GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School continued its visiting Chinese student program this year when 35 pupils from Shanghai Nan Hui Senior High School the school visited during the final week of September. In the past, the students attended class for five days while remaining with host parents in town, but this recent […]
GLEN RIDGE,NJ — The Gas Lamp Junior Players will be performing the full-length Broadway production of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” at Ridgewood Avenue School from Nov. 22 to 24. Co-directed by Heather Ballantyne and Erin Dilly, this is the first time the juniors will be attempting a two-and-a-half-hour hour production instead of the shorter, one act […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 2018 state law abolishing the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and requiring county and local law enforcement agencies to enforce cruelty laws has been taken a step further by the Bloomfield Division of Public Safety. The current law requires all municipalities to appoint at least one […]
NUTLEY, NJ — An exhibition of 34 historic Nutley photographs from the 1890s is currently on display in the Nutley Museum. The images, which have not been seen for more than a century, are the work of N.F. Carryl, a printer by trade, who married into the locally prominent Kingsland family. Nutley historian John Demmer, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A free class that teaches volunteers how to crochet mats from plastic bags will be held tonight, Thursday, Oct. 3, in the Civic Center, from 6 to 8 p.m. It will be repeated Friday, Oct. 18, at the same hour. The word “volunteers’ is being used because this is a community service […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Brookdale Reformed Church has initiated an emergency fund drive for this year and next to help with building repairs. A special meeting was held following the Sunday service Sept. 29, to discuss the necessity for replacing half the church roof. The section to be removed is beneath solar panels that were […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Friends of the Glen Ridge Library hosted its fourth annual Townwide Yard Sale on Saturday, Sept. 28, to raise money for library programs and services. Friends President Jan Rohal hoped to make $5,000 from the event, which brought residents to their driveways with a plethora of items while their kids […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A lot of friendship building and comradery went on in Bloomfield schools last week as students engage in planned activities to highlight “Start With Hello Week,” an initiative focusing on removing the barriers of social isolation among students. The five-day event, which began Monday and ends Friday, is the creation of Sandy […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Hispanic Heritage Month was commemorated by the Bloomfield Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 21, with a music program by percussionist Manny Montanez, who played the congas. A small but appreciative audience heard him perform for an hour as he sang mostly in Spanish, accompanied by a selection of prerecorded instrumental tracks. “My […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 30th anniversary of the ordination of the Rev. Ruth Boling of the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green was celebrated at the church on Sunday, Sept. 15. Earlier this week, Boling spoke about her years at the church and the need for a minister to keep up with the times by […]