Posts Tagged ‘Essex County’

Jun

2010

Bloomfield Side Roads get a Tree-gasm

Image by GLEN FRIESON reposted from NorthJersey.com

Broad Street and Hoover Avenue are getting treed-out (think blinged out but with well, trees). Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (a Essex County Executive), the New Jersey Tree Foundation and my lovely township of Bloomfield have announced the planting of approximately 115 trees along the two previously mentioned main drags.”Planting trees along our county roads enhances the aesthetics of our streets, makes our neighborhoods more inviting and, most importantly, strengthens the health of our local environment,” said DiVincenzo to North Jersey.com.

Work began on April 13th and continued until April 15th. Multiple indigenous species were plated including: crabapple, locust, maple and cherry trees while Bloomfield provided the 5-0 patrols to control traffic.

Go Bloomfield! We are now in our 10th year of being “Tree City USA” recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation and we plan to keep it that way!

Via NorthJersey.com

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Jun

2010

Farmers Markets Start to Open Across New Jersey

Saturday marked the opening of many farmers markets in Jersey and we attended the Montclair Farmers Market at the Walnut Street Train Station.

Since most of the vegetables that are available right now are hot house lettuces and tomatoes, we focused on the ready made foods that were available and had quite a feast!

: Apple Cider Doughnuts from Tree-licious Orchards

: Polish Specialties and Fresh Asparagus and Sourdough Spelt Bread

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May

2010

Tour de Montclair 2010

The 8th annual Tour de Montclair was held on May 16th, 2010 with 1200 riders in attendance. Riders had a choice of three routes. A car-free loop of 1.2 miles around Brookdale Park, an on-road route through the town of about 8 miles, and a longer, 12-mile route around Montclair. Here is a time-lapse video of the complete 12-mile route:

http://bikewalkmontclair.org/

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May

2010

Bloomfield Steak House, Bloomfield – Review

I went out for a special birthday meal this week and as with most special meals we ended up at Bloomfield Steak House.
Located on Franklin Street in Bloomfield, just off the Bloomfield Ave. Parkway exit, it’s one of the first homes in Bloomfield and has a history that includes once being a stop on the Underground Railroad.