Seniors hang out and do what they want

Seniors hang out and do what they want

A senior group so brand new that it does not even have a name yet is currently meeting at the Oakeside Cultural Center on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, noon to 3 p.m. An outreach program run by the Bloomfield Department of Human Service, but also open to non-residents, it is a fully democratic endeavor whereby […]

Honoring MLK with a day of service

Honoring MLK with a day of service

A day of community service was held at Christ Episcopal Church of Bloomfield and Glen Ridge on Saturday morning, Jan. 18. The annual event, held in observance of Martin Luther King Day, benefitting local charities was initiated in Bloomfield, but the Glen Ridge church, as it often does, opened its doors to neighbors. “Our parish […]

Professor recalled as scholar, yeoman

Professor recalled as scholar, yeoman

Jean Alvares, a former member of the Bloomfield Open Space Committee who helped to establish community gardens at Pulaski and Milhouse parks, and was a Montclair State University professor of classics and humanities, died at home Jan. 16, after a long illness. He was remembered by residents and colleagues as an erudite, but a down-to-earth […]

Fair connects people to services

Fair connects people to services

Carteret Elementary School held its first Wellness Fair on Saturday morning, Jan. 11, in the school gym with about a dozen health care providers on hand. The event was sponsored by the school’s Cultural Committee and coordinated by sixth-grade special education teacher Gianna Allegretti. She cited a language barrier among the Carteret population as one […]

Giving blood is lovely at Women’s Club

Giving blood is lovely at Women’s Club

While January is National Blood Donor Month, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge traditionally has had a blood drive and did Sunday, Jan. 11. The blood was collected by the NY Blood Center and according to Sharon Harms, the chairwoman of the club’s Community Service Department, 67 donors preregistered. She ran the drive with Carmen […]

Lady Bengalettes in the house

Lady Bengalettes in the house

Recently inaugurated, a squad of Bloomfield High School girls called the Lady Bengalettes have taken to the gym floor during boys and girls basketball games to energize fans with majorette dancing. According to the group’s founder and advisor, Dorcas Allen, a business education teacher at the school, majorette dance combines a variety of styles — […]

Seeking the truth about her father

Seeking the truth about her father

Informed that she was conceived through artificial insemination, a borough resident has produced a movie documenting the search for her biological father which is currently being streamed on Amazon Prime, PBS and later this month on Tubi. Titled “Missed Conceptions,” the 87-minute movie was made by Donna Marvin-Platt who was 30 when her mother told […]

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