Local News
Nov. 12 Bloomfield weather: Some rain from Tropical Rainstorm Nicole in the morning, windy in the afternoon with partial sunshine, a passing shower late with a high of 72 F and a low of 47 F. 
Registration is open for Bloomfield’s 2022 Thanksgiving turkey giveaway on Nov. 20 at the municipal building parking lot with the deadline to sign up online Nov. 15
Township of Bloomfield
Nov. 14 Bloomfield Town Council meeting to include discussion of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement renewal for Felicity Towers, expanding zoning for new businesses, youth guidance council
Township of Bloomfield
Bloomfield elementary schools will have half-days Nov. 17-22
Bloomfield Public Schools
Bloomfield animal shelter seeks adoptive family for “Frank” an adult male cat with interested adopters asked to contact the shelter by email
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
Bloomfield community members celebrated the groundbreaking for a new concession stand at Foley Field on Nov. 2
Bloomfield Public Schools
Montclair Emergency Services for Hope plans a fundraiser at Just Jake’s in Montclair on Nov. 16 to fund their overnight shelter for unhoused people during the winter
Montclair Emergency Services for Hope
Toni’s Kitchen in Montclair seeks donations of new and gently used winter coats, hats, scarves, and gloves with donations accepted off during regular business hours
Toni’s Kitchen
Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair seeks donations of men’s jeans and sweatpants, winter coats and other winter gear in children and adult sizes
Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair
Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce will honor 30 Bloomfield businesses and organizations at their 2020 to 2022 Business Development awards dinner on Nov. 15 at Brookside Banquets in Bloomfield
Belleville-Nutley Patch
Newark Penn Station added Flixbus low-cost bus routes to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Richmond, and Annapolis Nov. 3 replacing BoltBus service suspended last year
NJ.com
North Jersey Community Research Initiative seeks Essex County businesses interested in hiring people re-entering the community after incarceration with employers advised to contact NJCRI by email or phone
North Jersey Community Research Initiative
SOMA Community Coalition on Race plans free online facilitated discussion on Critical Race Theory with Harvard public policy professor Khalil Gibran and NYU law professor Peggy Cooper on Nov. 15 with preregistration required
South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race