Popular LGBTQ+ Lounge Forced To Close In North Jersey: Patch PM

Good evening North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. One of Jersey City's newer and quickly popular LGBTQ+ lounges was forced to close this week, ahead of its highly anticipated Memorial Day weekend events. (Read more on Patch)
2. You've packed up your beach chairs, your towels and your blanket, all set for the unofficial start of summer at the Jersey Shore: Memorial Day weekend. (Read more on Patch)
3. Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer in New Jersey, with many residents set to commence the new season with a three-day weekend filled with memorial services and outdoor events. But the weather may not cooperate. (Read more on Patch)
4. A South Bound Brook mother was indicted for the murder of her 4-year-old son on Feb. 6, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson. (Read more on Patch)
5. Ma'Khia Bryant. Adam Toledo. Anthony J. Thompson. Daunte Wright. These are some of the Black and Brown youth whose deaths inspired an outcry for "counselors not cops" in Newark this week. (Read more on Patch)

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