GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A winter storm coupled with a nor‘easterner deposited up to 12-inches of snow in Bloomfield and Glen Ridge on Wednesday, March 7. The combined results of snow and moisture produced the toughest storm the public works departments of both communities have faced in memory, according to their directors. “As far since I’ve […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Nutley Little Theatre presented a reading of “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Sunday, March 11. At the Little Theatre, readings alternate with stage productions with the readings being presented one time while stagings have a number of performances. The readings, which are free to the public, typically occur in October, January, March and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield resident was found fatally shot Monday morning, March 12, on the sidewalk along Milbank Park, on North 17th Street. Aristedes Statiroudis, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:57 a.m., according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly, of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Bloomfield Public Safety Director Sam DeMaio, in […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A memorial service for former Glen Ridge Municipal Judge Joseph Connolly, 79, will be held Saturday, March 24, 1 p.m., in the Glen Ridge Congregational Church. Connolly died Feb. 13, 2018. He presided in Glen Ridge for 32 years and in Bloomfield for six years. In a recent interview with his wife, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Read Across America, a celebration of reading, was recognized by Bloomfield elementary schools last week with a schedule of activities promoting childhood literacy. The weeklong festivity commemorates the March 2 birthday of children’s story author Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. First responders, secondary school students and local celebrities visited the elementary schools […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield playwright has written a play about the 1921 destruction, by white rioters, of the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. Greenwood was the prosperous northern area of Tulsa where the residents were black. Its story is a little-known chapter in American race relations that playwright Cilque Brown has brought to life with […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield will be well-represented in the upcoming 16th annual Garden State Film Festival as two township residents have entered the competition and will have their work screened before a wide audience. The two filmmakers — Francesco Nuzzi and Tom Ryan — are both young, ambitious, and still learning their trade, hoping to someday […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Instances of mail theft or attempted theft have been reported in Essex, Union, Bergen, Middlesex and Passaic counties, according to the US Postal Service. Street mailboxes are the targets. The theft is worked with a bead of glue placed inside the mailbox flap to snare envelopes before they fall into the mailbox chamber. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The nor’easter that blew through New Jersey on March 2 left little snow, but a good deal of damage, with downed trees and power lines. Pictured, Maplewood resident Joan Crystal poses with a downed tree in front of her Courter Avenue home. The township tree at the corner of Prospect Avenue toppled […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Twenty schools from the NJ Interscholastic STEM League participated in a competition held at Bloomfield High School on Thursday, Feb. 22. It was quite a showing with five students per team working at cluttered tables while teachers and curious STEM judges roamed. The event was held in the first-floor gym called the Pit. […]