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Apr. 25 Bloomfield town council meeting recap: off-duty cannabis use by police banned, no timeline for multi-use development planned for final block of Broad St in Bloomfield Center
TAPinto Bloomfield
Founding organizers of Bloomfield’s first Juneteenth celebrations Medina Wingo, Diamond Wyche, Kasey Dudley sworn in to township’s Juneteenth advisory committee
TAPinto Bloomfield
Bloomfield residents can drop off unused prescription drugs at the police department Apr. 30 as part of nationwide prescription drug take-back day
Essex News Daily
Bloomfield residents are hosting a weekly postpartum support group starting Apr. 29 at the Cornerstone Montclair with new and expecting parents invited to attend
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
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Bloomfield residents Jennifer Caffrey, Blanca Delrio-Munzo, Chrissy Verzosa Sridharan recognized with the Adult Achievement Awards for volunteering with the Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Community contribution on Citizens of Bloomfield
Registration is no longer required to attend any spring story time programming at the Bloomfield library
Bloomfield Public Library
Temple of Radiant Light in Bloomfield is hosting a free line dancing event for seniors on Apr. 30 with preregistration required
Community contribution Citizens of Bloomfield
Vegetable garden at Oak View Elementary School is being restored with new planter boxes
Oak View Vegetable Garden
Franklin Elementary School HSA is hosting a fundraiser for graduating 6th graders at the Wendy’s at 33 Franklin Ave in Belleville Apr. 27
Franklin Home and School Association
Master Gardeners of Essex County to host annual plant sale at Upper Montclair’s Presby Memorial Iris Gardens Apr. 29-30, Roseland’s Essex County Environmental Center May 7 with online store available May 1-6
Community posting Montclair Patch
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas will play a concert at the Prudential Center in Newark on Sep. 13 as part of their “New York State of Mind Tour” with tickets on sale Apr. 26
Prudential Center
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Make the Road New Jersey is hosting marches in Elizabeth, Passaic, and Perth Amboy to honor the contributions of essential migrant workers on International Labor Day on May 1
Make the Road New Jersey
Hopewell Starbucks becomes first Starbucks location in N.J. to unionize
NJ.com