BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Thespian Society will present its fall production beginning tonight and running through Saturday, Nov. 16 to 18. The show is “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.” It will be staged at Westminster Arts Center on the Bloomfield College campus. “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later,” is about a murder […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield has been recognized for its sustainability efforts by Sustainable Jersey, a non-profit organization focused on aiding community efforts to reduce waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions through strengthening community partnerships, as well as providing grant funding for innovative projects. “Bloomfield is a very forward-thinking town filled with environmental […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A meeting was held Monday evening, Nov. 13, at the Glen Ridge Public Library to call attention to the challenges and rewards of becoming a volunteer for CASA, the acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. About 18 people attended and women outnumbered men 5 to 1. Some were husbands and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Under clear, chilly skies this past Saturday morning, Nov. 11, Bloomfield again observed Veterans Day. The march by uniformed first-responders began at Town Hall at 10:30 a.m. and traveled down Franklin Street to the Miles Saurez VFW Post 711 Memorial at The Green for an 11:11 a.m. appointment with tradition. It was at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Joyce Carol Oates visited the Bloomfield College campus Monday evening, Nov. 6, for a one-hour Q & A with BC writing professor Angela Conrad. An audience of 100 at the Van Fossan Art Center listened in. It was more like a chat over a medley of topics with the famous author, and perhaps […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The state’s senior representatives in Washington — U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez — spoke from a Bloomfield homeowner’s front lawn on Friday, Nov. 3, to criticize the Republican tax-reform proposal as harmful to New Jersey property owners. Introduced by Mayor Michael Venezia to an assembly of media outlets at the Ferncliff […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Gas Lamp Players/Teens are set to stage four performances of the musical “Legally Blonde” next week at Ridgewood Avenue School. The show is being directed by Gas Lamp Artistic Director Kristy Graves. According to Graves in an interview earlier this week, she and Glen Ridge resident Heather Ballantyne had chosen “Legally […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Democrats swept into municipal office on Election Day along with two of three Board of Education candidates endorsed by Mayor Michael Venezia. In the municipal elections, the uncertified results from the Office of the Essex County Clerk had the 1st Ward being taken by incumbent Jenny Mundell with 2,013 votes followed by […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Incumbent Councilman Dan Murphy will be joined by challenger and fellow-CCC nominee Debbie Mans on the Glen Ridge Council. Both seats are for three years. Incumbent Arthur Dawson finished a distant third in the balloting. The uncertified results show Mans receiving 1,146 votes; Murphy, 1,082; and Dawson, 397. In a telephone interview, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Berkeley Elementary School fifth-graders were treated to a visit on Friday, Nov. 3, from the senior naturalist of the Essex County Park System. The naturalist, David Alexander, came with objects and photographs to illuminate local ecosystems and set up four discovery stations for the students to explore. Sitting on the classroom floor, the […]