Classrooms were silent and hallways empty but Bloomfield School District maintenance and custodial workers, together with outside contractors, were at work over the summer preparing for the next school year. Although work was done at each district school, the big ticket item for the district, one which should impress people for years to come, is […]
The Mosaic Dance Theater Company is currently at work on a new production which will have its world premiere Nov. 4 and 5 at the First Congregational Church of Montclair. The production is titled “Alhayat Raksa,” or “Life is a Dance,” and will be directed by the company founder and artistic director, Morgiana Celeste Varricchio. […]
A Bloomfield native recently won a third place medal in the grueling 32-mile Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championships in Hawaii. Mark Spagnuolo, 38, a Bloomfield High School graduate and swimming champion, placed third in the 30-39 age group, in the July 30 race, which took place about a week before the wildfires on Maui, […]
Glen Ridge held its National Night Out at the community pool Thursday evening, Aug. 3. The country wide event began in 1984 as a law enforcement effort to restore safety to neighborhood streets by filling them with residents, hometown organizations and activities. But the genesis for National Night Out, according to its website, began in […]
Bloomfield held its National Night Out at Vassar Field on Tuesday evening, Aug. 1. The country-wide event began in 1984 as a law enforcement effort to restore safety to neighborhood streets by filling them with residents, hometown organizations and activities. But the genesis for National Night Out, according to its website, began in 1970 in […]
The Glen Ridge Public Library hosted a talk Tuesday, July 25, by Donald Yates, a former borough resident who spoke of his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer, from 1962-64, in the Philippines. He has written about his experiences in a book titled, “A Journey for Peace; A Journey of Peace.” Yates, who was a […]
The Friends of Watsessing Park Conservancy held its annual pollinator event Saturday morning, July 15. Activities included a talk on local native plants by Bloomfield Councilman Richard Rockwell, but the morning’s highlight was the vibrant butterfly garden adjacent to the lawn bowling court near the Maolis Avenue entrance. Here visitors could marvel at an abundance […]
Summertime celebrations in Bloomfield Center are not over yet, but one crowd-pleaser is. The Bloomfield Center Alliance, a non-profit community development organization, hosted its final 2023 Classic Car Shows at Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue. The curbside exhibit is a popular opportunity for vintage car owners, from Bloomfield and beyond, to have their four-wheeled pride […]
Gas Lamp Teens will present “Heathers, the Musical: Teen Edition,” a black-comedy portraying high school students in a cauldron of bullying, shaming, sexuality and murder, stirred by three really bad girls at fictitious Westerberg High School in Ohio. The show, based on a 1989 movie, had its Off-Broadway premiere in 2018 and has been a […]
Bloomfield Police Chief George Ricci said so himself in a July 11 interview at headquarters: The number of recent catalytic converter thefts in Bloomfield was “a crazy amount, three or four a night.” He continued: “The number of thefts is high in Essex County and the state,” he said. “But I did something different.” What […]