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 […]
With a Roaring ‘20s federal prohibition warning posted at its door and a 1930 Packard nearby, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge went all-out Saturday night, Jan. 25, celebrating the centennial of its club house and the blow was the bee’s knees. The soldout event had the imprimatur of the Mayor’s Gala with some 230 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mark the 25th of this month on the calendar. That is when the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge, established in 1905, will host the Mayor’s Gala and kick off the centennial of the dedication of its clubhouse. “I think of this building as a big golden ticket for our community,” said Susan Costa, the club […]
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 — […]
Hear ye, hear ye! Now is the time for New Year’s resolutions.l Befitting the moment, a fair number of local personages, distinguished by their appearance in The Independent Press during the most recently concluded year, were queried as to their 2025 resolutions. This request is far from precedent. According to the Pew Research Center, 30 […]
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 […]