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March to Protect Trans Youth in memory of Bloomfield resident Damien Lopez will be Oct. 22 beginning at the intersection of Broad St. and Belleville Ave., ending outside Bloomfield Public Library
Community contribution from Bloomfield Pulse
Bloomfield recreation plans Halloween Spooktacular Oct. 22 for children Pre K-6 on town green with trick-or-treating, mini pumpkin picking, costume contest, magic show, screening of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs
Mayor Venezia says area water connections are back to normal and no longer relying on emergency interconnections with township water pressure back over 70 PSI
Mayor Michael Venezia
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Essex County Parks to host free “Gardens Aglow” event with jack-o-lantern display, family activities, and refreshments at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Montclair on Oct. 21
Essex County Parks
Bloomfield-area residents can get a free breast cancer screening at Newark’s Beth Israel Medical Center on Oct. 21 with a prescheduled appointment required by phone
Asbury Park Press
Bloomfield schools will have half-day for students, half-day of in-service training for teachers Oct. 21
Bloomfield Public Schools
Bloomfield-area residents can get a free breast cancer screening at Newark’s Beth Israel Medical Center on Oct. 21 with a prescheduled appointment required by phone
Asbury Park Press
Bloomfield Cruisers to host “Poker Run Road Tour” fundraiser on Oct. 23 where any car can join their drive around Bloomfield to collect playing cards, enter to win prizes with tickets available online
Bloomfield Cruisers
Essex County to host “Strutt Your Mutt” 2022 dog costume contest and parade at Newark’s Branch Brook Park Oct. 22, Bloomfield’s Brookdale Park on Oct. 29 with preregistration required on the day of the event
Essex County
East Side Mags in Montclair is hosting a sketching party with comic book artist Bella Rachlin on Oct. 22 where she will be drawing characters and taking commissions
East Side Mags
Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress plans march and rally to stop police brutality on Oct. 22 starting at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #12 on Rector St. in Newark
People’s Organization for Progress
New Jersey Menstrual Health Equity Summit will be Oct. 22 at NJIT Campus Center in Newark with information on menstrual health, period poverty and guest speakers Tammy Murphy, Assemblywoman Shanique Speight, founder of The Flow Initiative Eriko La Boria
New Jersey Menstrual Health Equity Summit
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N.J. seniors can make changes to their Medicare plans during open enrollment which from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7
Medicare