BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Parking Authority will have a second pilot program using high-tech parking meters that record license plates and automatically ticket violators. According to Anne Prince, the BPA operations manager, the seven parking meters currently in use during the first pilot program, on Washington Street, will be moved to the east side of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The weather has not cooperated with Bloomfield events since spring. This past weekend was no exception. In May, the Memorial Day Parade was cancelled because of an ominous forecast. In July, the rockets red glare was soaked with rain on Independence Day. And this past weekend, Mother Nature cut HarvestFest short. Ollyn Lettman, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Board of Education election will hold a contested election this year with four candidates running for three, three-year seats. Three of the candidates are incumbents: Betsy Ginsburg, the BOE president; Heather Yaros-Ramos; and Michael de Leeuw. The challenger is Teresa Boye-Tellucci. In a previous edition of this newspaper, Yaros-Ramos […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Christ Episcopal Church had a blessing of the animals service on Saturday, Oct. 8. This observed the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals whose feast day is Oct. 4. Pastor Diana Wilcox presided. There were no exotic animals in church on Saturday only the fabulous as every […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A panel of three appellate judges has heard arguments from an attorney representing four township residents who claim that 2nd Ward Councilman Nicholas Joanow had a conflict of interest when he voted for a $10 million bonding ordinance that provided funds to purchase land bordering his own. The land, known as “Lion Gate,” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Lauren Brown, a 15-year-old Bloomfield High School sophomore, warmed up the audience at a recent concert celebrating girl groups of the 1950s and ‘60s at the “Super Girl Group” concert in Paramus on Saturday, Sept. 24. The event featured singers from the Raindrop, the Cookies, the Jaynetts, and others, and Brown sang a […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Board of Education will have a contested election this year. Running for three, three-year seats are incumbents Elizabeth Ginsburg, Heather Yaros-Ramos and Michael de Leeuw, and challenger Teresa Boyle-Vellucci. Each candidate will be interviewed and asked the same questions. Two candidates will be presented here and the remaining candidates […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Although it is not in the weather forecast, if it snows this weekend, Bloomfield resident fear not: Anthony Nesto, the director of the Department of Public Works and Parks, has already been visited by the apparition of Old Man Winter. “We’re preparing like it’s going to snow tomorrow,” Nesto said this week. Getting […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Historical Society of Bloomfield held its first-ever sale on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Little Theater of the Children’s Library to celebrate the society’s 50th anniversary and to raise funds for its projects. The sale was the idea of trustee Mary Shoffner, a former teacher at Carteret Elementary School, who said any […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Miss Essex County beauty pageant leading to the Miss New Jersey crown is coming to Bloomfield Middle School on Jan. 28. That’s right, possibly the next Miss New Jersey, who will then compete for the title of Miss America, may first be crowned Miss Essex County, in Bloomfield. Sponsored by the Miss […]