I m not a first responder or emergency personnel of any kind, but it s not hard to imagine that the last thing first responders need to deal with while trying to handle an emergency is trying to guess whether or not accommodations need to be made in an effort to get someone to safety.
Of course, what needs to be done must get done, however, it would probably save a lot of valuable time if police and first responders were aware of any kind of special situation before they arrived. Cue the new special needs registry currently being assembled in Cumberland County, NJ. Honestly, something of this nature is, most likely, well overdue.
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was registered in the Tuckerton-Little Egg Harbor area Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 2.4 earthquake was recorded in the western part of Little Egg Harbor between South Green Street and Great Bay Blvd. off of Little Egg Harbor at about 7:52 Wednesday morning.
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The orange dot represents where a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was centered on June 9 2021 near Little Egg Harbor NJ
Wednesday morning s quake was centered about three miles below the earth s surface.
Ocean County Sheriff Mike Mastronardy told the Townsquare News Network that their dispatch received a call about a house in Little Egg Harbor shaking. Social media posts also indicate that people in Stafford Township felt it, too.
Several local school districts have taken Gov. Phil Murphy's vague guidance about whether children should still be wearing masks in the classroom on warmer days as permission to make mask wearing optional for all - vaccinated or not - in any weather.
(Wait. How did he keep track of all the passwords?)
New Jersey State Police say they arrested Casey Ennis, 44, for allegedly using stolen identities to create and fund more than 1,800 online gambling accounts and for stealing identities to operate a fraudulent unemployment benefits scheme during a 17-month long identity theft investigation.
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It was back in January of 2020 that detectives from the Financial Crimes Unit were contacted by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement about a suspicious number of online gambling accounts. Police say several people reported that accounts were created and funded using their identities.