When Jane Niemeyer called the LBI Health Department about receiving the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, she was asked if she could be in Surf City at the firehouse for a 11:15 a.m. appointment Jan. 14. She happily accepted.

Niemeyer, a healthcare worker, said when she arrived for her appointment there was already a line from the front door of the building down the street. That was at about 10:45 a.m.

“Everyone was happy,” the Little Egg Harbor resident said Sunday morning.