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Need to Know
Just 35% of Bloomfield police officers say they’re totally onboard with getting COVID-19 vaccine
NBC 4
Essex County COVID-19 vaccination centers to begin incolcations Dec. 26
The Progress
New N.J. policy requires police to de-escalate, use force as last resort, bans shooting at moving vehicles
NJ.com
New COVID-19 variant identified in U.K. is more infectious, likely already in the NYC metro region
Gothamist
Local News
Park United Methodist Church is temporarily changing their Thursday food bank hours to Wednesdays through December
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Aspiring college students can enter to win a pair of Apple airpods for meeting with a college access coach, completing financial aid applications
Make the Road New Jersey
Deadline approaches for Bloomfield’s Green Challenge pledge
Township of Bloomfield
Brookdale Home and School Association hosting fundraiser with The Brookdale Dec. 22
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield town council meeting schedule for 2021 released
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield animal welfare advocates focus social media posts on saving animals in nearby high-kill shelters as few in-town adoptions available
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
After nearly 100 years in operation, Montclair’s Watchung Deli closes
NJ.com
Former Montclair residents, inventors of the sports bra, was honored this year at Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Institute
NorthJersey.com
J.T. Murdoch Shoes wins Bloomfield Center holiday window design competition
Bloomfield Center Alliance
Other News
Heavy precipitation, winds forecast for Christmas day in N.J. with overnight temperatures dropping below freezing, potentially causing black ice to form
Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch
ACLU, NAACP, other groups call on Murphy to pardon people criminalized by drug laws as N.J. plans cannabis legalization
NJ.com
Murphy extends public health emergency again as COVID-19 pandemic approaches 10th month
Point Pleasant Patch
N.J. passes $14b in corporate tax breaks after just one week of consideration
New York Times
N.J. resident owe hundreds of millions of dollars in overdue utility bills amid economic fallout from ongoing pandemic
Asbury Park Press
