BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A funeral home is not ordinarily a place one would expect to find a children’s playroom. But Bloomfield resident and certified child-life specialist Angie Koeneker says a room for a child to express their loss should be in every funeral home. Koeneker, who spoke at Van Tassel’s Funeral Home on Saturday, Aug. 13, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Nine candidates are contending for three Bloomfield Board of Education seats. Each seat is for three years and a registered voter may cast three ballots for this race. There are two incumbents in the race: Jill Fischman, the current BOE president, and Shane Berger. The challengers are Catherine Bumpus, Djanna Hill-Tall; Laura Izurieta; […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department and its Domestic Violence Response Team finished its collection of used cell phones on Monday, Aug. 15. The collection began at the Glen Ridge Community Pool, Aug. 2, on National Night Out, when about 25 phones were donated. In boxes located at GRPD Headquarters and the Town […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — After the ongoing replacement of the Berkeley Avenue bridge is completed, Bloomfield residents may be expected to find, on the towpath of the former Morris Canal under the bridge, rest stops using the railing from the old bridge. The bridge crosses over the former Morris Canal towpath and the Second River. According to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department is currently testing body cameras. The instruments are being worn by a number of officers on daytime patrol. According to Capt. Sean Quinn, the pilot program began July 15. He said in September the trial will expand to include a number of officers on night patrols. However, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield council chamber was brought to silence Monday night when a township resident asked the mayor a question that he would not answer. The silence lasted for more than four minutes. The resident, David Tucker, the GOP mayoral candidate in the upcoming election, stood at the podium and asked Mayor Michael Venezia, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Recreation Department presented National Night Out at Foley Field on Tuesday, Aug. 2. It was the second consecutive year the event was held at the sports facility. In the past, individual neighborhoods would throw parties and elected officials, police and fire department personnel would travel around town visiting their favorites. Mike […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Students arriving back to Glen Ridge schools this September will recognize improvements to some of the facilities. But what they may or may not know is that much of the work could not have be done without the help of parents working through individual home and school associations. At the high and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, unanimously approved the design of a proposed two-storey, multi-purpose building, with an attic, to be constructed at Foley Field. The board vote followed a presentation by Mike Napolitano, president of the Foley Field Foundation, a non-profit organization assisting with improvements at the sports facility. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The proposed merger of two Roman Catholic churches in Montclair has upset longtime Bloomfield and Glen Ridge parishioners who are members of one of the churches. The Archdiocese of Newark, which oversees Catholic churches in Essex County, issued a decree on July 18 combining Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Immaculate Conception. […]