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Bloomfield fall 2022 garbage pickup: no service on holidays, only plastic recycling codes 1, 2, and 5 accepted, bulk pickup on second garbage day of the week
Township of Bloomfield
Bloomfield residents can use the RecycleCoach app for calendar, updates on township garbage collection
RecycleCoach
Bloomfield announces fall 2022 recycling events: hazardous waste collection Oct. 1, shredding Oct. 8, electronics collection Oct. 15
Township of Bloomfield
Local News
Six Points Pub in Bloomfield will have music from DJ Adam Cruz on Jul. 30
Six Points Pub
Bruce Springsteen will perform at Newark’s Prudential Center in April 2023 as part of the “23 Tour” with tickets on sale Jul. 29
Prudential Center
Registration is open for The Youth Lounge’s fall 2022 flag football season for children age 5-17 beginning Aug. 20
The Youth Lounge
Essex County Environmental Center is hosting a butterfly gardening workshop on Jul. 30 for adults and children 8+ with preregistration required
Essex County Environmental Center
ICYMI: Essex County now accepting submissions for 2022 senior citizen art show and contest with a limit of two pieces per entry by Aug. 3
Essex County Parks
Other News
18 of N.J.’s 21 counties now listed as high risk for COVID transmission by CDC as of Jul. 28 with test positivity rates increasing, hospitalizations above 1K for 8th consecutive day
NJ.com
Just one-third of N.J. COVID hospitalizations admitted with virus as primary diagnosis with 106 in intensive care, down from 919 in mid-January Omicron surge
NorthJersey.com
Nearly 160 world leaders plan to attend September U.N. General Assembly meeting in NYC for first time since pandemic began
The Associated Press