Public Safety

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsMore than 1,000 health-care workers at Mountainside hospital in Montclair have received at least their first doses of coronavirus vaccine, about a month after they first became available. That still leaves about...

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The police blotter is based on information provided to Montclair Local at the discretion of the Montclair Police Department, and reflects events as described by the department.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Montclair resident, was in the Capitol building as it was breached.

Firefighters and police officers, as frontline first responders, become eligible to for vaccination on Thursday, Jan. 7, as the state enters Phase 1B of its tiered plan. Paramedics were included in Phase 1A, and were already eligible for the vaccine. 

Police are investigating a report of six people robbing two teens on Bloomfield Avenue on Dec. 23.The two teens told police they had been walking east on Bloomfield Avenue when they were approached from...

Before the month is out, state officials expect to open the rest of their sites, including one at the Racetrack at the Meadowlands, in East Rutherford. Healthcare workers may make an appointment at any of the mega-sites or satellite sites around the state.

Essex County has six facilities opening up. For Montclair residents, the vaccine is being offered at the former Kmart building on Prospect Avenue in West Orange. 

Interstate sports competitions are still prohibited, since interstate travel for sports has been deemed to be a risk factor for spreading COVID-19. And attendance is limited to those who are directly involved in the game – players, coaches, referees and support staff – and no more than 10 spectators. 

Both fires are under investigation as of Tuesday, Dec. 29, Montclair Deputy Fire Chief Robert Duncan said.