$267M Now Available For COVID Testing In NJ Schools: Patch PM

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

Here are the top five stories from New Jersey:

1. New Jersey school districts will receive financial support from the state to test teachers, staff and students for the coronavirus as the new academic year is set to begin next week. (Read more on Patch)
2. Dozens of people gathered loosely around the stand on the 21st Avenue beach in South Seaside Park, surrounding the family and friends of Keith Pinto, the lifeguard who was killed Monday when he was struck by lightning at the Berkeley Township beach. (Read more on Patch)
3. A Manville native who owns Hunterdon Somerset Car Service is offering free rides to the military members returning from Afghanistan or overseas from Newark Airport. "It would be my great honor to transport anyone serving in the military," he said. (Read more on Patch)
4. An Aberdeen police officer has been arrested and accused of tampering with a drug test he had to take and also deleting a video of a suspect who had just been arrested; the video showed the suspect interacting with Aberdeen police officers. (Read more on Patch)
5. Three men have been arrested, and 20 ghost guns were seized during a crackdown on a gun trafficking ring between Philadelphia and Camden, authorities announced on Wednesday. (Read more on Patch)

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