Editor’s Note: During the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted many aspects of our community. Throughout March, staff writers Gina G. Scala, Monique Demopoulos and David Biggy explore the depths of those changes within Southern Ocean County and what the future may hold for the area.

Two times seven equals 14 – unless a global scourge dictates otherwise. But last March’s two-week hiatus from everyday life to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 has officially eclipsed the…