{"id":82358,"date":"2020-04-21T06:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T10:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/hudsonreporter_new\/?p=82358"},"modified":"2024-02-04T05:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T10:57:58","slug":"north-bergen-police-help-12-year-old-celebrate-birthday-during-stay-at-home-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/north-bergen-news\/north-bergen-police-help-12-year-old-celebrate-birthday-during-stay-at-home-order\/","title":{"rendered":"North Bergen police help 12-year-old celebrate birthday during stay-at-home order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many public events and gatherings have been cancelled due to Gov. Phil Murphy\u2019s stay-at-home order to curtail the further spread of the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>While some adults struggle to cope with the cancellation of a concert or wedding, children miss their play dates and birthday parties, leading some parents to resume scheduling these events despite the stay-at-home order and social distancing measures.<\/p>\n<p>In Weehawken, the township has even warned parents to stop scheduling play dates and hosting birthday parties because children are susceptible to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the restrictions, the township of North Bergen found a way to celebrate one local resident\u2019s birthday in style, regardless of the social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>The North Bergen Police Department arranged a very special Happy Birthday greeting for a local boy named Adrian on April 14.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Echeverria, P.O. Yousef, and P.O. Guillen cruised past his home in their police vehicles to wish Adrian a very happy 12th birthday. A classic rendition of Happy Birthday blasted from police car speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, family and neighbors sang along and cheered. A video shows officers delivering the special birthday message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday buddy! On behalf of the North Bergen Police Department and the Township of North Bergen, we want to wish you a happy birthday,\u201d an officer announced to the 12-year-old. \u201c12 is a great age my man, have fun and enjoy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the police officers stayed in or right beside their vehicles while residents remained at their doorstep, more than six feet away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v6.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div   id="p7t4if8enh"    class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/northbergenpolice\/videos\/559497081368711\/\" data-width=\"696\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/northbergenpolice\/videos\/559497081368711\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/northbergenpolice\/videos\/559497081368711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon Sgt Echeverria, PO Yousef and PO Guillen wished Adrian a Happy 12th Birthday! Stay home and stay safe all! #northbergenpd #police #northbergenpolice #nj #nbpd #birthday #happybirthday<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/northbergenpolice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bergen Police Department<\/a> on Tuesday, 14 April 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The North Bergen Police Department reminds everyone to stay at home and stay safe. Currently, North Bergen has been deemed a COVID-19 hotspot by Gov. Phil Murphy, and is expected to see a rise in the number of residents who test positive for the virus and potentially die from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are advised to follow North Bergen official social media pages, in both English and Spanish, for daily updates or to visit the township\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northbergen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.northbergen.org<\/a> or the COVID-19 Information Hub at <a href=\"http:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">covid19.nj.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>For updates on this and other stories, check www.iccwins98.com and follow us on Twitter @hudson_reporter. Daniel Israel can be reached at disrael@iccwins98.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many public events and gatherings have been cancelled due to Gov. Phil Murphy\u2019s stay-at-home order to curtail the further spread of the Coronavirus. While some adults struggle to cope with the cancellation of a concert or wedding, children miss their play dates and birthday parties, leading some parents to resume scheduling these events despite the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-north-bergen"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iccwins98.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}