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Need to Know
Former Montclair High School student, chairman of Essex County Teenage Republicans, charged in connection to Jan. 6 Capitol attack
NorthJersey.com
Construction begins for Newark’s first entirely affordable downtown apartment building, honors history of 1970s anti-racist housing project
TAPinto Newark
Free virtual opioid overdose prevention training Mar. 19 will give naloxone nasal spray to all participants
Township of Bloomfield
N.J. Asian, Pacific Islander communities share worries about being targets of white supremacist violence following Atlanta mass shooting
NorthJersey.com
Local News
Bloomfield Toastmasters public speaking group meeting virtually tonight, Mar. 18
Bloomfield Toastmasters
Bloomfield recreation’s free virtual Zumba series begins Friday, Mar. 19
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
Concert in Montclair’s Glenfield Park on Mar. 21 will give away free groceries, masks, toys, period products
YMCA of Montclair
Montclair town council extends moratorium on local rent increases until June 30 as community enters second pandemic year
Montclair Patch
Montclair community members continue calls for equity reforms in town’s police department
Montclair Local
Newark creates pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site for school employees ahead of expected return to classrooms Apr. 12
Chalkbeat Newark
24k Newark schoolchildren will receive 10 books each in area United Way childhood literacy program
TAPinto Newark
Essex County-native Queen Latifah’s CBS show is filming in Nutley
TAPinto
Other News
Murphy extends public health emergency, citing need for furthering COVID-19 vaccination efforts as more than 1m fully inoculated, influx of vaccines expected
Cinnaminson Patch
Murphy signs order ending pandemic prohibition on outdoor interstate youth sports competitions
NorthJersey.com
Proposed N.J. law to give communities more police oversight moves out of committee with supporting testimony from dozens of people
NJ.com
Murphy calls for N.J. schools to begin return to in-person learning but resource gaps remain
Patch
A worker lost two fingers in an ice cream wrapping machine in South Jersey as OSHA finds “willful” failure by manufacturing plant to protect employees
Lakewood Patch