BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A proposed ordinance to make Broad Street from Bay to Watchung avenues a permit-parking zone will not move forward at this time, according to Township Administrator Matthew Watkins. Watkins had introduced the proposal at the Monday, May 8, township conference meeting and it was passed. Ordinarily the proposed ordinance would be given a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Board of Education held its annual chess tournament on Saturday, May 6, for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders. Play was conducted at Fairview Elementary School. Seventy-two children were entered and the first three places from each grade level were awarded trophies. Overseeing the event was Mary Davidson, the chess director for Bloomfield schools […]
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 […]