Van Tassel Funeral Home, on Belleville Avenue, held its eighth annual Pet Memorial Day on Sunday, Sept. 8. The second Sunday in September is designated as National Pet Memorial Day, an observance established in 1972 by the International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories. The day has provided people with the opportunity to remember their […]
There are no coincidences in deep space. So while Sunday, Sept. 8, was National Star Trek Day, the date in 1966 when the world was introduced to Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and the Starship Enterprise, the current month-long Star Trek memorabilia exhibit at the Glen Ridge Public Library is just a coincidence, according to Bob […]
Why must summer end? Well, it must and at the Glen Ridge Community Pool on Labor Day weekend, particularly Monday, Sept. 2, folks were reconciled to a final splash. When asked if they had thoughts about the passing season and what it meant to them, they said they did. Adam Wasserman said that, during the […]
The two Bloomfield Republicans running for township offices in November’s general election hosted a “meet and greet” on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Angelo’s Restaurant and Pizzeria, on Broad Street. David G. Tucker, who is running for mayor, and Russell Mollica, a candidate for an at-large council seat, attracted about 60 supporters to their first public […]
The school district never sleeps so, naturally, its personnel are kept busy during the summer. There was building maintenance to be done and envisioned changes to the curriculum enacted, according to the district’s business administrator, Vicky Guo, and the supervisor of buildings and grounds, Joseph Scazafave. At Bloomfield High School, there were installations of new […]
Mosaic Dance Theater Co., the Glen Ridge troupe dedicated to the dance movements and folklore of the Mediterranean region — the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, will be performing at Freeman Gardens on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. The show will be a 30-minute excerpt taken from the complete 90-minute performances of […]
The Bloomfield Fire Department held its second annual Girls on Fire day camp for fourth- and fifth-grade girls on the mornings of Aug. 14 and 15 at its East Passaic Avenue fire station. With all the mental focus, exercise and teamwork involved, acquanting energetic 9- and 10-year-old girls with a firefighter’s job on a summer’s […]
Every new school year has its curriculum initiatives and with September knocking, first-year school superintendent Kyle Arlington gave this newspaper a heads-up on what parents can anticipate. Arlington, the former superintendent of the Kenilworth school district, naturally said he was looking forward to his new job. Starting out, he has been engaged in conversations with […]
School district rooms and hallways continue to be busy places this summer as the custodial staff of Robert Gomes, the schools’ supervisor of buildings and grounds, prepares for September and the arrival of students. Five buildings have work being done. At the high school, a new drop ceiling is in place in anticipation of the […]
Van Tassel Funeral Home hosted its fourth annual butterfly release ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 10. Its purpose was a symbolic letting go of personal grief and other emotional burdens brought on by the death of a loved one. The event has grown since its pre-COVID inception, with 35 people in attendance this time and fluttering […]