GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Police Department officers apprehended two suspects traveling with $116,000 in checks allegedly stolen from a borough mailbox. The alleged theft and arrest occurred on so-called “tax day,” April 17. Many of the checks were addressed to the IRS. According to GRPD Capt. Sean Quinn, in a telephone interview earlier this […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The fourth annual “Senior Prom,” sponsored by the Bloomfield Board of Health, was held Friday afternoon, April 27, at the Knights of Columbus hall on State Street. Residents from the township and Glen Ridge fed on a wide assortment of foods donated by 18 local restaurants while listening to Vince “The Prince” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School has a nationally ranked fencer. Eleventh-grader Gareth Spiteri, 16, began the sport with the township recreation department during the summer after his promotion from the third grade at Oak View Elementary School. He liked the sport enough to take lessons that paid off. For the last three years, he has […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College students taking a first-year writing course have been uncovering township and school history that may go onto the college website commemorating the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the school. The students are in three classes being taught Assistant Professor Nora McCook, who is in her first year at BC. What her […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Despite the April 10 Appellate Court ruling unfavorable to his client, Bloomfield Duval Corp., attorney Anthony DellaPelle is confident that once the facts are again heard in court before a new jury, the verdict will be the same and his client will prevail. The Appellate Court had agreed with the township of Bloomfield […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A June 21 trial jury in Newark Superior Court is scheduled for four active or retired Bloomfield Police Department officers who are suing the township for alleged discriminatory treatment because they were military reservists. Michael McCracken, Hector Cartagena, Anthony Argento and Michael Frazzano have brought suit against Bloomfield and a host of former […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The board of trustees of the Glen Ridge Country Club will be deciding a replacement tonight for Michael DeRosa who will be finishing his term as club president. In a recent telephone interview, looking back on 2017, he noted that the highlight was when the club was named NJPGA club of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Two Bloomfield firefighters have notified the township that it may be sued because of illegal and harmful working conditions in the Bloomfield Fire Department. Firefighters Steven Malkinski and John Ilaria notified the township March 9 and April 2, respectively. Malkinski alleges that Bloomfield has discriminated against him “over and over again, and has […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A lawsuit between Bloomfield and a private developer regarding the cost of the historic train tunnel on Lackawanna Place has been sent back to trial court by a NJ Appellate Court. A panel of three Appellate Court judges decided 3-0, on April 10, that testimony favorable to Bloomfield, but ruled inadmissible by a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Four Berkeley Elementary School students, who were awarded a second-place finish in a statewide, mock trial competition for fifth-graders, will perform a dramatization of the trial next month at the NJ Law Center, in New Brunswick. The four students are Avery Atexide, Gabriel Caberte, Ella Gulczynski and Samantha Moya. They will play characters […]