Bloomfield-area homes owned as investments drive up housing costs

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Dec. 9 Bloomfield weather: Plenty of sunshine and party cloudy in the evening with a high of 48 F and a low of 27 F.

Approximately 1 in 14 of Bloomfield’s single to four-family homes were owned by institutions like businesses, banks, or trusts in 2020, as growing investment trend prices out local residents, Newark seeks to limit corporate buying
Gothamist

Former two-term Bloomfield Town Councilmember Patricia Anne Richings died on Dec. 2 at 59
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse

Bloomfield animal shelter seeks adoptive family for Elfie, a fully vetted eight-month-old male cat, with adoption applications accepted by email
Bloomfield Animal Shelter

Bloomfield library is digitizing its historical records including old photographs, microfilmed newspapers, and records of service members due to a grant from the Essex County Cultural and Historic Affairs
Essex News Daily

Bloomfield High School names Lenoard Hamlett, Melanie Vergara, Marie Telusma, and Maria Castro Vindas as the school’s “Characters with Character” for November 2022
Bloomfield Public Schools

Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce marked grand opening of Bloomfield’s Rainbow ABA Therapy, therapy services for families with children with autism, at 300 Broadacres Dr.
Community contribution on Bloomfield Pulse

Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation received a $25K grant from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation to support pediatric patients in the hospital’s emergency department
TAPinto Bloomfield

Montclair’s DLV Lounge, a community hub for jazz music, announces closure after 50 years
Baristanet

Human remains found in Atlantic Highlands in 1988 have been identified with DNA analysis as Bloomfield resident Nancy Carol Fitzgerald, who went missing in 1972 at age of 16
Middletown Patch

Other News

Tolls at the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels are expected to increase by $1, AirTrain to at JFK and Newark airports tickets by 25 cents on Jan. 8 under proposed 2023 Port Authority budget
NorthJersey.com

Pfizer seeks CDC approval for bivalent COVID omicron vaccine series for children 6 months to 4 years old
NJ.com