Bloomfield HS girls basketball team defeats Verona for third straight win

Bloomfield HS girls basketball team defeats Verona for third straight win

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team won its third straight game with a 37-31 home victory over Verona on Jan. 4. Chiara Hilario had 13 points; Lucy Heyman had six points; Stella Schmidt and Nyra Brown each had five points; Ashley Martinez had four points and Gabrielle Kot and Aliyah Sanchez […]

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team moves to 3-0

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team moves to 3-0

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 57-46 win over Clifton on Dec. 23 in Clifton. Senior Ramuel Gotrasse scored 23 points, including four 3-pointers, with seven rebounds, two assists and one steal, and junior Shayne Hinton had 18 points, three steals and two […]

Bloomfield HS indoor track and field teams excel at the Essex County Relays

Bloomfield HS indoor track and field teams excel at the Essex County Relays

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School indoor track and field teams gave solid performances at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships on Dec. 30 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. On the girls’ side, the 4-x-800-meter relay team — Isabella Copeck, Rylie Sayers, Ashley Toro and Emily Haraka — came […]

Irvington HS girls indoor track and field team finishes in third place at Essex County Relays

Irvington HS girls indoor track and field team finishes in third place at Essex County Relays

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls indoor track and field team enjoyed stellar performances at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships on Dec. 30 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. IHS finished in third place overall. The 4-x-200-meter and 4-x-400-meter relay teams both finished in first place, in 1:49.86 […]

District discusses layered approach to teaching unvarnished U.S. history

District discusses layered approach to teaching unvarnished U.S. history

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange–Maplewood School District social studies supervisor Christopher Preston gave an update on curriculum to the Board of Education’s Curriculum Committee on Dec. 14, saying that grade-level proficiencies were created by the district in 2019 for kindergarten through 12th grade and aligned with the state Amistad curriculum. “This actually goes beyond […]

June Wilson

June Wilson, 78 of Bloomfield, NJ entered eternal life on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Mountainside Medical Center, Montclair. Born on June 9, 1943, in Union City, NJ, she lived much of her life in North Bergen, Fort Lee and Jersey City until moving to Whiting, NJ in 2002 when she retired and then moved […]

John T. Barry

John T. Barry, age 73, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2021, at his home in Nutley, NJ surrounded by his family. “Jack” was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA to the late Eugene and Antoinette Barry (nee Virginis). In 1952, his family moved to Glen Ridge, NJ. He graduated from Glen Ridge High School in 1966. […]