Medium Black Bear Sightings Across the Caldwells Sunday Morning

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 11:00am

Credit: Mark Deuer

Updated: Sunday 6:37pm

CALDWELL / NORTH CALDWELL / WEST CALDWELL, NJ - Starting at about 8:30am Sunday morning, callers to police began reporting a small to large sized bear at locations along streets near Mountain Avenue, North Caldwell. North Caldwell Chief of Police Mark Deuer himself saw the bear at Winding Way and also provided a photo. 

 It quickly made its way through:

• Aspen Drive - 8:30am
  
• Skyline Drive
  
• Hemlock Drive
  
• Harding Drive
  
• Winding Way
  
• Park Avenue - 11:25am
• Ella Road - 11:26am
• Caton Terrace - 11:30am
• Mitchell Avenue - 11:40am

As of 11:45am Sunday, the bear has since been spotted on 

• Hillcrest Road
  
• Ravine Avenue - 12:20pm
  
• Myrtle Avenue

At 12:04pm, the bear visited Realtor Jennifer Szewcyk at her Coldwell Banker Office on Bloomfield Avenue, where she took these photos:

As of 1pm Sunday, the bear has been sighted at:

• Crossing Bloomfield Avenue near Pep Boys (#523)  - about 12pm
  
• on Bloomfield Avenue at Coldwell Banker (#484) - at 12:04pm 
• James Caldwell High School - 12:50pm
• Behind Westville Pool - 1pm

Further reading, including how to prevent bears coming to your home, and what to do if you encounter a bear, see:

• Fairfield Residents Report Recent Black Bear Sightings

• Large Black Bear Seen on Big Piece Road, Fairfield, Wednesday, and Horseneck Road, Thursday

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