Remember New Year’s Day 2021?
After 2020 and COVID-19, everybody was hoping for a fresh start, a better year. Well, how did that work out?
Needless to say, the pandemic roared on, with the Omicron variant producing more cases than ever before. Still, after the lockdowns, shuttered businesses, job losses and fear of 2020, 2021 somehow returned to normal, or at least “the new normal.” Kids went back to school; many live or at least hybrid public meetings and church services were held; tourists once again flooded LBI.
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