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Bloomfield’s annual Memorial Day Parade will take place May 30 with the parade beginning at corner of Broad and Warren streets, ending with ceremony at town green
Bloomfield Pulse
Registration is open for Bloomfield’s free summer arts workshop for students in grades 4-12 running July 5-28 with tracks in band, string, musical theatre, and visual arts
Bloomfield High School Fine and Performing Arts
Bloomfield High School’s Ava Lauren Sayers awarded 2022 Karen Fuccello Scholar Athlete Award from the Essex County Athletic Director Association
Bloomfield Public Schools
N.J. reports 5,309 new COVID cases May 13 as masking now recommended in 9 newly “high” risk counties with Essex, neighboring counties in medium risk category, according to CDC
NJ.com
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Registration is open from Bloomfield Baseball Association’s Summer League for its 13u-14u and 15u-17u teams
Bloomfield Baseball Association
Bloomfield is hiring a full-time clerk for the Municipal Clerk’s office to assist with office operations, election management, and public records request with application accepted by email
Township of Bloomfield
Friends of Watsessing Park Conservancy is hosting their 2022 spring cleanup of the park May 14
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Bloomfield Soccer Club’s 2008 girls EDP League team will play against Oakland’s Torpedos May 14 at Foley Field in N.J. State Cup match
Bloomfield Soccer Club
ICYMI: Bloomfield’s annual free rabies clinic is May 14 with a limit of one pet per person at Fire Station #3 with all pets required to be leashed or in carriers
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
Bloomfield High School graduate Jermain Johnson named as the new football coach at Montclair High School
TAPinto Bloomfield
Oak View Elementary School’s virtual raffle will take place May 19 with tickets and reservations available online
Oak View Elementary School
The Rotary Club of Bloomfield and Glen Ridge is selling tickets for their annual barbecue fundraiser at the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge on May 19
The Rotary Club of Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
The North N.J. Democratic Socialists of America are canvassing on May 15 to close the ICE detention center in Elizabeth
North N.J. Democratic Socialists of America
Other News
NJ Transit initiative aims to help neurodiverse riders with a free mobile app that combines instruction of an autism educational specialist with real world images that can be used as a guides
ROI-NJ
Rutgers report finds unionized workers earned 10-53% more than non-unionized during the pandemic as N.J. sees unionization trend outpacing 44 other states with 16% of workers unionized
NJ.com
U.S. passed 1m confirmed COVID deaths May 14 with most occurring since vaccines introduced and tied to lack of vaccination, decentralized and racially inequitable public health approaches
BBC