Follow local news and events in Belleville with The Jersey Bee. Here is The Daily Buzz for Dec. 18, 2024 from The Jersey Bee.
LOCAL NEWS
Dungeons and Dragons play session for youth planned by Belleville library on Dec. 27. Members will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. and learn game basics, design characters, and play a campaign. Registration is required.
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Belleville Public Library
Free concert with vocalist Cosette Lyncheski planned by Bloomfield library on Dec. 27. Lyncheski will perform popular theater songs at 3 p.m.
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Bloomfield Public Library
Student-led panel discussion about lowering the voting age to 16 in school board elections planned on Dec. 19 in Orange. The discussion is from 6-7:30 p.m. at Orange City Council Chambers. Panelists include education advocates Christina Mateo and Tia Cherry, Assemblywoman Carmen Morales, Superintendent of Orange Public Schools Gerald Fitzhugh, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, South Ward Councilmember Jamie Summers-Johnson, Assemblyman Michael Venezia, and Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren.
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Orange Council President Adrienne Wooten
Medical fair planned at Newark library on Jan. 11 in the Main Branch. It is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Centennial Hall. There will be free medical checkups for mental health, electrocardiogram (EKG), and urine analysis. Registration is recommended. Services provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Newark Public Library
Kwanzaa Family Festival and marketplace planned at NJPAC on Dec. 21 in Newark. There will be dance classes, interactive storytelling, dance and music performances, and an art market from 12-7 p.m.
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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
REGIONAL NEWS
Gov. Phil Murphy pardoned and reduced sentences of 36 currently or previously incarcerated people in N.J. Pardons were given to 33 people who were charged with drug possession, burglary, and larceny, among others. Pardons officially forgive the recipient and relieve them of some consequences from conviction. It is the first pardon made by Murphy since he was elected to office in 2017. A Clemency Advisory Board reviewed decisions.
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Drug-related deaths in Essex County and N.J. dropped by 38% in the first half of 2024 when compared to 2022, according to data from the N.J. Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner. Overdose deaths have been declining in N.J. for three years, which has been attributed to public education about addiction, increased access to life-saving resources like clean needles, drug testing kits, and overdose reversal-agent Narcan.
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