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Coronavirus:

Whoopi Goldberg Visits Essex County For COVID Vaccine Event

FEMA Vaccine Site In Essex County Serving NJ Children Ages 12 And Up

Struggling To Pay Rent? This Essex County Program May Help

Newark Trying To Hike COVID Vaccine Numbers With 'Pop-Up' Sites

Verona Offering Vaccine Clinic On May 19 and Home Vaccination

Seating To Return At Newark Penn, Other NJ Transit Stations

Music Will Flow At Benefit Concert For Montclair Coffeehouse

Other news in Essex County and New Jersey:

First Cicadas Have Emerged In NJ, Billions More Expected Soon

Free Money In Newark: City Experiments With 'Guaranteed Income'

Rep. Donald Payne To NJ-10 Families: Claim New Child Tax Credit

Short Hills Doc Fundraises For Paralyzed Son After Ski Accident

Montclair School Admins Accused Of Sabotaging Custodians: Report

Maplewood Marijuana Dispensary Is Open

More Affordable Housing Coming For Seniors In East Orange

Newark Roofing Co. Pleads Guilty After Worker Dies On The Job

McEvoy, Tamburro, Holland Lead In Verona Municipal Election 2021

Brown, Hilton, Haskins Lead In South Orange Municipal Election

Essex-Hudson Greenway Could Battle Stormwater Woes, Advocates Say

West Orange Teen Earns Spot At West Point Military Academy

These Belleville Police Officers Made The 'Ultimate Sacrifice'

Fundraisers Set After Passing Of Maplewood Disabilities Advocate

Livingston School Board Considers Hiking Number Of Members

Sea Lion At Turtle Back Zoo In NJ Dies, Necropsy Launched

BettyLou DeCroce Gets GOP Boost From Frelinghuysen In NJ-26

NJ Assemblyman Praises New Law Protecting Racetrack Winnings

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