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🌱 Patch AM: Firefighters Put On ‘Emergency Light Show’ In Bloomfield For The Holidays (VIDEO)

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In today's newsletter:

  • Bloomfield firefighters sync emergency lights to holiday music for residents
  • How Bloomfield leaders handled the firefighter noose incident and fallout
  • Bloomfield community remembers alumna Kathryn “Kathy” Bergner’s life and legacy

Also on today's calendar: Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Furniture Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

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Weather forecast:

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  • Saturday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 40 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 46, low: 27.
  • Monday: Abundant sunshine, with a high of 38 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Firefighters Put On ‘Emergency Light Show’ In Bloomfield For The Holidays (VIDEO) (patch.com) — Bloomfield residents can get into the holiday spirit with a festive “emergency light show” created by the Bloomfield Fire Department at Fire Station 2 on Watsessing Avenue. For the second year, firefighters synchronized their vehicle lights to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” including a decorated Rescue Company 1 truck, and shared warm holiday wishes with the community.
   

• Firefighter Caught On Video Tying Noose, Throwing It At Black Colleague (iheart.com) — Bloomfield officials have confirmed that a township firefighter seen on video tying a noose and throwing it toward a Black colleague is no longer employed by the Bloomfield Fire Department. After a criminal case and internal investigation, Mayor Jenny Mundell emphasized that Bloomfield will not tolerate racism in its local government workplaces.
   

• Kathryn D. Bergner (townshipjournal.com subscription) — Bloomfield readers may remember Kathryn “Kathy” Bergner as a 1980 Bloomfield High School graduate who worked at the beloved Holsteins while in school. The longtime Sussex resident is remembered as a devoted wife, mother, musician, and caregiver, with private services arranged through Smith-McCracken Funeral Home.
   

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    Sunday December 21
  • Holiday Sing Along
    Women's Club of Glen Ridge , 219 Ridgewood Avenue , Glen Ridge
    • Monday December 22
  • Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Malcolm X Shabazz (Home)
    Nutley High School Main Gym Nutley High School Main Gym
    4:00 pm
  • Basketball: Girls JV vs. Millburn (Home)
    Montclair High School Gym Montclair High School Gym
    5:30 pm
  • Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Millburn (Home)
    Montclair High School Gym Montclair High School Gym
    7:00 pm
    • Tuesday December 23
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    Montclair Public Schools Montclair, NJ 07042
    8:00 am
    • Wednesday December 24
  • Christmas Eve Family Mass
    St. Francis of Assisi American National Catholic Church , 195 Ridgewood Ave , Glen Ridge
    4:00 pm
  • Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
    Brookdale Reformed Church, 16 Bellevue Ave, Bloomfield, NJ, 07003
    5:00 pm
  • Christmas Eve Mass
    St. Francis of Assisi American National Catholic Church , 195 Ridgewood Ave , Glen Ridge
    10:00 pm

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