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Venezia, Joanow to host virtual community meeting for Bloomfield’s 2nd ward May 12
Township of Bloomfield
May 18 is the last day to register to vote or update your voter registration if you’re recently moved or changed party affiliations in advance of the June 8 primary
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield hires Jill Dombrowski to run cultural preservation utility, oversee Oakside cultural center, Collins house
Township of Bloomfield
Pipeline delivering almost half of fuel consumed on East Coast hit by ransomware attack, forced to shut down as federal government loosens fuel transport regulations to avoid supply disruptions
Associated Press
Local News
Bloomfield Cruisers car and motorcycle club seeks new members, offers apparel to make up for missed scholarship fundraiser
Bloomfield Cruisers
Learn about lawn bowling and Essex County’s lawn bowling club at Watsessing Park May 16
Essex County Lawn Bowling Club
Owner of Bloomfield’s Strong apparel store says town forced them to take down mural displayed in window over alleged zoning violation
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse
Gary Iacobacci, former Bloomfield councilman who died in February, was honored at the Apr. 26 town council meeting
Essex News Daily
COVID-19: Bloomfield confirmed cumulative cases adjusted down by 11 to 5,286, deaths remain at 118 as of May 9
Essex County
Nutley residents launch petition in opposition to board of commissioners attempt to ban cannabis dispensaries from opening in township
TAPinto Nutley
Webinar will review types of strokes and stroke recognition May 11
Mountainside Medical Center
Newark-area cicadas are emerging 15 days earlier than they did decades ago due to warmer temperatures tied to climate change
Princeton Patch
West Orange went 24 hours without any positive COVID tests last week for the first time since October in sign of waning pandemic
West Orange Patch
New cannabis dispensary Apothecarium opens in Maplewood
Maplewood Patch
This week’s Essex County food distribution will be in Montclair May 13
Essex County
Other News
Half of all N.J. adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 900k in line for second dose
NJ.com
Rutgers will begin studying Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12 in anticipation of emergency use authorization for children this summer
NJ Spotlight News
U.S. Justice Department finds N.J. prison leadership failed to keep people incarcerated at N.J. women’s prison safe from sexual abuse by staff as state plans reforms in advance of new federal monitor
NJ Spotlight News