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Last 14 days

• Subcommittee interviews three board candidates. Bloomfield's Committee on Committees subcommittee interviewed three candidates for town boards and heard a YWCA pitch to diversify volunteer boards, as Beautification Committee chair Sharon Mann said the council never responded to five years of requests for a town horticulturalist.Bloomfield News
• CEC presses for POCD farmland role clarity. Bloomfield's Conservation and Environment Commission learned a state grant for the town center was denied a second time, pushed back on its farmland-preservation role in the draft town plan, and flagged an unresolved bear-feeding complaint members called a public safety issue.Bloomfield News
• Schwab forms advisory panel for town budget. Town Manager Al Schwab launched a new advisory Blue Ribbon Committee on Budget Development, seating six members as Councilor Joe Merritt told the panel the town's revaluation shifted roughly $20 million a year in tax burden from business to residential property owners.Bloomfield News
• Council approves RFP for former GEMS building. The Town Council voted unanimously to seek proposals for the former GEMS school building, appraised at $1.9 million, while debating whether the town should lease or sell outright. Town Clerk Andrea DiStephan separately reported FOIA requests have jumped from 31 in 2024 to 202 so far in 2026.Bloomfield News
• Early voting begins ahead of Nov. 3 election. Early voting for Bloomfield's November 3 general election began October 19, the town said in a release that also detailed voter registration deadlines ahead of the election.Town of Bloomfield
• Limited voter registration session set for Nov. 2. Bloomfield will hold a limited voter registration session on November 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for residents who became eligible by age, citizenship or residence since October 16.Town of Bloomfield

Coming up

• Thu, Oct 22, 7:00 p.m.: Town Plan and Zoning Commission meets. Bloomfield's Town Plan and Zoning Commission holds its regular meeting October 22 at 7 p.m.Town of Bloomfield
• Mon, Oct 26, 7:00 p.m.: Town Council holds next regular meeting. The Bloomfield Town Council holds its next regular meeting October 26 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 800 Bloomfield Avenue.Town of Bloomfield

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