BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield resident has filed a notice of tort claim against the Township Council stemming from allegations that 2nd Ward Councilman Elias Chalet has damaged his reputation. A tort claim is a lawsuit against a public entity or official. Gary Iacobacci alleges that Chalet used his position as a public figure to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Improvements to Essex Avenue will cost Bloomfield and Glen Ridge together about $225,000 more than originally estimated, according to their chief engineers. Bloomfield and Glen Ridge shared the cost of the project because the roadway straddles a borderline with residents of each community living on opposite sides of the street. The added […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Demarest Elementary School student has been named the statewide, first-place winner in a Daughters of the American Revolution story contest. Fifth-grader Genevieve Reoch won for her story on the DAR-determined topic, “A Colonial Family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act.” The DAR selected this topic because March 22, 2015, marked the 250th anniversary […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield taxpayers may be paying an additional $98 dollars per average-assessed home if the proposed municipal and school budgets are both approved. The proposed municipal budget estimates a tax increase of $16 for the average-assessed home. The school budget estimates a tax increase of $30.60 per $100,000 for the same home. This would […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A sophomore member of the Bloomfield High School track team collapsed during practice at Foley Field on Tuesday, March 8, when her heart apparently stopped. The girl, Ava Covington, was revived by a coach using a defibrillator and performing CPR. She is now hospitalized at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, in New York, where she […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Women’s Club hosted its eighth annual My Favorite Doll Tea on Sunday, March 13. According to Jill Simmons, the club president for the last two years, the tea has become such an integral club event that it seems to have been around for much longer. The tea has been […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School took second place in a NJ Interscholastic STEM League competition hosted by the school on Friday, March 4. Members of the home team were seniors Alyssa Maquiling and Jacob Gayatinea; sophomores Grace Perrotta and Daven Howard; and freshman Michael Brzostek. The STEM advisor is BHS teacher Michael Warholak. STEM is […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The music director of the Glen Ridge Congregational Church, Tom Mustachio, will have to be ready for anything Friday night as he improvises the score for a screening of the 1927 silent film epic, “King of Kings” on an organ. Seated behind the screen, he will view the movie on a monitor […]
But Venezia says he’ll run for a second term
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Democratic Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia has been denied his party’s endorsement for the upcoming primary scheduled for Tuesday, June 7. In his place, Bloomfield Democratic Chairman Peter Stromolo has given Councilman Joe Lopez the party line for the mayoral run. Councilwoman Nina Davis and Councilman Carlos Pomares, who, along with Lopez, were part […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School third-grade teachers from left, Laura Salamone, Rachel Mazzetta, and Shannon Alteiri. All 60 third-graders performed in the third-annual Black History Month Museum of Wax. Clockwise from below right are Noeli Brito, as Patricia Bath, educator, inventor and eye doctor; Marian Hess scores as Reece ‘Goose’ Tatum; Londyn Langford is […]