Bloomfield remembers its fallen

Bloomfield remembers its fallen

Bloomfield held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26. The unofficial first day of summer was weather-wise a very pleasant invitation to the upcoming sultry and occasionally purgatorial weather in store for township residents without recourse to a private pool or the Jersey shore. The parade attracted a good crowd along Broad Street, […]

Hitting all the right notes

Hitting all the right notes

The school district of Bloomfield has been recognized, for the fourth consecutive year, by the NAMM Foundation, which is the charitable arm of the National Association of Music Merchants, the global trade association for the music products industry. The string of accolades began under the former supervisor of fine and performing arts, Jen Khoury, and […]

GRHS junior shares her love of reading

GRHS junior shares her love of reading

Meera Mehta, a Glen Ridge High School junior, has collected more than 30,000 books in the last three years to give to children, from economically disadvantaged families, the opportunity to read at home. She calls her effort Novel Futures. “I started Novel Futures because I’ve always loved reading and have been lucky enough to have […]

Road resurfacing, water line replacement, retail additions highlight town’s progress

Road resurfacing, water line replacement, retail additions highlight town’s progress

Progress in Bloomfield has been extensive over the last year. In 2024, the engineering department resurfaced 3.3 linear miles of roadway. This year, another 18 streets will be resurfaced. “Many of these projects include stormwater drainage improvements, installation of new curbing, traffic signal upgrades and installation of ADA compliant handicap ramps at the intersections,” said […]

Gala celebrates Aftercare Program

Gala celebrates Aftercare Program

A gala, for the Aftercare Program taking place daily at Carteret Elementary School, was held at Oakeside Cultural Center on Thursday, May 8. It was the third annual gala although the program, for special education K-8 children, has been active for more than 25 years. According to Gladys Navas, a Carteret paraprofessional who is the […]

Musical director heading south

Musical director heading south

The musical director of the Church on the Green, Tim Witzel, 35, resigned his position effective April 30 citing the cost of living in New Jersey. He was director for almost 10 years. “I’m leaving for some opportunity in Kentucky that I simply didn’t have here,” he said last week in the church chapel after […]

Busy season at Carteret Elementary

Busy season at Carteret Elementary

Carteret Elementary School was a hive of activity on Friday, April 25. Preparations for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment tests in mathematics and language arts were underway. These standardized state tests were scheduled for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Earth Day, nationally commemorated Tuesday, April 22, was also observed last Friday at the school and […]

Universal preschool coming to town

Universal preschool coming to town

The Bloomfield School District is about to embark on universal preschooling for township children. Revised application requirements for a state grant was the motivating factor behind the decisive April 8 vote by the board of education giving Bloomfield Schools Superintendent Sal Goncalves the green light to apply for a grant. “The governor’s mandate has changed,” […]