BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Boy Scout Troop 23 hosted a pancake breakfast Saturday, Jan. 21, at Bethany Presbyterian Church, on West Passaic Avenue. It was for a good cause that came from a tragedy. The breakfast proceeds will be donated to a memorial scholarship at Bloomfield High School, that will be given in memory of 2008 BHS […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The annual Glen Ridge Antiques Show has a new dealer manager this year. Debbi Turi, who has sold at the show before, will now help run it. According to Turi, the previous dealer manager, Betsy Delorm, has moved away from the Glen Ridge area. The show is celebrating its 71st consecutive year, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Berkeley Elementary School was the beneficiary of some elbow grease this past weekend. Local volunteers gave hallways a fresh coat of paint; portraits of famous people were painted on the walls; inspiring quotations were stenciled; and the risers of stairs were repainted with bright colors. Plans are to eventually paint math problems on […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Human Services, which covers Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, put together 400 “disaster bags” earlier this week at the Bloomfield Civic Center. The bags are dark blue, stylish, roomy and intended for seniors in the two communities. The bags were filled with supplies that would be useful at anytime but might be especially […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield commemorated its 15th annual Martin Luther King Day, on Monday, Jan. 16. As in previous years, the program was held at the New Light Baptist Church, on Dewey Street. The theme of the event was, “Where do we go from here … chaos or community.” This is also the title of a […]
In a Newark Superior Court hearing on Friday, Jan. 20, the judge in the bribery case against Bloomfield Councilman Elias Chalet agreed to give the attorneys more time to arrange a plea deal. Judge Martin Cronin was told by Assistant Deputy Attorney General Brian Falk that Chalet’s attorney, Peter Till, had given him Chalet’s medical […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School art teacher Anne Malone will unveil a unique web page on Thursday, Jan. 26, that she hopes will connect past and present GRHS art students with art professionals. The unveiling will be at the Ridgewood Avenue train station during the opening of an art exhibit by her students. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — It was ‘Around the World in 80 minutes’ on Thursday evening, Jan 12, when Fairview Elementary School hosted a cultural and literacy workshop for parents, students and educators. Activities and displays relating to the seven land masses of the world — the five continents plus Australia and Antarctica — were presented in seven […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Councilman Nicholas Joanow is attempting to warn Bloomfield residents not to park in the McDonald’s parking lot on Broad Street if they have a destination other than the fast food franchise. His warning is that the lot is only for customers of McDonald’s. If anyone who is not a customer should park there, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield reorganizational meeting was held Thursday, Jan. 5, at Bloomfield Middle School. Although the auditorium was only partially filled, the 300 spectators who did attend would have overwhelmed the council chamber at Town Hall had the ceremony been held in that space. Township Administrator Matthew Watkins served as the master […]