Follow local news and events in Glen Ridge with The Jersey Bee. Here is The Daily Buzz for Jul. 21, 2025 from The Jersey Bee.
LOCAL NEWS
Students entering grades K-8 can attend Bloomfield Soccer Club’s summer camp, scheduled to start Jul. 28. It meets for three weeks at Bloomfield High School and Bloomfield Middle School. Admission is $200 for the full program. Open to non-residents.
Add to 📅
Bloomfield Soccer Club
Children can attend summer camp at Universal Martial Arts in Bloomfield, scheduled to start Jul. 28. It meets weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 48 Washington St. Two one-week sessions are available starting Jul. 28 and Aug. 4. Registration is available online. Admission is $675 per week. Snacks and beverages supplied. Attendees should bring their own lunch.
Add to 📅
Universal Martial Arts Bloomfield
Drag show and dinner planned at Tinga Restaurant on Jul. 26 in Montclair. It is from 6-9 p.m. at 215 Bellevue Ave. Admission is $55. Tickets available online for purchase.
Add to 📅
Tinga Restaurant
Free concert with Ancient Babies planned at Montclair library’s Bellevue Branch on Jul. 28. It is from 5-6 p.m.
Add to 📅
Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library
Free theater reading of “Scrambled Eggs” by Jessica Marie Fisher planned at Nutley Little Theater on Jul. 27. The reading begins at 2 p.m. at 47 Erie Pl.
Add to 📅
Nutley Little Theater
Pool party and screening of web series “Talks With Myself” planned with Out Montclair on Jul. 25 in South Orange. It is from 6:30-10 p.m. There web series explores the lives of queer men of color living in Jersey City. Panel discussion to follow. Location is not yet announced. Tickets available online for purchase.
Add to 📅
Out Montclair
Iyengar yoga class and fundraiser planned with Montclair YMCA on Jul. 26. It is from 12-1:30 p.m. at 25 Park St. Iyengar is a type of yoga that focuses on body alignment. Admission is $40 and proceeds will support the Y’s financial assistance fund. Tickets available online.
Add to 📅
YMCA of Montclair
Night tour of Turtle Back Zoo for families planned on Jul. 26 in West Orange. The tour is from 8-9 p.m. and will feature nocturnal animals. Registration is $10. Children younger than 2 enter for free.
Add to 📅
Turtle Back Zoo
Community members and immigrant rights groups will attend the Union County Board of Commissioners’ Jul. 24 meeting to urge commissioners to halt potential plans to reopen the county jail as an ICE detention center. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza in Elizabeth. Residents have attended previous meetings urging commissioners to oppose bids from private prison companies and reject proposals for an ICE detention center. Meeting attendees, including groups like Make the Road NJ and NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice, proposed different ways to repurpose the jail to meet community needs: a homeless shelter, mental health office, workforce development site, or educational programming space. The county must release a request for proposals, which will define the limits of the facility’s use for bidders and will require public input under state law.
Add to 📅
Make The Road NJ
Festival Del Pueblo for families rescheduled to Jul. 26 in Newark. The event begins at 9 a.m. at Branch Brook Park. There will be food, music, children’s activities, and activities.
Add to 📅
Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc.
Demonstration against federal funding cuts planned with N.J. Citizen Action on Jul. 26 in Newark. It begins at Military Park at 10 a.m. It advocates for universal healthcare, food equity, affordable childcare, and universal paid leave. There will be activities for children and families. Registration is required.
Add to 📅
New Jersey Citizen Action
“Holding the Center at the Confluence of Crises” course planned with University of Orange starting Jul. 28 online. Attendees will learn resources and tools they can use to navigate crises within their networks and communities. The course will discuss how to deploy strategies to support community recovery and rebuild political power. It meets from 6-7 p.m. on Mondays through Aug. 18. An optional walking tour in Orange is scheduled for Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. Registration is available online.
Add to 📅
University of Orange
REGIONAL NEWS
Ironbound Community Corporation is suing the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission over its approval to construct a fourth power plant in Newark’s Ironbound section. The board voted on the application in June despite years of concerns raised by community members, environmentalists, and municipal leaders. The lawsuit against PVSC was filed by Earthjustice on behalf of ICC. It claims that the power plant will further pollute Newark and that the PVSC failed to consider alternatives to the power plant and community feedback. The $180 million backup power project is the first to be approved since N.J.’s 2023 environmental justice law that intends to block similar construction in communities burdened by polluting infrastructure.
NJ Spotlight News
