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Need to Know
Bloomfield conversation on racial equity in education to be held tonight on Zoom
Township of Bloomfield
Bloomfield schools release schedule for distributing Chromebooks to all students enrolled in upcoming school year
Bloomfield Pulse
N.J. to allow schools to reopen with no in-person classes in reversal sparked by advocacy from school staff, teachers
Politico New Jersey
N.J.’s largest teachers union, administrative association say schools should only offer remote classes amid pandemic
NJ.com
Local News
Bloomfield schools release schedule for distributing Chromebooks to all students enrolled in upcoming school year
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield High School girls’ volleyball team has begun practicing amid pandemic
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield-based Express employment agency seeks to hire salesperson
Express Employment Professionals
Two areas of Bloomfield remain without power as of Wednesday morning, one week after Tropical Storm Isaias
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield’s Nevada Diner to host live music August 15 and 21
Nevada Diner Restaurant
Five rescued Monarch butterflies released in Watsessing Park Tuesday
Community contribution on Friends of Watsessing Park
Watchung Booksellers hosts Rep. Mikie Sherrill tonight in virtual conversation with author Jennifer Steinhauer on women reshaping Congress
Watchung Booksellers
Black Kids Matter to host rally at Montclair High School’s Rand Park August 15
Baristanet
West Orange schools to begin school year fully remote until November
Baristanet
Newark schools won’t cut teaching staff, free hiring despite state aid reductions
TAPinto Newark
Other News
Elizabeth school district to begin academic year fully remote, citing teacher shortage
ABC 7
N.J. lawmakers seek to invest $50m in federal pandemic relief to improve state’s unemployment system
NJ Spotlight
N.J. residents can now be approved for medical cannabis via virtual appointments amid pandemic
Montclair Patch
Study shows that N.J. would lose House seat if undocumented immigrants go uncounted in the Census
University of Virginia
N.J. quarantine travel advisory now lists 33 states and territories
TAPinto
No 2020 Rutgers football season Big 10 conferences vote to cancel season amid COVID-19
New Brunswick Patch
Mail delays linked to White House moves to undercut postal system ahead of November election
New York Times