Around Newark: COVID Reopen|Protests|Use Of Force

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Patch reviews last week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read article). Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

George Floyd/Protests:

Sen. Booker Backs Plan To Revamp Policing: 'Time For A Reckoning'

NJ Green Party Candidate: Sen. Booker's Policing Bill Is Too Weak

Sen. Ronald Rice On George Floyd: 'Love Is What Will Change Us'

Hundreds Flood Streets At Protests In Nutley, Belleville: WATCH

West Orange Protests In Wake Of George Floyd: See Video, Photos

Workers At 10 NJ Nursing Homes Take Knee Against Police Brutality

Student-Led Protest Planned For Verona: Black Lives Matter

Muslim Leaders Will Rally In Essex County Against Police Brutality

Maplewood Looking For Adult And Youth For Police Board

Coronavirus:

Essex County Coronavirus Update: Town-By-Town Death Totals

Assemblyman Jay Webber Takes Aim At Governor With 'Murphy's Law'

Essex Freeholders: We Lack The Authority To Release ICE Detainees

Turtle Back Zoo Has Reopen Date; Other Attractions Reawaken

Another COVID 'Hardship' For North Caldwell Schools: Busing Nixed

Bloomfield Shakes A Leg, Starts To Reopen Parks, Tennis Courts

University Hospital In Newark: COVID Testing Open To All In NJ

Mobile Coronavrius Antibody Testing Near Millburn

Other news in Essex County:

NJ Will Revise 'Use Of Force' Policy For Police By 2021, AG Grewal Says

Irish Refugee's Deportation Out Of Newark Is 'Shameful,' Sen. Bob Menendez Says

Long-Term Union Contracts Paying Off For Montclair, Officials Say

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