NEWARK, NJ — On Sept. 9, the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders passed a resolution in support of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 and the Healthcare Emergency Guarantee Act of 2020. The resolution was initiated by Freeholder President Brendan Gill and Freeholder at large Patricia Sebold, sponsored by acclamation, and passed unanimously. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia and the Township Council have announced additional COVID-19 testing dates for Bloomfield residents. Testing will take place on Saturdays, beginning Sept. 19, and will occur in the municipal parking lot. “The Township Council and I are doing everything in our power to keep residents safe and ensure that […]
ORANGE, NJ — Detectives from the Orange Police Department’s Street Crimes Gang and Narcotics Task Force were assigned to address COVID-19 enforcement and quality-of-life concerns in the city’s East Ward on Sept. 4, according to a press release from police Director Todd Warren and Chief Law Enforcement Officer Vincent Vitiello. On Sept. 4, detectives responded […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Housing Authority recently partnered with T-Mobile, Quicklert and Comelit to connect and protect seniors through an innovative venture that could serve as a national model for public housing authorities. “It was my idea to architect an information management system that would help us address the issues discovered during COVID-19 while […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras Baraka and Newark Chief Education Officer Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson announced Sept. 1 that the Mayor’s Book Club is combating summer reading loss, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, by distributing more than 10,000 books to Newark residents. They range in topics and reading levels, from colorful books for preschoolers to age-appropriate works for […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — While the annual Clara Maass Medical Center Golf Invitational was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Bowl champions don’t like to sit on the sidelines. In lieu of the golf invitational, the first-ever Clara Maass Medical Center Virtual Sports Panel was hosted by former New York Giant and two-time […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — When local first responders and long-term care facilities were short on personal protective equipment, a local investment company stepped in to help keep their fellow community members safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Asden Properties donated 3,000 disposable face masks to the East Orange Office of Emergency Management and 2,000 N95 respirator […]
NEWARK, NJ — As an additional measure to protect customers and employees from the spread of COVID-19, NJ Transit is introducing on a pilot basis vending machines that will sell personal protective equipment, such as face masks, hand sanitizer, sanitized wipes and disposable gloves, at Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal. The machines will also […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Archdiocese of Newark announced Sept. 1 that the attendance limit for its 212 churches in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties has increased. Based on the latest New Jersey official guidelines, the number of faithful now permitted indoors for public liturgies, baptisms, weddings and funerals has increased to 150 participants or […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village President Sheena Collum announced Sept. 2 that the village’s fifth resident — a 94-year-old female — has died from COVID-19 complications. As of noon on Sept. 2, South Orange had 125 positive test cases and 2,970 negative test cases. In her announcement, Collum also drew attention to the […]