Expanded COVID testing coming to N.J. schools

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Bloomfield recreation to host free Halloween event on town green Oct. 23, registration required
Bloomfield Pulse

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Montclair and Newark to discuss vaccines and childcare on Oct. 8, expect some traffic delays
NJ.com

Community advocates call on Port Authority to halt expansion of Amazon air cargo hub planned for Newark Airport over poor labor conditions, profiteering
NJ Spotlight News

COVID testing of N.J. K-12 students, staff will be expanded with testing offered at schools, aggregate data made public by state
NorthJersey.com

Local News

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Bloomfield Animal Shelter seeks homes, supplies for two male rabbits
Bloomfield Animal Shelter

Bloomfield resident and youth activist Dominic Dominguez featured in Tourette Syndrome awareness PSA
Bloomfield Pulse

Bloomfield residents Elizabeth Pugh and Joan E. Park take first, second in watercolor category in Essex County Senior Citizens Art Show
Essex Daily News

Outdoor movie night fundraiser for Watsessing HSA includes screening of “Rio,” light snacks and cocoa on Oct. 8 at Watsessing Elementary
Watsessing Home and School Association

Berkeley HSA seeking volunteers, donations for upcoming Oct. 29 Halloween event
Berkeley Home and School Association

Bloomfield resident Martha Felix honored by Essex County for Hispanic Heritage Month
Bloomfield Patch

Outdoor performance of “The Frontera Project”, play about U.S.-Mexico border, will be at Montclair’s Lackawanna Plaza Oct. 7-10
Montclair Local

N.J. Division of Consumer affairs fines two gas stations in Belleville for selling regular fuel as premium
Belleville-Nutley Patch

Belleville construction official remains on the job after attempted suspension for alleged double-dipping
NorthJersey.com

Other News

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Murphy signed an executive order Tuesday raising pay for poll workers to $300+ in advance of in-person voting beginning for the 2021 general election
NorthJersey.com

Bergen County to end immigrant detention contract with ICE, final jail in state to do
NorthJersey.com