BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A township couple has started a nonprofit organization with the hope of saving family pets caught in house fires. “We obviously love animals,” David Tucker Jr. said of himself and his wife, Elaina Unnasch, in the living room of their Mill Street home Sunday, Jan. 21. “We wanted to do something to help […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The sentencing of former Bloomfield Councilman Elias Chalet, scheduled in Newark Superior Court for Friday, Jan. 19, has been adjourned to Friday, Feb. 23. No reason for the postponement was provided by the state Office of the Attorney General, when contacted. The sentencing has been delayed numerous times. Chalet, 55, was indicted Jan. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield residents, assisted by those from surrounding communities, paid homage on Saturday morning, Jan. 13, to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by taking part in the fourth annual MLK/Bloomfield Day of Service. The event was an opportunity for volunteers to make a difference by improving the township infrastructure. In the past, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Ridgewood Avenue School received 48 tickets at the beginning of the 2017 professional football season from the New York Jets. The tickets were for students who exhibited outstanding behavior. The “Upstander of the Week Program” is in its second year for the Jets. It is an effort to recognize schools that combat […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 16th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration was held Monday, Jan. 15, in its customary setting, the New Light Baptist Church. The proceedings were hosted by Bloomfield Councilwoman Wartyna Davis on the exact date of what would have been King’s 89th birthday. The invocation was given by Deacon Robert […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A third-grade class teacher at Watsessing Elementary School is using a behavioral communications computer program that allows parents to log in and find out if their child is being naughty or nice, in real time. The system also allows the parent to respond to the teacher about reported behavior. The program, which essentially […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The New Year brought the tri-state region its first snowstorm on Thursday, Jan. 4, and according to the director of Bloomfield Public Works and Parks, Anthony Nesto, his department did “relatively well.” Bloomfield traffic and pedestrians were kept moving, but with temperatures constantly in the teens or below, there were some mechanical problems […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Miss Essex County Area Scholarship Pageant is getting a second chance. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Bloomfield Middle School, it abruptly had to be cancelled because a contestant dropped out. The new date is Feb. 3. It will again be held at the middle school, but it will also […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Horace Ashenfelter III, 94, Olympic gold medalist and Glen Ridge resident, has died. His son James said his father died peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 6, in West Orange. A top American runner from the late ‘40s into the ‘50s, Ashenfelter won the Gold Medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in the 3,000 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Dec. 4 letter alleging discriminatory and dangerous working conditions in the Bloomfield Fire Department has resulted in an investigation into the conduct of Deputy Fire Chief Lou Venezia, the brother of Mayor Michael Venezia. The investigation, by an outside law firm, was confirmed in a Jan. 5 email to this newspaper by […]