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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Week in Review: Burglaries, Local Playwright Puts on Show, New Spelling Bee Crowned and More

Check out the top stories in Bloomfield this week.

The Bloomfield Police reported a series of burglaries to vehicles and stolen automobiles during the past week in the township.  Bloomfield playwright Nikkole Salter will have have her second play, “Carnaval,” produced at Luna Stage in West Orange beginning at the end of January.  The past week has been no kinder to New Jersey residents suffering from the sniffles, cough and chills of the flu, state officials say, and has led to the death of a fourth state resident, according to an NJ.com report. Click on the link above to find where you can get your flu shot.  There are three open seats on the Bloomfield Board of Education in this year's election.  Candidates can now submit their petitions to run for a seat on the Board of Education. Each …

Monday, January 21, 2013

Essex County Deer Hunt Begins Tuesday

Do you think the county should continue the annual hunt? Let us know by voting in our Patch poll!

  Let the hunt begin.  The sixth year of Essex County's deer management program will begin Tuesday, Jan. 22. The hunt will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays until Feb. 7.  Hunting will take place at South Mountain Reservation today and Thursday, and Jan. 29 in the afternoon only. In addition, hunters will be allowed to track trails in the Hilltop Reservation and the old Essex County Hospital Center site in the mornings and afternoons on Jan 31, and Feb. 5 and 7.  The hunt has also been scaled back this year. The program has been reduced from 24 hunting sessions in 12 days in 2012 to nine sessions in six days this year.  Open/Closed During the deer hunt, the reservations and Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove will be closed.  The following …

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Weekend Patch Poll: Essex County Winter Deer Hunt

As the annual deer management program reaches the midway point, we'd like to know your thoughts.

Essex County is midway through its annual winter deer hunt that started on Jan. 17 in the hopes of curbing the whitetail deer population. Since 2008, volunteer sharpshooters have stationed themselves at platforms in county reservations to cull deer. Last year, the county reported that the efforts had curbed 1,089 deer since the program's beginning. In 2010, the deer hunt spread to three reservations - South Mountain, Eagle Rock and Hilltop. In addition, the county has installed traffic deflectors and started replanting the undergrowth in some of the reservations as additional methods to curb deer. This year's hunt will finish on Feb. 23. Even after four years, some people object to the hunt and say it's inhumane and ineffective. We'd like …

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