BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School will present “Pippin” as its winter musical next week, in four performances scheduled Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 22 to 25. It will be staged in the high school auditorium. The show has a cast of 32 students including four freshmen, according to Brandon Doemling, the BHS theater instructor directing the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Chief Municipal Court Judge Wilfredo Benitez filed a formal response Feb. 9 to three ethics violation charges against him following his DUI arrest after being found asleep in his car, on a westbound shoulder of Route 80, by two NJ State Troopers. This occurred Nov. 12, 2016, in Teaneck. Included in his […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Carteret Elementary School celebrated the opening of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with a celebration of its own on Thursday, Feb. 8. The activity was festive with songs, paper flags, and promotional films on winter Olympic events, and South Korea, where PyeongChang is located. But the highlight was the appearance of an actual […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A group of Bloomfield residents participated in a “celebrity read” sponsored by the United Way on Tuesday, Feb 6. The venue was First Avenue School, in Newark, and the person who brought everyone together was former Bloomfield councilwoman Janice Litterio-Frazzano who as 1st Ward councilwoman, was known as Janice Maly. In a recent […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — After 45 years at the Glen Ridge Municipal Building, Stephen Berry retired as municipal court administrator Dec. 31, 2017. Berry grew up on Sherman Avenue with Mountainside Hospital in his background and attended Glen Ridge High School, Class of 1970. He began his employment with the borough as court clerk in January […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — An appeal by the township of a June 3, 2016, jury verdict which valued the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place at $2.9 million commenced in Trenton this past Tuesday morning, Feb. 13. The appeal was heard at the Superior Court of NJ, Appellate Division. The township, which condemned the property and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Give Kids A Smile Day, a national American Dental Association effort to provide children with free oral care on the first Friday of February, was observed Friday, Feb. 2, in Bloomfield and Glen Ridge at two venues. In Bloomfield, 24 children were given an exam, cleaning and fluoride treatment at KinderSmile Foundation and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Police Department promoted 10 officers and appointed 14 new officers at a ceremony held at St. Thomas Church on Friday, Jan. 26. Lts. Gary Peters and Vincent Kearney were promoted to the rank of captain. Peters, formerly in charge of special operations, will now be commander of patrols. Kearney, who headed […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The George Street Playhouse Players returned to Watsessing Elementary School on Friday, Feb. 2, with “The New Kid,” a play about bullying and acceptance of differences. The 45-minute show was performed by a four-member troupe that last visited the school in December with a musical about healthy eating. As with the musical, the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The 72nd Glen Ridge Antiques Show had a successful two-day run at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church on Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3, according to show manager Dorothy Waldt. “Attendance was up, I want to say, 15 percent,” she said earlier this week. “And the dealers did very well.” Waldt […]