🌱 Patch AM: Labyrinth and 13 more events

What's up Bloomfield! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Watchung Booksellers Hosts Mystery Author Valerie Wilson Wesley
• Winter Pancake Breakfast and Clothing Drive at Wally Choice Community Center
• Labyrinth at Brookdale Reformed Church

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the baby computer say to the mommy computer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 49 and low of 32 degrees.
• Thursday: A bit of snow and rain, temps: high: 33, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 34 and low of 29 degrees.

📸 Around Bloomfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bloomfield

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday January 14

• Watchung Booksellers Hosts Mystery Author Valerie Wilson Wesley
  44 Fairfield St, Montclair
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Winter Pancake Breakfast and Clothing Drive
  Wally Choice Community Center, Montclair
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday January 14

• Labyrinth
  Brookdale Reformed Church , 16 Bellevue Ave , Bloomfield
  6:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Board of Health Meeting (Re-Organizational & Regular)
  Bloomfield Township, NJ Calendar , 1 Municipal Plaza , Bloomfield
  6:00 pm
• Preparing for College Costs
  Notre Dame Church , 359 Central Ave , North Caldwell
  7:00 pm
• Open Play Mahjong
  Women's Club of Glen Ridge , 219 Ridgewood Avenue , Glen Ridge
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Chicago - The Musical
  South Street Theater Co Inc , 100 South St , Morristown
  2:00 pm
• NYC Percussion Group
  Brookdale Reformed Church , 16 Bellevue Ave , Bloomfield
  3:00 pm
• Cultural ARTS Series: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players Piano Trio
  Van Vleck House & Gardens , 21 Van Vleck Street , Montclair
  8:00 pm

Tuesday January 20

• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Newark Lab (Away)
  Newark Lab High School , 18 Norfolk Street , Newark
  4:00 pm
• Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
  Bloomfield Township, NJ Calendar
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 21

• Watchung Booksellers Hosts Ken Belson, "Every Day Is Sunday"
  Watchung Booksellers: The Kids’ Room , 44 Fairfield St , Montclair
  7:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Bloomfield PatchAM possible:

• Empowered Connections — (301) 200-1884
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• The Well Read Travel Planner
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• Forward Motion Counseling Services — (862) 801-0974
  Finding Freedom Through Connection
• Dogtopia of West Orange — (475) 338-3501
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• HZY GOODS — (973) 200-3030
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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Juniper Communities Partners with SilverSneakers® to Expand Evidence-Based Fitness Programming —Sofia Fiorita Read on Patch
• Adoption Day at the West Orange Animal Shelter! January 17! —Strety Read on Patch

• Dill’s big adventure.
  Seems like my in door friendly cat is out on a big adventure. If you see him please reach out Last seen Saturday night 10/11pm Mill st and… (Nextdoor Broughton Ave.)
• Suspicious package prompts transit disruption at Newark-Penn Station, New Jersey.
  6:48AM on Jan 13: NWK-WTC train service is delayed due to a report of an unattended package at Newark Airport. (Nextdoor )

• Energy Transfer, LP posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - $17.36-$18.72/hr - Sunoco Store #7747, Brookdale North Rest Area, Garden State Parkway, Bloomfield, NJ in Bloomfield. Apply here.
• Bowlero Corporation posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Belleville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bloomfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Glen Ridge

• West Orange Daily Buzz: Jan. 13, 2026 (jerseybee.org)

Montclair

• Montclair State University Honors Graduates at 2026 Winter Commencement (montclair.edu)
• Congresswoman LaMonica McIver Brings National Voice to Montclair's MLK Scholarship Breakfast (tapinto.net)

Belleville

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-- The Patch AM Team

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