Grief For Teenage Lifeguard Killed By Lightning In NJ: Patch PM

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from Jersey:

1. An online fundraiser has been organized in memory of Keith Pinto, a 19-year-old lifeguard who died Monday after he was struck by lightning in South Seaside Park. (Read more on Patch)
2. A Bergen County woman used Instagram to peddle fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, and even charged at least 10 people to enter them into the New York State Immunization Information System database. (Read more on Patch)
3. The township is again allowed to enforce an employee vaccine mandate after the latest decision in the battle between officials and the police union. (Read more on Patch)
4. A body was found on Sunday morning floating around a quarter-mile off the shore in Sea Bright, according to the New Jersey State Police. (Read more on Patch)
5. The discovery of mold in several classrooms at Nut Swamp and Lincroft elementary schools has delayed the start of the school year for every school in the district, Middletown superintendent Mary Ellen Walker announced Tuesday. (Read more on Patch)

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