BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident and 1978 Glen Ridge High School graduate Guy Gsell puts on a really big show. Combining live performances with animatronic dinosaurs, Gsell is the creator and operator of a dinosaur-theme park in Leonia, named “Field Station: Dinosaurs.” “I went to the World’s Fair in 1965 and saw dinosaurs,” he said recently […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — According to Glen Ridge Country Club President James Kirkos, renovations to the club are on schedule and have reached the halfway point of the 16-month timeline. On a tour of the facility last week, among construction vehicles, exposed steel beams and workers, Kirkos said there had been no interruption of sports activities […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A preliminary beauty pageant for the crown of Miss New Jersey will be held at Bloomfield Middle School on Jan. 28. Sponsored by the Miss Essex County Scholarship Program, the title of Miss Essex County is a regional award and open to women ages 17 to 24 who reside in Essex, Hudson, Union, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia met with his municipal department directors on Wednesday, Nov. 9, following his victory in the elections. Venezia won 72 percent of the vote and his council running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Wartyna Davis, challenger Ted Gamble and incumbent Councilman Carlos Pomares, won 70 percent of the total votes for council […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Thespian Society will present “A Servant of Two Masters,” at the Westminster Art Center’s Van Fossen Theater, on the Bloomfield College campus. The three performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 to 19. An admission fee will be charged. The play was written by […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The 17th annual Ashenfelter 8K Classic race will be run on Thanksgiving Day. Last year, 3,101 runners competed in the event, which measures 4.97 miles, according to race director Councilman Daniel Murphy. The race will start at 9 a.m. Preceding it at 8:15 a.m. will be the Tom Fleming Mile. Almost 500 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Following a short march from the Town Hall, Veterans Day was observed at the Miles A. Saurez War Memorial in Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 11. Soldiers stood at attention and flags billowed while an audience of 70, including uniformed Bloomfield first responders, stood quietly in gusting winds to recognize those who have served […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Ava Covington, the Bloomfield High School girl who collapsed at Foley Field in March from an apparent heart attack, played holiday melodies on the cello Monday, Nov. 7, to open Macy’s 2016 National “Believe” campaign in New Jersey. The cello was a gift from the “Make-A-Wish New Jersey” which is sponsored, in part, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Although the rules and regulations of junior-league football have restrictions to help prevent a child from being injured, the president of the Glen Ridge Athletic Association, Rick Foster, said fielding a team is getting harder because of parental concerns. “We’re having problems with numbers,” Foster said Saturday, Nov. 5, at Washington Field, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — All incumbents won re-election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for the Glen Ridge Board of Education. In unofficial results provided by the Essex County Clerk’s Office, with 7,169 votes cast, the top vote-getter was Elizabeth Ginsburg with 2,220, or 31 percent. Next was Heather Yaros-Ramos, 1,793 votes, or 23 percent; and Michael De […]