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Bloomfield’s free rabies clinic will be May 14 at Fire Station No. 3 from 9 AM to noon with residents with last names beginning with A to M welcomed until 10:30 AM and those with last names beginning with N to Z afterward
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
Bloomfield Kiwanis Club celebrates its 100th anniversary as its receives distinguished club recognition from New Jersey District
Kiwanis Club of Bloomfield
Bloomfield schools to host half-day camp for students in grades K-5 interested in science, technology, research, arts, or mathematics June. 28-30 with deadline to register Apr. 28
Bloomfield Public Schools
COVID: New daily confirmed infections in N.J. above 2k for first time since Feb. 17, doubling since last month as BA.2 strain accounts for 4 in 5 new cases
NJ.com
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Bloomfield’s Goode Living and The Black Girl Social Club are accepting donations of gently used prom dresses to give away for free on Apr. 23
Bloomfield Center Alliance
Bloomfield High School theater productions of Stage Door and Into the Woods have been nominated for multiple Foxy Awards
Bloomfield High School Fine and Performing Arts
Rare Breed Mixed Martial Arts in Bloomfield is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt for children age 3-14 on Apr. 16
Rare Breed Mixed Martial Arts
Bloomfield College student Tyra Brooks awarded first place in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System 2022 Media Awards
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield library will be closed Apr. 15 and resume normal hours Apr. 16
Bloomfield Public Library
Bloomfield resident and former longtime chairman of town’s Democratic Party in town Pete Strumolo has died at 76
Insider NJ
Toni’s Kitchen has reopened their free on-site meal service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Montclair Thursdays and Fridays from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Toni’s Kitchen
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice will host a seminar and clinic on the expunging criminal records in Essex County on Apr. 19 at the Essex County Veterans Courthouse in Newark with pre registration required
Township of Bloomfield
Other News
Dream Wheel, a 300 ft-high ferris wheel, opened at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford on Apr. 13
NorthJersey.com
N.Y. health officials say two new Omicron variants related to BA.2 are spreading in the central part of the state as consistent vaccination remains strongest protection against new strains
NPR
Testing has begun at Woodbridge’s Colonia High School after more than 90 people have been diagnosed with cancer after attending or working at the school
NJ Spotlight News