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Bloomfield school board adopts tentative $129m budget at Mar. 16 meeting
Bloomfield School District
Newark’s University Hospital is seeking participants for virtual conversations about how to improve public health in the Bloomfield area with $30 gift cards available for participation
Newark University Hospital
Webinars are being held Mar. 23 for Newark area businesses to learn more about N.J. vouchers to help buy medium or heavy-duty duty zero-emission vehicles, application for program open Apr. 6
ROI-NJ
Here are the N.J. COVID-19 restrictions that are being eased this Friday
Wall Patch
Local News
Bloomfield police is hiring crossing guards
Bloomfield Public Safety
Watsessing HSA launches apparel store
Watsessing Home and School Association
Mar. 18 Bloomfield Zoning Board meeting to review developments in North Center, near Watsessing Station
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield High School alumni football camp plans tentative return this June amid pandemic , registration to open later this year
Bloomfield High School Alumni Football Camp
Publisher of Bloomfield’s Independent Press, Essex News Daily wins 4 N.J. Press Association Awards for reporting on education, politics, business, and government
Essex News Daily
Local, Black-owned Caribbean farm-to-table restaurant opened in East Orange
City of East Orange
Belleville mayor under fire for moving $125k painting into his office after library loans through end of term
NJ.com
Suburban Essex County business association seeks entries for scholarship awards from graduating high school seniors in Bloomfield, Belleville, and Glen Ridge
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
Essex County plans virtual Cherry Blossom 10k Apr. 3-18
Essex County
More than 100k people have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose ate Essex County’s vaccination sites, nearly 60k fully vaccinated as of Mar. 16
County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr.
Other News
Applications open for housing subsidy for low-income, non-elderly people with disabilities, must be postmarked by Mar. 19
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Rutgers researchers find missing data, substantial racial disparities in Jersey City contract awards
NJ.com
At least 1.2m N.J. residents, including 400k children, are experiencing food insecurity
NJ.com
COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Moderna begins vaccine study in children aged 6 months to 11 years as no COVID-19 vaccines authorized in U.S. are authorized for children
NJ Spotlight News