BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School hosted its third annual NJ STEM League competition Thursday, May 4. Originally, 10 schools were to participate April 20 but standardized testing postponed the event and only three schools could meet last week. Besides BHS, the competitors were Passaic Valley and Edison high schools. However, each school was allowed to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Crime in Bloomfield decreased significantly from 2014 to 2015, according to the NJ State Police Uniform Crime Report, released April 28. The crime index, which is the total number of reported violent and nonviolent crimes, dropped from 1,229 in 2014 to 890 in 2015. Both violent and nonviolent crimes decreased, but the major […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — An abrupt change of a 50-year-old Glen Ridge School District tradition drew concern from a number of parents at a hastily arranged meeting at Ridgewood Avenue School on Monday, May 8. In attendance were about 30 parents, School Superintendent Dirk Phillips, the borough’s three elementary school principals and a number of teachers. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A judge in Newark has decided not to void the candidacy or force the removal of a newly elected Bloomfield Board of Education member whose proof of residency had been challenged. In court papers issued Monday, May 8, Office of Administrative Law Judge Leslie Celentano said that although a significant question remains as […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield 1st Ward Councilman Elias Chalet pleaded guilty Tuesday, May 9, to a charge of bribery. Four other charges, including official misconduct, were dropped. He will be sentenced to five years in prison with two years of parole ineligibility. He appeared in Newark Superior Court before Judge Martin Cronin. Chalet, 55, who had […]
Bloomfield 1st Ward Councilman Elias Chalet pleaded guilty today, Tuesday, May 9, to a charge of bribery in official and political matters. Four other charges, including official misconduct, were dropped. He will be sentenced to five years in prison with two years of parole ineligibility. The plea included a provision that will allow a cardiologist […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Pass by Demarest Elementary School on some days during recess and one might see students running up and down the front sidewalk along Broughton Avenue. These kids are part of a running club and what they are doing is training for the mile run at the Sunset Classic next month. Practice began two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The People’s Climate March attracted tens of thousands of people to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 29, and Bloomfield was part of the event. According to Jane Califf, a township resident who marched, a bus carrying 50 people, from the intersection of Watchung Avenue and Broad Street to the capital, had about 20 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The bridge on Hoover Avenue reopened Thursday, April 27 after being closed since May 3, 2016. A lack of state funds shut down construction between July 8, 2016, and Oct. 31, 2016. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. cut the ceremonial ribbon for the reopening. In attendance were Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia, Councilmen […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The public at the Glen Ridge Council meeting on April 24 heard an updated report from Special Master Elizabeth McKenzie about negotiations between the borough and the developer of a proposed apartment building on Baldwin Street. The borough, she said, had to come to an agreement with the developer and the Fair […]