🌱 How a pre-dawn East Orange apartment fire left one resident hurt

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In today's newsletter:

• How a pre-dawn East Orange apartment fire left one resident hurt
• Why East Orange’s child welfare office just took on 150 Newark streets

Also on today's calendar: Caribbean Winter Vybz: The Newark Winter Village Experience and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Snow, up to 1", then rain, with a high of 38 and low of 35 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and windy, temps: high: 43, low: 29.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1 person hurt in apartment building fire in East Orange, NJ (abc7ny.com) — An early-morning apartment fire on Glenwood Avenue at Springdale Avenue in East Orange left one person injured as firefighters knocked down heavy flames shooting from a second-floor window. Crews brought the two-alarm blaze under control within about 30 minutes, and investigators are now working to determine what sparked the fire.
   

• A 6-year-old girl was killed 3 days after a child welfare visit. Why can't N.J. protect kids in danger? (nj.com subscription) — New Jersey child welfare failures in a Newark child’s death have led to closing the Newark South office and shifting 87 employees, forcing East Orange’s office to absorb about 150 additional Newark streets. Local workers now report feeling overwhelmed as state leaders promise reforms and new safeguards for high-risk families.
   

📸 Around East Orange

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Orange

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Caribbean Winter Vybz: The Newark Winter Village Experience
  Mulberry Commons, Mulberry St, Newark
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 24

• Learn English
  West Orange Public Library West Orange - Literacy Room
  2:00 pm
• Parkinson’s Strength
  JCC MetroWest , 760 Northfield Ave , West Orange
  2:00 pm
• J-Films: Kazablan
  JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater , 760 Northfield Ave , West Orange
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Drop-in Mahjong
  West Orange Public Library , Literacy Room , West Orange
  2:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Gill St. Bernard's (Away)
  John F. Kennedy High School , 61-127 Preakness Ave , Paterson
  5:10 pm

Saturday December 27

• Learn English
  West Orange Public Library , Literacy Room , West Orange
  3:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Parkinson’s Strength
  JCC MetroWest , 760 Northfield Ave , West Orange
  1:15 pm

📣 East Orange Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Abbrev. Day
  Montclair Public Schools Montclair, NJ 07042
  8:00 am
• Early Dismissal
  Hillside Public School District , 1085 Liberty Ave , Hillside
  8:00 am
• CANCELLED-Strategic Partnership & Citizen Engagement Committee Meeting
  South Orange Village, NJ Calendar
  8:30 am
• Writer's Workshop
  Women's Club of Glen Ridge , 219 Ridgewood Avenue , Glen Ridge
  10:15 am
• Beautification Committee Meeting
  Bloomfield Township, NJ Calendar
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in East Orange. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Kitchen Production Line Team Member in East Orange. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Orange here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Orange

• Maplewood Leaders Denounce Antisemitism, Gun Violence at Final Meeting of 2025 (villagegreennj.com)
• Jacoby Street Fire Leaves Multiple Families Without Home (villagegreennj.com)
• Seton Hall vs. Villanova and Kevin Willard: 'This game is an event' (northjersey.com)

Belleville

• Dancer From Nutley High School Earns National Award (patch.com)

Bloomfield

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