TRENTON, N.J. — COVID-19 altered the daily routine in New Jersey in 2020 and sewed a thread through the state’s other top stories.
Homes were transformed into offices and classrooms. Reality turned virtual. The muffled mumble of placing takeout orders while wearing masks became the norm and dining al fresco initially replaced the comfort of gathering with family and friends inside restaurants and bars.
With salons closed, Jersey’s “big hair” grew longer and grayer.
All the restrictions Gov. Phil Murphy and his health team ordered sought to stem the infection rate and deaths. And the Democrat wasn’t shy to cop a New Jersey attitude by calling violators “knuckleheads.”
As the year ended, there was hope the stenciled, socially distanced footprints in stores and elsewhere would lead to a return to normal. Along the way, other stories shared attention with the pandemic: Voters and lawmakers cleared the way for recreational marijuana; a federal judge’s family was shattered by a gun-toting lawyer with a grudge; and the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on a classic episode of political payback, New Jersey-style.
A look at some of the top stories of the year in New Jersey:
COVID-19
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New Jersey, a health care worker in his 30s who split time between Fort Lee and New York City, was…
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TRENTON, N.J. — COVID-19 altered the daily routine in New Jersey in 2020 and sewed a thread through the state’s other top stories.
Homes were transformed into offices and classrooms. Reality turned virtual. The muffled mumble of placing takeout orders while wearing masks became the norm and dining al fresco initially replaced the comfort of gathering with family and friends inside restaurants and bars.
With salons closed, Jersey’s “big hair” grew longer and grayer.
All the restrictions Gov. Phil Murphy and his health team ordered sought to stem the infection rate and deaths. And the Democrat wasn’t shy to cop a New Jersey attitude by calling violators “knuckleheads.”
As the year ended, there was hope the stenciled, socially distanced footprints in stores and elsewhere would lead to a return to normal. Along the way, other stories shared attention with the pandemic: Voters and lawmakers cleared the way for recreational marijuana; a federal judge’s family was shattered by a gun-toting lawyer with a grudge; and the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on a classic episode of political payback, New Jersey-style.
A look at some of the top stories of the year in New Jersey:
COVID-19
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New Jersey, a health care worker in his 30s who split time between Fort Lee and New York City, was…
