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Cleaning workers at the North Bloomfield Broadacres office complex are protesting cuts to wages, healthcare amid new ownership by Montclair-based real estate investment firm
Bloomfield Patch
Essex County College online summer camp program will let area rising high school juniors and seniors earn free college credits
TAPinto East Orange
N.J.’s “Operation Jersey Summer” is the state’s latest COVID vaccine push focused on overcoming vaccine hesitancy, reaching communities with low vaccination rates
NJ Spotlight News
COVID hospitalizations, transmission rates continue to decline in N.J. as state plans easing of outdoor gathering, indoor catered event restrictions this Friday
NJ.com
Local News
Bloomfield Toastmasters public speaking group hosting monthly meeting May 6
Bloomfield Toastmasters
32nd Annual John Keating Memorial Golf Tournament on June 9 will fundraise for scholarships for Bloomfield High School soccer players
Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield college is hosting a showcase for it’s top-rank video game design program May 6
Bloomfield College
Toni’s Kitchen food pantry plans yard sale fundraiser in Montclair May 8
Toni’s Kitchen
Vanguard Theater Company to open in Montclair’s 4th Ward
NorthJersey.com
Montclair high school students are mentoring middle school students in youth-led program started in response to pandemic
NorthJersey.com
Former Montclair resident, Golden Globe-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died May 1
NJ.com
Mountainside Medical Center has a new robot and it needs the community’s help naming it
Mountainside Medical Center
Newark’s Akwaaba art gallery plans summer exhibit, community events after city grants, private donations prevent closure
NJ.com
Virtual youth town hall for children’s mental health awareness will be held by area social service providers May 6
Partnership for Children of Essex County
More Essex County breweries now offering a free beer to those who receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose in May
NJ.com
Other News
Federal judge overturned nationwide ban on evictions amid pandemic, Biden administration plans to appeal decisions but N.J. renters are still protected by state eviction moratorium
USA Today
CVS pharmacies in N.J. are now accepting COVID-19 vaccine walk-ins at all of its locations in the state
Princeton Patch
A total of 20 people from N.J. have been charged for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
Princeton Patch