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Happening soon: Gradution Glow✨🎓 on the Bloomfield Patch calendar

Friday May 22nd Patch AM

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In today's newsletter:

  • See where Bloomfield ranks in Essex County’s latest property tax math
  • See what’s coming to Bloomfield’s weekly summer farmer’s market.
  • How your old hearing aids can change lives from Bloomfield

Also on today's calendar: Gradution Glow✨🎓 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the weatherman's cheeks turn pink? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Saturday: Rain becoming steadier, temps: high: 55, low: 50.
  • Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 58 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Property Taxes Part III (nj21st.com) — Bloomfield homeowners can see exactly how the township’s assessed and equalized property values stack up in Essex County’s latest tax tables, which help determine our share of county taxes. The article explains how Millburn and other towns’ revaluations, equalization ratios, and budget needs shape individual property tax bills across the county.    

• Essex County Daily Buzz: May 20, 2026 (jerseybee.org) — Bloomfield residents can look forward to the Community Farmer’s Market opening June 2 at the Bloomfield Public Library, running every Tuesday afternoon through late October. The roundup also highlights nearby concerts, workshops, youth activities, and services across Essex County, giving you plenty of options in Nutley, Newark, Maplewood, South Orange, Irvington, East Orange, Belleville, and West Orange.    

• Empowering Communities Through Sound: The NJ Hearing Aid Project at Montclair State University (montclair.edu) — Bloomfield residents can directly support a statewide hearing-aid bank run from Montclair State University’s Broad Street facility in Bloomfield, where donated devices are refurbished and given free to eligible New Jersey seniors and disabled residents. The program doubles as hands-on training for audiology students while improving hearing access and social connection for low-income neighbors across the state.    


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Juniper Communities Welcomes Poet’s Walk San Antonio to Growing Texas Portfolio —Sofia Fiorita Read on Patch
  • The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDT) in Montclair. Apply here.
  • Montclair State University posted a job opening for Assistant Director of Campus Recreation Programs and Marketing in Montclair. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bloomfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Glen Ridge

  • Morris/Sussex boys lacrosse Top 10 heading into state tournament (northjersey.com)

Montclair

  • Montclair Art Museum Names Kate Kraczon Chief Curator (montclairlocal.news)
  • Montclair Film's ‘Movie Night Under the Stars' Returns With Cars, Canines and an Animated Favorite (montclairlocal.news)
  • See Stephen Colbert, longtime 'The Late Show' host from Montclair (northjersey.com)

West Orange

  • NJ Pastor Demanded Sex, Forced Labor From His Followers, Feds Say (patch.com)

Ok Bloomfield! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He saw the climate change! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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