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Need to Know
Bloomfield health department seeks volunteers to delivery food to homebound residents in need
Neighbor to Neighbor Network
Newark police to investigate death of Ashley Moore, Black trans woman found dead on street
Newark Patch
Students for Justice launches campaign to offer grants to projects led by Black femmes and LGTBQA+ individuals in Essex County
Students for Justice
Health experts say schools will become new COVID-19 frontline
NJ Spotlight
Local News
Read, listen, or watch yesterday’s virtual community meeting on education equity in Bloomfield
Bloomfield Information Project
Bloomfield completes Pulaski Park Tot Lot Playground renovation, includes wheelchair accessible merry-go-round, quiet zone for overstimulated children
Township of Bloomfield
Power restoration waivers in Bloomfield as 30 outages reported in Bloomfield as of Thursday morning
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield Community Gardens has donated 183 lbs of locally grown produce to local food pantries
Bloomfield Community Gardens
Kolby’s Styling Salon displaced by fire reopens on Glenwood Ave
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield community member offering donation-based outdoor Zumba classes
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Newark ordinance outlawing white supremacy follows history of anti-fascist activism in the city
TAPinto Newark
Rutgers Newark wins $1.1m grant to support students in recovery for drug, alcohol addiction
TAPinto Newark
Montclair planning board member says developer is scrimping on affordable units
Montclair Local
Watch Make the Road New Jersey’s town hall on worker, immigrants rights with Sen. Cory Booker
Make the Road New Jersey
Other News
Bayonne schools will start virtually for all students amid pandemic
Hudson County View
NJ Transit canceling some trains to work on meeting federal deadline for Positive Train Control safety enhancements
NJ.com
N.J. Supreme Court says $9.9b borrowing plan to stave off fiscal emergency caused by pandemic is constitutional
WHYY
Paterson BOE approves plan to keep schools closed, offer remote instruction only through October
NorthJersey.com
N.J. school teachers, staff continue push for remote-only education after governor gets rid of in-person education requirement
NJ Spotlight