Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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Vol. CXXXIV, No. 16
ON THE INSIDE Kearny’s remembrance of 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will be at St. Stephen’s See Page 8
BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
TURF’S DOWN
Work at the Harrison Little League field is almost done, Councilman Larry Bennett says. On Thursday, Aug. 19, the turf for the field arrived and the following day, most of it was already well in place. New state-of-the-art playground equipment, seen to the right, is also ready to go. Bennett says the town hopes the field is open by September for fall recreation programs. The hope was to have had the field ready for the summer, but a series of delays made that imposssible. See more photos on Page 18.
Murphy may require teachers to be vaccinated: report By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
F
ollowing widespread reports, Gov. Philip D. Murphy could soon be enacting a mandate requiring all New Jersey public school teachers be vaccinated against COVID-19, some educators are up in arms while others are perfectly content. At the same time, a
sampling of local parents of school-age kids on whether their children’s teachers should be vaccinated is also mixed. The potential vaccination mandate was reported by nj.com late last week and that report says it’s unclear whether regular testing of unvaccinated teachers would be acceptable, in lieu of getting the shots, as one state will allow.
California and Washington are the two states that have already mandated teacher vaccinations. California allows for the regular-testing option. Washington does not.
WHAT ARE EDUCATORS SAYING?
Dr. James P. Doran is the director of personnel See VAX, Page 19
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