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State environmental officials will be speaking on the impact of the recent fish kills in the region - and what’s to come next. (Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)
RED BANK, NJ - In partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Monmouth County-based nonprofit Clean Ocean Action (COA) will be hosting a virtual panel later this month to discuss the recent menhaden fish deaths in the two rivers region.
Hundreds of dead menhaden fish have been spotted floating in the Raritan Bay and Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in recent months, with similar instances occurring in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island since last fall. State environmental authorities, including the NJDEP, are currently working to identify a bacteria known as Vibrio that seems to be the likely culprit.
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Newark to hold citywide vigil for COVID-19 victims
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
People undergoing drive-up COVID-19 testing last month at Essex County Community College in Newark.Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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As 2020 comes to a close, Newark is set to remember the residents it lost to the pandemic that has defined the year.
City officials are asking Newarkers to light a candle on their front porch Wednesday at 8 p.m. as part of a citywide vigil to honor the hundreds of residents who have died of the coronavirus.
As of Tuesday, 759 Newark residents had died from COVID-19, according to city data. Nearly 22,000 Newarkers have tested positive for the disease since the outbreak began in March.