GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Encouraged by the reception friends have given their homemade body butters, two borough residents have cleared off the dining room table, revved up the food blender, and started a skin-care business with an eye toward raising the standard of living for women in Ghana. Yolanda Grbic and Meredith Moseley-Bennett, the two Glen […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School theater arts teacher Brandon Doemling has been awarded the Jo Ann Fox Award by the theater arts department at Montclair State University. This is an award that a middle- or high-school teacher can win only once. It represents their achievement in building a dynamic theater arts program. Doemling, in an […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The former Bloomfield Board of Education member who unsuccessfully challenged, in court, the residency qualification of a current BOE member, has appealed the decision to the NJ Department of Education. In papers filed with the DOE on May 16, former BOE member Shane Berger said that Judge Leslie Celentano erred by finding that […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Elisabeth Ginsburg has been writing her column on gardening for this newspaper for nearly two decades. It is called “The Gardener’s Apprentice.” You’ve seen it, and probably have read it many times. We decided to meet with her and learn more about this woman who is a reservoir of horticultural knowledge for […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Former Bloomfield Fire Department Capt. Donald Jervis will serve five years in a Wisconsin prison for two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of exploiting a child for sexual purposes, according the Assistant Kenosha County District Attorney Thomas Binger. Jervis was sentenced May 17 by Judge Bruce Schroeder. Jervis, 53, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — For Bloomfield resident Luci Laird who will be retiring in June from her position as office aide at Brookdale Elementary School, these are bittersweet days. A graduate of Vailsburg High School, Laird has worked in the district for 15 years. Her first four years were in the administration building as a part-time employee […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The third annual Bloomfield Police Department awards ceremony was held in the council chambers on Monday, May 15. Four kinds of awards were presented for police actions which occurred in 2016: for valor; excellence of duty; a unit award; and the director’s award for an individual. The master of ceremonies was Lt. George […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Center Alliance will be throwings it annual Washington Street Block Party on Saturday, May 20, from noon to 8 p.m. Storefronts between Glenwood Avenue and Farrand Street will be offering food and refreshments. There will be live music and free parking at the Farrand Street parking lot. Miss 2017 Essex County is scheduled […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The spring production of the Bloomfield High School Thespian Society will be staged Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The name of the show is “Here WE Stand.” It is the sixth annual spring production, and unlike the fall and winter presentations of a […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — According to the most recent Uniform Crime Report, Glen Ridge experienced an increase in crime from 2014 to 2015. The report, compiled by the NJ State Police, was released April 28. However, Glen Ridge Police Chief Sheila Byron-Lagattuta provided The Glen Ridge Paper with the 2016 UCR, not expected from the State […]