BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Democrat Councilman Joseph Lopez, the mayoral candidate who was removed from the Essex County Democratic Committee party line last week for the June 7 primary election and replaced by incumbent Mayor Michael Venezia, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that he was attempting to find support to have his name reinstated on […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Middle School eighth-grade gifted and talented class of John Shanagher has won the 2016 Law Adventure competition sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Adventure. Competition judging is based on an original mock trial case created by the students. According to Shanagher, more than 130 schools participated this year. The competition […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield will hold its second Senior Prom on Friday, April 8. The free event is open to all Bloomfield resident, 60 and older. It will be at the Bloomfield High School cafeteria, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Paula Peikes, supervisor of Human Services for the township, said registration is required. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The students of Fairview Elementary School filled 26 homeroom piggy banks with nearly $1,500 in change in February. Their effort was to provide families of children diagnosed with cancer with a little financial relief through the Fighting Children’s Cancer Foundation. The foundation provided the banks and now will throw a pizza party to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Walter Oliver, a former Glen Ridge resident now living just over the border in Montclair, recalled recently when photography became more than just snapping pictures to him. Oliver, who is currently on a website created by Glen Ridge High School art teacher Anne Malone listing local artists for her students, said photography […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College has received a $10,000 grant from the NJ Council for the Humanities for a series of campus literary events to take place April 14 to 16. The series is called “Writing from the Margins” and the grant application was co-written by Jon Terri Gadsden, an assistant professor of creative writing; and […]
BLOOMFIELD — Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia will run in the upcoming June 7 Democratic primary election under the Essex County Democratic Committee banner. Venezia was given the party line by Democratic County Chairman Leroy Jones on Thursday, March 31, according to both men. The party line had originally been given to Councilman Joseph Lopez […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Ava Covington returned to her Dewey Street home on Friday, March 25. The Bloomfield High School sophomore had collapsed at Foley Field during track practice, Tuesday, March 7, when her heart apparently stopped. Quick-thinking coaches revived her using a defibrillator and administering CPR. The girl underwent open heart surgery on March 22 at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — During the past several years, Van Tassel Funeral Home, located on Belleville Avenue and the longest-established funeral home in Bloomfield, has positioned itself as a community center, offering local residents programs that include chanting, grief counseling, aromatherapy and Pet Memorial Day. On Palm Sunday, March 20, Van Tassel had a European Easter egg […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A defamation case which Bloomfield developer Bill Colgan brought against an attorney representing his interests has been settled. Colgan is the developer of Glenwood Villages in the downtown six-point area. In a statement by Colgan, the settlement was favorable “and closes the book on a series of events involving an attempt to damage […]