The Bloomfield Fire Department has four new firefighters. They are Kevin Negron, Nick Conforti, Addison Valencia and Charles Pierce. Recently graduated from fire academy, they have been on-duty for only a few weeks. According to Chief Lou Venezia, the academy usually has a spring and fall class lasting 12 weeks. His department has 78 career […]
Sponsored by the Department of Recreation, a small, stellar art exhibition of works by resident Tom Wallace is at the Glen Ridge train station, at Ridgewood and Bloomfield avenues, until the end of next month. There are 15 works in the show, mostly tapestries, but also oil paintings and collage. Wallace, 85, a retired Ridgewood […]
Tom Wallace, 85, a retired Ridgewood School District art teacher and 45-year Glen Ridge resident, will be exhibiting his artwork at the Glen Ridge Train Station until the end of August. It is a small show, only 15 works of paintings, textiles and collages. What is surprising is that most were completed more than 60 […]
The classic car display on Broad Street, a Wednesday night summertime staple, had about 30 cars lined up last week. As often the case, owners were more than happy to share information about their metallic pride and joys. Anthony Lopomo sat near his 2006 Cadillac DTS — DeVille Touring Sedan. The car debuted at the […]
Bloomfield celebrated Independence Day at Foley Field on Thursday, July 4, and it was scorchingly hot, one in a string of blisters the past week. Gates opened at 5:30 p.m. when the crowd was predominantly young people until evening when older residents showed. Opening ceremonies, at 7:30 p.m., were by Mayor Ted Gamble who thanked […]
Ralph Conte, Bloomfield’s first Democrat mayor, died April 6, in Hamburg. He was 94 years old. Conte led the 1962 charge against the rock-ribbed Republican council, sweeping into power with Joseph Barry, Richard West and Vincent Rospond. The election gave the Democrats a council majority for the first time. Conte did not run for reelection. […]
With Independence Day upon us, adults at the Glen Ridge Community Pool were recently asked what children should know about the Fourth of July. Nicole Solano said she discussed the Revolutionary War with her oldest child and that America was celebrating its freedom from England. “I used to work for a British company and I […]
Glen Ridge High School held its commencement the evening of June 18, at Hurrell Field. Because of the intense heat of the day, the students, dressed in their traditional formal wear, got into line at the far end of the field, where it was shaded. Then, to “Pomp and Circumstance,” proceeded through the balloon threshold, […]
Bloomfield High School held its 170th commencement on the evening of June 20, at Foley Field. There were 493 names listed in the program. Principal Christopher Jennings, in keeping with BHS tradition, kept his remarks short leaving what remained to be said to the class president, the salutatorian and the valedictorian. And there were moments […]
Demarest Elementary School has been recognized by the New Jersey Educational Association as a restorative justice community and is one of only a few schools in the state receiving this distinction. First, what is restorative justice? This is a method of mitigating disputes between students, and is based on the personal reflection by the students […]