BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Township Council reorganized at the Municipal Building on Wednesday, Jan. 3, swearing into office its three ward council members. Nicholas Joanow, the senior council member with the most time served; Jenny Mundell, an incumbent appointed to a chair vacated earlier this year; and Sarah Cruz, a political novice, each expressed personal gratitudes […]
BLOOMFIELD/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — New Year’s resolutions anyone? It seems that most people had them and when this newspaper asked some of the individuals who made Glen Ridge and Bloomfield news in 2017 to share theirs, the response was surprisingly good. What was requested, by email, was a personal resolution and/or one the respondent would like […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The winners of the annual holiday window display competition among 13 downtown storefronts were announced by the Bloomfield Center Alliance on Dec. 26. Judges selected Gail Ann’s Beauty Salon for the second straight year while the “people’s choice” winner, as determined by online voting, was Ricciardi Brothers Paints. The salon is located at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Like followers of good King Wenceslas, a 10th-century Bohemian monarch known for his helping a peasant, congregants in Bloomfield houses of worship are tending to the needy this holiday season, too. But Pastor Diana Wilcox, of Christ Episcopal Church of Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, said there is more meaning to the Wenceslas story […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Just promoted a month ago from acting supervisor to supervisor at the Glen Ridge post office, John Gonchar, 57, said that during the holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service delivers 850,000 parcels and 15 billion letters. The borough has its share of that, too. “Today we delivered 18,000 cards and letters,” he […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A requiem Mass for Margaret Dunigan was celebrated Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Sacred Heart Church. Dunigan, who held many honorary civic titles, served on the Bloomfield Township Council 2002-2007 and 2010-2013. She died Dec. 13 at the age of 75. Delivering the homily was Bishop Paul Bootkoski, retired from the Archdiocese of Metuchen. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Keeping up with current events, Demarest Elementary School fifth- and sixth-graders were given a lesson in net neutrality by media instructor Rosemary Vetrano on Friday, Dec. 8. The policy of net neutrality is the ability for an individual to have equal access to all websites regardless of the data it may contain. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Letter deliveries are not peaking during the holiday season anymore, according to Bloomfield post office Officer-in-Charge Jason Kagle, but package deliveries more than make up for it. “I’ll go to the dock and you look at the back of a 2-ton truck with at least 200 parcels and you cannot believe one man […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A logistical problem with overhead electrical lines has been resolved, allowing for the construction of a multi-purpose building at Foley Field in the near future. According to Mike Napolitano, president of the Foley Field Foundation, the delay for a $300,000 building at the south end of the field was a PSE&G power line […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A strong voice on the township council for preserving Bloomfield history will be departing next month. Carlos Pomares will be resigning as an at-large councilman to become an Essex County freeholder. Pomares won the uncontested District 5 seat in November when incumbent and Bloomfield resident Cynthia Toro chose not to run. District 5 […]