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ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Patch reviews last week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read article). Sign up for Patch email newsletters.

Coronavirus:

Essex County Stuck In 'High' Coronavirus Status: See Local Totals

Essex County Rolls Out Booster Shots; 357 Given On First Day

Newark City Workers Must Get Vaccine, Or They Could Be Fired

Montclair Restaurant Wants Vaccine Proof To Eat Inside: Reports

Amid COVID Rise, Millburn Updates Its Mask Policy

Parents Blast Mask Policy At West Essex School Board Meeting

Will Fall Travel Plans Mean Remote School? In Maplewood, Maybe

Other news in Essex County and New Jersey:

NJ Bans Prisons From Making Deals To Hold Immigrants For ICE

Millburn Must Add Affordable Housing Units: Settlement

Critics Pan Plan For New Exhibit At Turtle Back Zoo

Battle Erupts Over Edison Village Redevelopment In West Orange

Newark Is Paving The Way For Marijuana Businesses: See The Plan

4 Marijuana Businesses Allowed Under Belleville's New Law

Bloomfield Council Votes To Allow Marijuana Businesses

School In Maplewood Will Change Name From 'Enslaver' Jefferson

Rep. Sherrill Wants Looser Refugee Rules For Fleeing Afghan Women

Sen. Bob Menendez Blames Trump, Biden For Afghanistan Crisis

Nat Turner Uprising Still Puts Fire In Hearts Of Newark Activists

'Incredible Void To Fill' After Montclair Community Leader Dies

Unionized Workers Will Be Hired On 3 Big Projects In Essex County

Bulk Trash Pickup Postponed In Caldwell Due To Staffing Shortage

$11 Fries At Newark Airport Are 'Price Gouging,' Congressman Says

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