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Need to Know
Looking to volunteer to help elders sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations? This N.J. group has helped 525 people book appointments in two days
Community contribution on New Jersey Covid Vaccine Info
Bloomfield’s municipal park system is made up of 12 properties totaling 77 acres with more on the way
Bloomfield Pulse
Montclair councilor calls for parties to drop lawsuits over return to in-person learning, citing state’s intention to return students to schools in September
Montclair Local
N.J. officials are expecting all of state’s public schools to have in-person learning in September driven as COVID-19 vaccination campaign moves forward
NJ.com
Local News
Bella Napoli to host fundraiser with Carteret Elementary Mar. 3
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
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Bloomfield Information Project
Bloomfield public library to host virtual presentation on history of women’s suffrage Mar. 3
Bloomfield Public Library
Purchases of reusable bags at Bloomfield Stop & Shop in March will benefit Bloomfield historical society
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield High School boys’ bowling places first in its division at season’s end, girls’ team placed third
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield’s Kremeandkrumbs ice cream shop to reopen this spring
Kremeandkrumbs
Aging Well West Orange, town’s senior services program partnered area elders with local teens to write remembrances amid pandemic
West Orange Patch
Newark’s summer youth employment program shares strategy, successes at national youth opportunity forum
TAPinto Newark
Other News
N.J. NAACP’s lawyer says state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission violates law creating commission as social justice advocates question why none of body’s members are Black men
Gothamist
Research identifies junction of Route 4 and I-95 in Fort Lee as most congested stretch of highway in U.S.
NJ.com
At least 9k N.J. residents experienced homelessness in 2020, with tens of thousands receiving aid
NJ.com
18-year-old from Camden pleads guilty to recruiting fellow neo-Nazis to attack Midwestern synagogues
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Latino groups across the U.S. condemned the CEO of Goya Foods, which is headquartered in N.J., after he repeated illegitimate claims that 2020 presidential election results are disputed
NBC News
Coalition of more than 80 advocacy groups, nonprofits call for permanent closure of 25% of NYC streets to cars
Gothamist