🌱 Patch AM: What’s happening with a local firefighter mentioned in state politics chatter?

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• What’s happening with a local firefighter mentioned in state politics chatter?
• Want to walk through Bloomfield’s candlelit Live Nativity this Friday?

Also on today's calendar: Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 43 and low of 29 degrees.
• Thursday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 46, low: 41.
• Friday: Becoming windier; a.m. rain, with a high of 57 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 12/15/2025 (insidernj.com) — A statewide political briefing briefly notes that in Bloomfield, a firefighter is involved in an unspecified local development, alongside similar quick hits from dozens of New Jersey towns. The rest of the piece focuses on Governor Murphy, statewide policy debates, and other political and civic stories that shape the broader context around Bloomfield’s local news.
   

• 'Live Nativity' Will Return At Bloomfield Church: 2025 Christmas Events (patch.com) — Bloomfield’s Church on the Green is inviting residents to its free outdoor Live Nativity on Friday, Dec. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. at 147 Broad Street. You’ll follow Mary and Joseph along candlelit paths, enjoy music from the Bloomfield Chorale, meet live stable animals, and warm up with cocoa, with convenient parking in the nearby Board of Education lot.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev
  Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, 2 Exchange Pl, Jersey City
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Holiday Crafts and Market
  114 Broughton Ave, Bloomfield
  10:00 am
• Army Roofing Announces Launch of New Website
  165 Valley Rd, Montclair
  11:59 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Blue Christmas Service
  Brookdale Reformed Church, 16 Bellevue Ave, Bloomfield, NJ, 07003
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Board of Health Meeting
  Bloomfield Township, NJ Calendar , 1 Municipal Plaza , Bloomfield
  6:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Technology (Newark) (Home)
  Nutley High School Main Gym Nutley High School Main Gym
  7:00 pm
• Zoning Board Meeting
  Bloomfield Township, NJ Calendar
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Wrestling: Boys Varsity vs. East Side (Home)
  Nutley High School Main Gym Nutley High School Main Gym
  6:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• The World Turned Upside Down on Montclair Make Music Winter
  The Space , 356 Bloomfield Ave , Montclair
  5:00 pm

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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A Home for the Holidays, please! —Strety Read on Patch

• If anyone is looking for a fulltime receptionist job in the bergen county area, please apply Hackensack Radiology Group.
  The location that needs the help is in Oradell NJ. We are open Monday-Friday 7am-830pm and Saturday 7-330pm. This doesnt necessarily mean you would… (Nextdoor Fairview)
• Unattended package at Newark Penn Station, New Jersey.
  7:28AM on Dec 16: Report of unattended package at Newark Penn Station, New Jersey. 7:25AM on Dec 16: PATH train service from Newark to World Trade… (Nextdoor )

• Montclair State University posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty -Social and Behvioral Sciences in Bloomfield. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Bloomfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bloomfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Glen Ridge

• Ridgewood earns a Blue Ribbon (essexnewsdaily.com)
• Tom Malinowski prevails in vote for Morris Dems' endorsement in CD-11 (northjersey.com)
• Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Endorses Analilia Mejia For Congress (insidernj.com)

Montclair

• Groundbreaking Speech Therapy Research Helps Child Master the ‘r' Sound in Weeks (montclair.edu)

South Orange

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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