BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield officially opened a small park at Oaktree Lane on Saturday, May 14. Called a pocket park because of its size, its location was once a route for the Morris Canal. The dried bed of the former waterway and forgotten mule path is now a trail for hikers, having been cleared of a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has asked two police organizations to conduct a study of its own police practices for motor-vehicle stops. According to Mayor Michael Venezia, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and the National Coalition of Latino Officers, will conduct the study. The decision is a result of a report issued last month […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The most recent Uniform Crime Report, released April 29 by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, shows a slight decrease in crime in Bloomfield, from 2013 to 2014. However, more recent statistics provided by the Bloomfield Police Department indicate that, overall, crime decreased significantly from 2014 to 2015 with the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Police Department held its second awards ceremony in the Council Chambers on Thursday, May 5. The awards were of two types: for valor, and for excellent police duty. Altogether, 26 awards were given out to 22 officers, four distinguished themselves by winning in both categories. The awards were for actions taken […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The most recent Uniform Crime Report, released April 29 by the NJ Office of the Attorney General, shows that while criminal activity in Glen Ridge remained low and stable, incidents of non-violent crimes did increase while violent crimes decreased. Comparing 2013 to 2014 According to the 2014 UCR, the total crime index, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Court papers filed in Newark Superior Court on April 21 allege that an elderly man residing in Felicity Tower was “cooked alive” and his wife permanently injured from excessive temperatures coming from the heating unit of their dwelling. According to the documents, Aniello DiNapoli, 82, and his wife, Immaculate, 77, were found by […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education unanimously passed its 2016-2017 budget Tuesday, April 26. Homeowners with an average-assessed Bloomfield residence of $270,000 will be paying $82 more in school taxes next year to educate township children. The general operating budget for the schools will be $94 million. This is a 3.42 percent increase over […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Earth Day was celebrated in at least two Glen Ridge locations last week. At Linden Avenue School on Friday, April 29, the Home and School Association held its first Earth Day Festival at 3 p.m. Beth Mikros, the association president, said this new event will work well with the established Harvest Festival: […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield celebrated National Arbor Day on Friday, April 29, with the planting of an elm tree on The Green. The tree was part of a $20,000 Green Streets grant awarded to the township by TD Bank. The funds provided Bloomfield with about 40 trees. All but one, the elm planted on The Green, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College has announced that it will be the first college in New Jersey to provide high school students with the opportunity to earn college scholarships as early as freshman year in high school. Students would be able to do this by joining a relatively new platform called Raise.me. The platform would allow […]