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Reps. Mikie Sherrill and Donald Payne will participate in a virtual town hall with Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia Feb. 24, participants can pre-register and submit questions online
Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill
Bloomfield High School’s Kira Pipkins became first junior girls athlete in N.J. to win third consecutive state wrestling title
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield Recreation summer camps will return with full days in 2022 for children ages 4-12 from Jul. 5 to Aug. 12 with registration open May 4
Bloomfield Recreation
N.J. reports 569 new COVID cases Feb. 21, fourth time this month below 1k and lowest since Dec. 3
NJ.com
Local News
Demarest Elementary School is hosting a school fundraiser at the Town Pub Feb. 23
Community contribution Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield College Nursing Association is hosting a health heart fair Feb. 24 at the school’s Westminster Hall where they will offer blood pressure screenings, information on heart health
Bloomfield College
COVID: Bloomfield confirmed cumulative cases rise to 11,410, deaths to 155 as of Feb. 21
Essex County
Bloomfield High School senior Gianna Faura wins the N.J. state championship in girls’ wrestling after her final, undefeated season
TAPInto Bloomfield
Bloomfield High School Girls’ Freshman Basketball Team win the Essex County Championship by defeating Livingston 40-24
TAPinto Bloomfield
Montclair’s Watchung Booksellers to host conversation with authors of “The Black Experience in Design,” Jennifer Rittner and Kelly Walters, Feb. 24
Watchung Booksellers
The People’s Organization for Progress will be on Facebook Live for a discussion on slavery, civil war, and emancipation in N.J. on Feb. 24 with Seton Hall Professor Dr. Larry Greene
People’s Organization for Progress
Other News
Baby formula recall: Similac, Alimentum, EleCare with expiring dates of Apr. 1 or later manufactured in Michigan plant recently linked to bacterial contamination
The Associated Press
Rutgers New Brunswick joins Newark campus in offering free tuition to students from families making less than $65k year beginning this fall with low-cost guarantees for families making up to $100k
NJ.com
Manville police chief placed on temporary leave after civil lawsuit alleges he repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped female employee for 13 years
NJ.com