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Nutley Family Services Bureau to give away Thanksgiving dinner food baskets to qualifying residents Nov. 20-22. Food baskets will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 21 and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov 22.
Nutley Family Service Bureau
Nutley Soccer Booster Club to host a 2023 alumni game for former Nutley High School soccer players and coaches Nov. 24. The game starts at 10 a.m. at Glotzbach Field. A $25 admission fee is required. Add to 📅.
Nutley Soccer Booster Club
West Orange’s Gregory Cares Committee seeks donations of non-perishable food for the 2023 “Gregory Neighborhood Food Drive” through Nov. 30. Items will be donated to the Holy Trinity-West Orange Food Pantry. Drop off pantry donations of pasta, cereal, and peanut butter and jelly at 7 Dartmouth Rd. Other donations can be made online.
Gregory Neighborhood, West Orange, NJ
Montclair Inn, a retirement community, seeks volunteers to serve Thanksgiving dinner to seniors on Nov. 23. Assistance is needed from 1-5 p.m. in Montclair. Student volunteers will receive community service hours. Volunteers can sign up through email or by phone.
The Bloomfield Pulse
Montclair’s Riskin Children’s Center, a mental health service, to host a three-part creative arts workshop for children age 12-14 on Mondays from Nov. 27. to Dec. 11. The program will be held at The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris in Montclair from 5-6 p.m. Participants will explore self-expression and positive self-esteem while being guided by a licensed counselor and art therapist. Add to 📅.
Mental Health Association
Bloomfield animal shelter is at capacity of its large-breed dogs and seeks adoptive families for dogs Sniper, Brie, Muffin, Biggie, and Venus. Adoption fees will be waived. Applications accepted online.
Bloomfield Animal Shelter
West Orange’s Maria Vera is projected win the 2023 election for the West Orange Board of Education’s open seat. Vera received twice as many votes as incumbent candidate Melina Huerta. Vera will be sworn in at the board’s reorganization meeting in January.
TAPinto West Orange
Eligible Newark families can register children up to age 5 for free preschool at any of La Casa de Don Pedro’s seven sites. An online pre-registration survey is required.
La Casa De Don Pedro
Newark’s AHS seeks an adoptive family for Gracie, a one-year-old litter-trained foster cat. Adoption applications accepted online.
Newark Associated Humane Shelters
Bloomfield mayor Michael Venezia and Newark school principal, Belleville resident Carmen Morales are projected to win the 2023 general election for N.J. State Assembly in the 34th district. That includes Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Nutley and Orange. Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake is projected to win her election for the district’s state senate seat.
Patch Bloomfield
Newark’s A’Dorian Murray-Thomas elected to Essex County Board of Commissioners in 2023 general election. Murray-Thomas will represent District 2, including Newark’s South Ward, parts of Newark’s Central Ward, Irvington and Maplewood. Murray will resign from her position on the Newark school board and be sworn in as commissioner in January 2024.
Patch-Newark
Newark library to offer a virtual, beginner-level negotiations skills course through LinkedIn Learning. Management trainer Chris Croft will teach the program. This event is available to library cardholders and participants will earn a certificate at the end of the course.
Newark Public Library
Newark’s Central Planning Board approved N.J. Performing Arts Center’s plan to construct a three-story arts education and community center across the street from its main building on Center St. at it Oct. 30 meeting. NJPAC’s attorney says construction will start in the first half of 2024 and the center will open by the end of 2025.
TAPinto Newark
East Orange library plans book club meeting for adults on Nov. 27. The meeting will be held on Zoom from 5-6:30 p.m. and discuss “The Wildest Sun” by Asha Lemmie. Add to 📅.
East Orange Public Library
EOFSC to host free weekly wellness sessions for residents starting Nov. 22. The “Wellness Wednesday” workshop begins at 12 p.m. online or in-person at 132 South Harrison St. and are scheduled through May 8. Register online. Add to 📅.
East Orange Family Success Center
East Orange YMCA is accepting applications for their free preschool program for children age 3-4. Children must have an East Orange address and age 3 or 4 by Oct. 1, 2023.
East Orange YMCA
Maplewood police seeks volunteers for the Domestic Violence Response Team. Volunteers will receive training to provide information and referrals for obtaining temporary restraining orders, find shelter or other support services, and help with creating a safety plan. Volunteers must submit to a background check and fingerprinting, be age 21+, and have transportation. Notice of interest can be given to the domestic violence liaison at the Maplewood Police Department by phone or email.
Maplewood Township
