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Incoming Watsessing Elementary School kindergarten students and their parents can attend a snack picnic and meet-up on Aug. 28 at the small playground at Bloomfield’s Watsessing Park
Watsessing Home and School Association
Brookdale HSA is hosting a playdate and meet-up for for incoming kindergarten students and their parents on Aug. 25 at the Brookdale Elementary School playground
Community contribution from Bloomfield Pulse
Demarest HSA is hosting a playdate and meet-up for for incoming kindergarten students and their parents on Aug. 27
Demarest Home and School Association
Fairview HSA is hosting a playdate and meet-up for for incoming kindergarten students and their parents at Fairview Elementary School on Sep. 6 with teacher meet-and-greet, classroom visit, school supply drop-off
Fairview Home and School Association
Local News
Sony purchases Weird NJ magazine, franchise from Bloomfield’s Mark Sceurman, West Orange’s Mark Moran in plan for TV horror-comedy series
Bloomfield Patch
Bloomfield Public Works yard at 230 Grove St. accepting recyclables, electronics, used water filters on Saturdays
Township of Bloomfield
Children age 4-5 can register for Youth Lounge’s tot flag football program running in Bloomfield’s Watsessing Park from Sep. 3 to Oct. 8
The Youth Lounge
Registration is open for Bloomfield’s Leap-ei’s STEM enrichment classes for children age 5-7 running from Sep. 13 to Oct. 18 with registration accepted by email
Leap-ei
Essex County’s Canoe Brook Reservoir sees installation of largest floating solar array in U.S. to help power nearby water treatment plant
Millburn-Short Hills Patch
Other News
Monkeypox: Vaccines now advised for people with multiple sexual partners, known exposure in past 14 days regardless of LGBTQ identity as 9 in 10 documented infections tied to sexual transmission
Gothamist
N.J. generates $4.6M in tax revenue in the first ten weeks of legal recreational cannabis sales at 18 dispensaries across the state with 70% of revenue earmarked for underserved communities
Asbury Park Press