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Stickers advertising Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, have been showing up throughout Montclair as mayor releases statement denouncing the neo-Nazi group
Montclair Local
Parent, teacher, business groups ask N.J. to address learning loss linked to pandemic as report finds losses in lifetime earning disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic students
TAPinto Camden
N.J. Equitable Small Business Initiative announces $5m loan fund for Black-owned small businesses, applications open Apr. 1
ROI NJ
N.J. postpones thousands of COVID-19 vaccination appointments as late winter weather continues to interrupt supply across U.S.
NorthJersey.com
Local News
Food pantry at Church on the Green in Bloomfield seeks donations of large reusable bags
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
No cost registration, trial for Bloomfield youth wrestling league Spring season available
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs
COVID-19: Bloomfield confirmed cases rise to 4,018, deaths to 98 as of Feb. 19
Essex County
Berkeley HSA encourages using Box Tops App to to raise money for schools
Berkeley Home and School Association
Watch, listen, or read the transcript from the Feb. 18 Bloomfield Board of Health meeting
Bloomfield Information Project
Bangz salon in Montclair sued by former manager alleging sexual assault by co-owner, hostile work environment
Montclair Local
Updated gas-leaf blower restrictions in Montclair see push back from local landscape businesses
Montclair Local
10 Newark churches form state’s first faith-based COVID-19 vaccination program focused on inoculations for area Black residents
TAPinto East Orange/Orange
Great Eastern cicada brood to emerge this spring or summer in N.J., following 17-year life cycle
Montclair Patch
Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair served more than 1k new households in 2020
Human Needs Food Pantry