BLOOMFIELD, NJ — St. Thomas the Apostle School’s annual Breakfast With Santa was well attended Saturday, Dec. 14; in one room there was the breakfast and in another were activities and a DJ. The association will sponsor a Bunny Breakfast at Easter Time.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Editor’s note: Late last week this newspaper visited the Job Haines Home and asked residents to share Christmas memories. The responses came quickly. Maureen Sheridan said she was an all-Ireland ballroom dancing champion, winning three consecutive titles. Her Christmas memories go back to the Dublin suburb of Whitehall. “St. Stephen’s holiday, the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Dinosaurs seem to just come his way, according to Bloomfield resident Dean Cole. Sure, as a kid he liked drawing T-Rex and brontosaurus, and he developed into a pretty good draftsman. But much later on, in 2012, a friend working for a Maryland dinosaur park asked him to provide illustrations for an […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Senior Golden Circle, which is sponsored by the borough-sponsored, held its annual holiday party on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Glen Ridge Senior-Community Center at the Ridgewood Avenue Train Station. It was a relaxed and festive event, with melodies played by keyboardist Arnie Abrams. The group sang traditional […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In a recent interview, former Bloomfield educator and personnel director Heather Carr gave a quick rundown of her activities since retiring in 2015 after 22 years of serving the district. She said eight months following her retirement as Berkeley Elementary School principal she was hired as an interim elementary school principal at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The dozen or so fir trees near the altar of St. Thomas the Apostle Church gave the air a fragrance of forest and Christmas last Saturday morning. It was quite a sight to see so many trees in a single holiday setting, Father Larry Fama said. But it is like this every […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School brought holiday cheer to an audience of family and friends with its annual winter concert Friday, Dec. 13. The curtain went up with the sixth-grade band, under the baton of Jeff Dieterle, performing “Winterscape” and “Deck the Halls,” followed by the sixth-grade orchestra playing “Jingle Bells” and “Jolly Old […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Rev. Diana Wilcox returned to Christ Episcopal Church at the end of September after a three month sabbatical. Her time away from the Glen Ridge congregation was required by the Episcopal Church, which gives ministers the opportunity to refresh and revive themselves every five to seven years. Wilcox paid for […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Frances M. McLaughlin Division of Nursing at Bloomfield College has been recognized by assessor Skyfactor Benchworks for its ability to use data to advance the goals of its program, it was announced Oct. 23. The division is one of four nursing schools in its group to receive an Assessment and Impact […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Center Alliance is hoping to change the impression that people have about the township as they travel on Bloomfield Avenue under the Garden State Parkway. The site is an inhospitable no man’s land now being considered as a critical gateway into developing Bloomfield Center. “The overpass divides the eastern and […]