Follow local news and events in Belleville with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Mar. 5, 2024 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Belleville plans a “Ward Council Election Meet and Greet with the Candidates” on Mar. 7. Community members can meet Patti Inaugurato, Vic Mesce, and Diana Guardabasco at 6 p.m. at Brix Restaurant and Pizza Bar, 371 South Franklin Ave. in Belleville. Add to 📅.
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham
NJSDA is accepting enrollment for its youth summer theater program for grades 3-12 n Montclair. Programs run from Jul. 22 to Aug. 16 and will include classes in acting, improv, television and film, and musical theater. All classes are at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Registration is available online. Add to 📅.
New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, a social services program in Newark, to host a virtual “Parent Involvement in Special Education: Overview of Rights” on Mar. 7. The workshop begins at 7 p.m. and will discuss caregivers’ responsibilities under federal and state law. It will be available in English and Spanish. Registration is required. Add to 📅.
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
CASA Essex County, a social service for local youth, to host virtual information sessions on Mar. 7. The session begins at 2:30 p.m. will discuss the work that CASA Essex County does. Registration by email required. Add to 📅.
CASA Essex County
Essex County College to host “Black Women as Revolutionaries: A Women’s History Month Celebration” on Mar. 7 in Newark. The event is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be an African marketplace from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Add to 📅.
Essex County College
Regional news
A federal appeals judge recently ruled that students at Rutgers do not have a “fundamental right” to refuse a COVID vaccine for reasons that are not medical or religious. The decision follows a lawsuit filed by more than a dozen Rutgers students after the university added the vaccine to its list of required vaccinations. A federal court in N.J. dismissed the suit in 2022.
Patch Newark
