8,000 COVID cases have been counted in the city of just over 77,000 residents. That s almost twice as many as the next-most affected towns of Cherry Hill and Gloucester Township, which have seen about 4,500 cases each.
The Rundown | Jan. 14-21
Things are starting to open up once again around the city. Here are a few places you’ll want to check out if you want to venture outside of your home. It’s always a good idea to check with the venue in advance just to be sure nothing has changed.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is now open Friday through Monday with new hours. Visit philamuseum.org for details. Also, the Rodin Museum is planning a spring reopening with the specific date still to be announced.
The Franklin Institute
Open again, mark your calendar for the world premiere exhibition, “Crayola IDEAworks: The Creativity Exhibition,” Feb. 13. Hours at the Institute are Wednesday – Friday, 10am–5pm; Saturday – Sunday, 10am–6pm; closed: Mondays and Tuesdays, with the exception of Monday, Jan. 18, 10 am–5 pm. Fi.edu
RYAN MCBRIDE/Staff photoThe First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist Church, on Pleasant Street in Newburyport.Â
Ryan McBride
This is the season of lights. Hanukkah, winter solstice, Christmas and Kwanzaa all remind us of the promise of light, against all odds.
We are drawn toward light and long for its promises of hope, reconciliation and peace to be true. This year, especially, we live in a collective holding on for the light: for an end of the pandemic, a return to national unity and a recommitment to social justice.
I thought I was alone in my desire to get our holiday lights out early this year, even before Thanksgiving. It turns out that doctors encouraged people to do just that â to hang the lights, make festive the streets and homes, and spread good cheer.