Local News
Dec. 2 Bloomfield weather: Mostly sunny and clear early in the evening with increasing clouds with a high of 48 F and a low of 39 F. 
Bloomfield recreation plans “Drop and Shop” event for children in grades K-6 at Bloomfield Civic Center including dinner, movie, and holiday craft to give parents time to holiday shop Dec. 9 with online registration required
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs
Bloomfield animal shelter seeks adoptive family for Benny, a male two-year-old Basset Hound Beagle mix, with interested adopters asked to contact the shelter by email
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
Bloomfield town council approves public meeting schedule for 2023 with meetings scheduled twice a month on Mondays, conference and regular meetings beginning Jan. 9
Bloomfield Patch
Bloomfield police to participate in statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign Dec. 2 to Jan. 1 with increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for drivers who may be intoxicated
Bloomfield Public Safety
Demarest Elementary School teacher Lora Jean Tice and her family plan 2022 toy drive and visit with Santa, hot chocolate, and music on Dec. 4 at 32 Bolten Pl. in Bloomfield with proceeds to go to Bloomfield Human Services
Demarest Home and School Association
Friends of Watsessing Park reseeded park areas previously cleared of invasive plant species Japanese Knotweed, contributing to erosion and flooding, on Nov. 26
Friends of Watsessing Park
Watchung Booksellers in Montclair plans book signing with author Rossella Rago, discussion of her new cookbook “Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Familia” on Dec. 4 with preregistration required
Watchung Booksellers
East Side Mags in Montclair is hosting a signing of “Necroholic” with writer Brian Lee on Dec. 3
East Side Mags
Montclair’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to support preservation of historic James Howe House, owned by the first Black enslaved person freed in town in 1780
Friends of the Howe House
Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair will receive $1 donation from every “Give Back Where It Counts” reusable grocery bag purchased in December at the Montclair ACME on Valley Rd.
Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair