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Jan. 10 Bloomfield weather: Periods of clouds and sunshine with patchy clouds in the evening with a high of 45 F and a low of 31 F.

Bloomfield residents facing $500 arrears on water bills can avoid paying fee by scheduling free outdoor meter installation with Bloomfield water department
Bloomfield Pulse

Bloomfield library children’s programming from Jan. 9 to Mar. 8: storytime on Mondays and with guests Wednesdays, bilingual storytime on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Bloomfield Public Library

Registration is open for Bloomfield recreation’s co-ed 18+ basketball open gym on Thursdays from Jan. 12 to Mar. 16 at Bloomfield High School with registration available online or at the Bloomfield Civic Center
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs

Bloomfield recreation added 10 Tuesday night open gym co-ed pickleball sessions for adults at Oakview Elementary School starting Jan. 10 with registration available online
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs

Bloomfield department of public works and maintenance will pick up bare Christmas trees on recycling days until Feb. 1, garbage pickup days afterward
Bloomfield Pulse

Bloomfield library plans “Storytime Boogie” with Ms. Katie from Shooting Stars Dance Center Jan. 11 in the children’s library
Bloomfield Public Library

Bloomfield animal shelter seeks adoptive family for Phoenix, a stray one-year-old Husky mix, with adoption applications accepted by email
Bloomfield Animal Shelter

Registration is open for Bloomfield recreation’s co-ed 35+ basketball open gym on Mondays from Jan. 9 to Mar. 13 at Oakview Elementary School with registration available online or at the Bloomfield Civic Center
Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs

Watchung Booksellers in Montclair plans discussion with “I Mean to Tell You” author Fran Hawthorne Jan. 12 with preregistration required
Watchung Booksellers

Out Montclair plans a bowling night Jan. 12 for LGBTQ+ community members age 50+ at Bowlero in Belleville with preregistration required
Out Montclair

North Jersey Community Research Initiative plans “Project TEA” job enrichment program for transgender and LGBTQ community beginning with a resume-building workshop on Jan. 12 at the Newark Public Library
North Jersey Community Research Initiative

South Mountain Reservation and Hilltop Reservation will be closed Tuesdays and Thursdays, respectively, from Jan. 10 to Feb. 16 for 2023 Essex County deer hunt to manage overpopulation
Essex County Parks

Other News


COVID: CDC recommends indoor masking in public spaces in N.J. as every county in the state has a “high” level of community transmission
New Jersey Patch

Rutgers plans virtual menstrual health and hygiene seminar Jan. 11 with preregistration available online
New Jersey Department of Health