BLOOMFIELD, NJ — With district classrooms headed into their second week of the new academic year, Bloomfield High School has 1,902 students registered, Principal Chris Jennings said in an interview last week at the school. There are 508 freshmen, 468 sophomores, 482 juniors and 444 seniors. “The freshman class is growing,” he said. Jennings, who […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — School is under way for another year and six teachers, brand new to the district, have joined Principal Alla Vayda-Manzo’s staff at Bloomfield Middle School. In an interview earlier this week, Vayda-Manzo, who is beginning her seventh year as principal, said there will also be two new courses offered as electives to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Celebration Sunday was observed Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church, with worship followed by an annual picnic on the lawn. The outdoor get-together gave church members the chance to continue their weekly chats with old friends, share some gossip with those who were away for the summer and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident Anatalia Faith Pena was remembered at two public events in the past week. A requiem Mass at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Montclair on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and a candlelight vigil was held in her memory at Foley Field on Sunday, Sept. 8. A Class of 2018 Bloomfield High School […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — With Bloomfield schools now open, faculty and students are about to embrace new ways of teaching and learning. According to Superintendent Salvatore Goncalves, a key element in the curriculum will be the student’s social and emotional development. Each elementary school principal was interviewed in their office last week about programs new to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Fire Department is working on a new strategic plan that will be an operational blueprint for the next three to five years. The department has recently been holding meetings with stakeholders and on Wednesday, Aug. 28, there was one such meeting held in the Mayor’s Conference Room to hear concerns […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Because of the rain, most everyone with plans for the Glen Ridge Community Pool this past Labor Day did not show and only one diehard did for his customary laps. Summer returned in the afternoon, but by then it was too late for anyone to enjoy it except for the staff. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield filmmaker is scheduled to receive some public recognition in the coming months. Tom Ryan, whose film shorts anthology, “The Theatre of Terror,” has received accolades at film festivals, will be honored by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders for his film achievements in a Sept. 11 ceremony at Montclair […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield schools are preparing to open their doors and Superintendent of Schools Sal Goncalves could not be happier. Entering his 43rd year in the district and seventh as superintendent of schools, the word to describe him these days, he said, would be “optimistic.” “The last six years have been financially responsible,” he […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School will have a number of new staff members this coming school year. In the science department will be biology instructor Lindsey Downey. Following the retirement in June of Vincent Timpanaro after 51 years at GRHS, Kate Pritchard will take over photography instruction and yearbook production. Principal John […]