BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield will be required to test the drinking water of 60 homes every six months for levels of lead because a recent test of 35 homes found four with levels higher than permitted federal limits. Previously to these results, the township was required to test 30 homes every three years. The testing increase […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Junior Statesmen, which is a Bloomfield High School club for students interested in a career in politics, provided an after-school dinner for Bloomfield veterans on Monday, Nov. 13. The event was held in the teachers’ dining room at the school. According to the club’s advisor, Keri Giannotti, the purpose of the meal […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Security measures for the Ashenfelter 8K and Tom Fleming Mile races on Thanksgiving Day will be increased in the aftermath of the New York City incident earlier this month when a truck was purposely driven onto a bicycle path along the Hudson River, killing eight cyclists. The driver, who is suspected of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The NJ State League of Municipalities has announced that Mayor Michael Venezia has been elected to its executive board. Venezia was elected Nov. 17 by NJ mayors. According to Michael Darcy, the NJSLM executive director, Venezia had been recommended by the outgoing board president, West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta Jr., who said Venezia […]
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 […]